A woman who littered by throwing garbage onto the road while driving and then refusing to show her driver's licence when stopped by police and taking off again, has been arrested by Hamilton police.

Police say officers on Monday saw a woman driver in the Queenston Road and Parkdale Avenue South area throw out a handful of garbage onto the road while driving shortly before 6:30 p.m., and so pulled her over.

When stopped, the woman lowered her window enough for a small open gap and refused to produce a drivers' licence or other documents, and became argumentative.

She then took off, driving away despite demands by police.

Officers followed the woman to a residence in the Greenhill Avenue and Bunker Hill Drive where the woman stopped her car.

Police then tried again to obtain her licence and other information, but the woman refused and was unco-operative.

When officers instructed her to exit the car, the woman refused and kept her car running. As a result, officers broke her driver's side window and removed her keys from the ignition.

The woman however, produced a second set of keys. But the officers were eventually able to remove her from the car before she could take off again.

The incident has police reminding drivers that under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, they must identify themselves when asked to do so by a police officer during an investigation.

The woman, 50, has been charged under the Act for littering a highway, failing to provide identification, failing to provide proof of insurance, failing to provide and owner's permit, and failing to surrender her licence.

She was also issued several provincial offence notices for violations.