You can get a ticket for using cling film in place of your windshield
Ontario Provincial Police want to remind drivers that plastic wrap is not a suitable replacement for a missing windshield.
Grenville OPP stopped a driver Monday afternoon whose vehicle looked more like a bowl of leftovers in the fridge than a proper car.
"If you have ever asked yourself if plastic wrap would make a suitable windshield replacement, the answer is most definitely NO," police said on X.
This isn't just an aesthetic choice. You can get a ticket for it.
In this case, the driver was charged with operating an unsafe vehicle.
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Atlantic
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Toronto
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'We're standing strong': Rally held outside Jewish school in Toronto hit with gunfire
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Montreal
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Northern Ontario
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Winnipeg
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