Trucker watched movie while driving on Highway 11/17: OPP

THUNDER BAY — It might be the very definition of distracted driving: watching a movie while operating a transport truck.

A Thunder Bay OPP officer initially stopped the driver of a tractor-trailer unit on Sunday afternoon for driving 119 km/h in a posted 90 km/h zone on Highway 11/17 in Shuniah.

But when the officer looked into the cab, he also saw that the driver had been watching a movie on a phone mounted on the truck's windshield.

An investigation uncovered other infractions as well.

A 30-year-old resident of Regina now faces charges of speeding, driving with a display screen visible to the driver, driving a commercial motor vehicle not equipped with a speed-limiting system, exceeding the maximum allowable 13 hours of driving time in a day, and other log-book infractions.

None of the alleged violations have been proven in court.