Ontario woman ticketed for driving with a parrot on her shoulder, police say
Posted February 12, 2018 5:38 pm.
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A driver in southern Ontario was charged with a fairly unusual traffic violation last week — travelling with a large, unrestrained parrot in her car.
Provincial police were contacted Thursday after a woman was spotted driving with a large parrot on her shoulder.
The woman was stopped near Stratford, Ont., and charged under a section of Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act that forbids crowding the driver’s seat.
Police say a charge of that kind comes with a minimum fine of $110.
Officers say crowding the driver’s seat is not a charge they lay often.
But they say that this is a reminder that driving with any unrestrained animals in a car can be a distraction that may lead to dangerous driving.
