{"id":930168,"date":"2026-10-12T11:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930168\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:20:25","slug":"brampton-driver-thornhill-business-hit-with-nine-hta-charges-in-bradford-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930168\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton driver, Thornhill business hit with nine HTA charges in Bradford traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">South Simcoe Police have charged a driver and business with numerous offences after pulling over a commercial vehicle in Bradford on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the service, officers conducted a roadside inspection at around noon on Yonge Street just north of Line 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police say they found multiple safety violations, including an unsecured tarp, improper trailer brakes, and a cracked suspension, ultimately deeming the vehicle unsafe for driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The officers seized its license plates and towed it away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The driver, a 21-year-old Brampton man, was charged with four offences under the Highway Traffic Act (HTA), while a Thornhill business was charged with five offences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cCommercial vehicle inspections take time, but that time is an investment in road safety,\u201d said South Simcoe Police in a social media post. \u201cIdentifying unsafe vehicles before they contribute to a collision helps protect everyone travelling on our roads.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Simcoe Police have charged a driver and business with numerous offences after pulling over a commercial vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-930168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}