CO Authority To Enforce ATV Regs

[trapper]

Also wear your blaze orange if hunting or trapping in gun season.

[Gilroy]

Common sense all around folks,if your on an ATV without a helmet and you have an accident in the backwoods and your by yourself then you got a big problem .
The idiots in Toronto riding their bikes in the bike lanes and elsewhere in heavy traffic and not wearing helmets will probably be saved as they are close trauma hospitals.

[rick_iles]

To answer the op, the authority to enforce comes from the Act, as in most cases. Under the definition sections, “peace officer” specifically mentions “conservation officers”. They most certainly can and do enforce the ORVA.

[Rob Stewart]

COs are Peace Officers and can enforce this and many other laws that aren't just hunting or fishing.

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[Rob Stewart]

As I understand it, for example, a CO will not charge you with impaired operation of a motor vehicle. He can detain you while notifying the police though. So, if he has the authority under the ORV act to lay charges, of which impaired driving is included in the act, why is it necessary to involve the police? During the summer around Long Point there are often spot checks jointly manned by both the MNR and OPP. According to what a CO told me in one of these checks, is the inclusion of the OPP is to enforce any HTA violation, specifically impaired driving and seat belts. Again, if a CO can enforce the HTA, why bother involving the police in these spot checks?

I am not disputing the fact that COs are peace officers with the power to enforce the law. I am just trying to determine the extent of their power with regard to violations involving motor vehicles under the ORV act.

I am not advocating breaking any law, I am just curious as to the enforcement powers they possess.

Because almost no CO is a certified breath tech or expert on DUI charges so instead of letting you walk they call in people who are experts and who are certified and who can lay a charge that will stick.

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[greatwhite]

I do know that up at Bissett Creek the CO's will write you up for no helmet, drinking and driving. Met a few up there who have been asked and one fella who was charged.

[trimmer21]

Common sense all around folks,if your on an ATV without a helmet and you have an accident in the backwoods and your by yourself then you got a big problem .
The idiots in Toronto riding their bikes in the bike lanes and elsewhere in heavy traffic and not wearing helmets will probably be saved as they are close trauma hospitals.

Yep,they'll be saved alright. They'll be tied in a wheel chair with a bed sheet and be fed pablum every day for the rest of their lives,but,by gawd,they'll be saved.