TORONTO — Not paying traffic fines in Ontario will result in you being denied the opportunity to renew an existing vehicle license plate or to acquire a new one.

A bill passed by the province’s legislature this week, known as the Making Ontario’s Roads Safer Act, is an update to existing law.

According to Landlinemag.com, currently, unpaid tickets can result in permit invalidation and denial of renewal. The denial of plates is limited to a few infractions, including parking tickets.

The amendment expands the denial of a permit to plates, which adds a broader range of traffic violations that are unpaid to cause a driver to be denied new vehicle plates.

It also has: tougher penalties for distracted driving, not giving cyclists more room on roadways, driving under the influence, allowing more qualified medical professionals to report medically unfit drivers and clarify the types of medical conditions to be reported and increases the maximum combination vehicle length allowed under the current Highway Traffic Act from 25 meters to 27.5 meters.

All of this is set to take effect in the fall.

Read more about it from Landlinemag.com as well as the Toronto Star.