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PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:38 am 
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Can anyone please list all errors that are considered to be fatal (invalid ticket)? I think this will be a great sticky.

I have a ticket that does not indicate any chapter and section. It just says "Proceed contrary to sign at intersection" and just says HTA in the "contrary to" section. Can anyone tell me if this is a fatal error? I believe it is.

So I can start here.

1. MISPELLED NAME error is NOT fatal.
2. WRONG CAR YEAR is NOT fatal.

... anyone else? :wink:


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:49 pm 
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Fatal Errors:

- Defendant name missing
- Missing offence or an offence not known to law
- Missing date
- Missing offence location
- Missing officer signature if it is NOT an electronic ticket
- Incorrect set fine and/or total payable (one report says this is no longer the case... currently waiting for confirmation of case law or legislative change)


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:41 pm 
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Tickets do not have a vehicle year...that year is the Permit year and not vehicle year.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:21 pm 
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OPS Copper wrote:
Tickets do not have a vehicle year...that year is the Permit year and not vehicle year.

GS


and the newer tickets do not have a spot for the year or make :wink:

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:02 am 
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One other thing to add... wrong set fine/total payable only becomes a fatal error if the defendant fails to respond to the ticket or appear for trial. Appear for trial and the ticket can be amended by the JP.


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Radar Identified wrote:
Fatal Errors:

- Defendant name missing
- Missing offence or an offence not known to law
- Missing date
- Missing offence location
- Missing officer signature if it is NOT an electronic ticket
- Incorrect set fine and/or total payable (one report says this is no longer the case... currently waiting for confirmation of case law or legislative change)


Where is the authority that describes the fatal errors mentioned? Especially the offence not known error.

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Fatal Errors on Traffic Tickets
PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:17 am 
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They are not fatal errors,

examples of fatal errors

Officer name not on ticket
Date wrong on ticket
Name totally missing on ticket
Location not on ticket
City or municipality missing on ticket


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:32 pm 
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maskman wrote:
Where is the authority that describes the fatal errors mentioned? Especially the offence not known error.


Basically precedent. Let's say you got a ticket that says you were charged under s. 128 and the act was "Driving Too Fast for Conditions." While we all understand what that means, it is not "known to law." There is no act/section that is specifically "driving too fast for conditions" in Ontario, particularly if you are driving at/under the posted limit. You could get:

- Careless Driving, s. 130; or
- Speeding, s. 128 (at a rate of speed higher than the maximum limit)

But s. 128 deals with speeding only, so a rate of speed higher than the posted limit in effect at the time must be specified. Under those circumstances, the ticket would be quashed. Another example would be "speeding 20 km/h in a 60 km/h zone." Well in that case, the act specified was that you were driving under the speed limit - that is not an offence known to law. Same deal, it prejudices the defendant and if you followed the "default procedure," either the ticket would be tossed or quashed on appeal. Here's a case that describes some of the requirements on the ticket:

R. v. Hargan, 2009

And to quote the Justice in that case:

Quote:
Livingstone J. in R. .v Wilson, [2001] O.J. No. 4907 (Ont. C.J.) considered that in order for a certificate of offence to be “regular on its face” it must set out:
i) who is commencing the process – an informant;
ii) who is charged under the process – name of the defendant;
iii) what the process is – statute and section number;
iv) where and when the allegation arose; and
v) what the result will be from a conviction from the process – set fine amount.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:13 pm 
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Radar Identified wrote:
[. Another example would be "speeding 20 km/h in a 60 km/h zone." Well in that case, the act specified was that you were driving under the speed limit - that is not an offence known to law.


Well, ok, um....well WHAT IF it said "Driving too slowly - to wit 20km/hr in a posted 60km/hr zone" HTA 132 and the fine was $85 and totalling $110 ??? :D

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:15 pm 
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hwybear wrote:
Well, ok, um....well WHAT IF it said "Driving too slowly - to wit 20km/hr in a posted 60km/hr zone"


Well, um in that case it would be an offence that IS known to law. :D

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:40 pm 
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Radar Identified wrote:
hwybear wrote:
Well, ok, um....well WHAT IF it said "Driving too slowly - to wit 20km/hr in a posted 60km/hr zone"


Well, um in that case it would be an offence that IS known to law. :D


k...I just wanted to ask a "what if" :lol:

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Actually, come to think of it, shouldn't it be "Unnecessary Slow Driving, to wit 20 km/h in a 60 km/h zone," to be technically accurate?

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:05 pm 
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Radar Identified wrote:
Actually, come to think of it, shouldn't it be "Unnecessary Slow Driving, to wit 20 km/h in a 60 km/h zone," to be technically accurate?


short form wordings do not need to be exact as long as it describes the offence as per section charged.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:42 am 
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what if the speed limit is posted at 70km but the ticket said 60km?
would the ticket be wrong?


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bob-boy wrote:
what if the speed limit is posted at 70km but the ticket said 60km?
would the ticket be wrong?


Yes the ticket is wrong, but you will have to prove it.

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