Police in northern Ontario have laid an impaired driving charge against a 95-year-old operating a low-speed mobile scooter.
On a highway, a low-speed vehicle still requires a driver's license, insurance, and a proper plate to be operated on a roadway.
Just after midnight on Aug. 30, Nipissing West OPP responded to a "traffic hazard blocking the roadway on Pine Street" in Sturgeon Falls.
Police found the scooter stationary in the middle of the road. The operator was arrested for impaired driving and taken to the OPP detachment for further testing.
Francis Landry, 95, from West Nipissing is charged with operation while impaired - alcohol. The driver was also issued a 90-day administrative driver's licence suspension.
Landry was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on Oct. 3 in North Bay.
The allegation has not been tested in court and Landry is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
A pilot program, which was launched in 2017 and will run for 10 years, allows low-speed vehicles that meet certain requirements to be used on roads in Ontario with a maximum speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour. Municipalities must pass by-laws to allow low-speed vehicles on roads.
You can read more about the low-speed vehicle pilot program here.