Driver fined after littering in front of two police vehicles on Hwy. 417
Posted Mar 11, 2026 01:45:21 PM.
Last Updated Mar 11, 2026 01:45:25 PM.
Provincial police laid a fine to a driver after catching them on camera throwing a bag of trash out the window.
Officers said they were driving on Highway 417 near St. Laurent when they saw a person in a white SUV throw garbage onto the side of the roadway. Police said they swiftly stopped the driver and gave him a $125 fine for littering.
“What he had failed to notice was the fully marked OPP cruiser behind him and an unmarked cruiser beside him,” police said in a release.
The Ontario government’s website notes that litter from streets can go into municipal waterways and break down into microplastics, harming wildlife and contaminating drinking water.
Police said that littering not only harms the look of communities “it is also illegal.”
Littering not only spoils the appearance of our communities… it is also illegal. This driver was exiting Highway 417 eastbound at St. Laurent recently, when he threw a bag of trash out the window. What he had failed to notice was the fully marked OPP cruiser behind him AND an… pic.twitter.com/LKFkAOMDl1
— OPP East Region (@OPP_ER) March 11, 2026
