Yesterday I was driving on a two lane road, with one lane used partly as parking. I was stuck in the parking lane, and I couldn't leave as there was busy traffic all on my left. The roads were slick and icy (-15C weather), and I was gaining on a parked car in front of me. I knew that I had to get…
I received a speeding ticket this past weekend, and although the officer was nice and gave my 6yo a coupon for a free slushy, I want to fight the ticket.
The officer wrote the offence as "95km/h in a posted E0 km/h zone" the "E" being what looks like a written backwards 3. Now I know and you can…
Some very recent case law regarding cell phones.
The short synopsis is that briefly holding your cell phone is lawful. The accused in this matter was observed with her phone in her hand at a red light. She claimed to have simply just picked it up off the floor.
From the decision:
Given the…
There are always those tickets you get when you know you were doing something wrong, and yet your still mad you know you got caught. Well in this case getting this ticket almost made me sick to my stomach. I'm currently going back to school and am working a part time pizza delivery job to help…
I approached intersection while light is changed to orange, I hit the breaks in order to avoid crossing the cop who is standing in red light... the car skidded and stopped pass the line ( the car still not ented the intersection)
I removed the seat belt while car is stopped as it pressed against my…
Last week I went to my friend's house at 9.30 pm to drop off something and parked the car for 15 min. curbside and got a ticket for "parked facing the wrong way". This is a two way street in east-west direction in a residential area. The houses are on the south side of the street and parking is…
So I'm 19 no prior tickets and no tickets now.
Heading back from the airport at 5am after dropping a friend off.
the road I'm heading down has little to no light. I'm literally in the middle of the boonies. I notice a vehicle approaching me from behind. At this point I'm doing about 90 kph in a 80.
H…
It happened last December. I was facing north in the middle of the intersection at Donmills and McNicoll waiting to make a left turn. There was a big white van on the other side of McNicoll facing south waiting to turn left too. When the light changed to amber, I checked and the road was clear,…
Section 182(2)
i was coming out of the keg on to east beaver creek rd, and made a u-turn after the island there because i did not see the sign.
the officer told me that he would "help me" if i took the ticket to court.
my law teacher said this means he won't show up.
do i have a chance?
what do i do?
Re: Section 182(2)
You might have a chance, nothing's guaranteed though. Lately around the GTA, some officers have been saying they will "help you" if you take it to court. Could mean anything. They are tending to show up more often than not, although in one previous incident mentioned on this website, an officer with the Peel Police said similar stuff, showed up for the court date and then (accidentally I'm sure) provided the wrong notebook. 
Couple of things... was your view of the sign blocked by something or did you just miss seeing it? Also, I'm assuming this happened in Richmond Hill, right?
Probably the most critical step, other than actually setting up to fight the ticket (get the court date, etc) is to request disclosure so you can get the officer's notes; also ask for an "explanation and clarification of the charge." You might've read about the bilingual defence... unfortunately York Region is NOT a designated bilingual area so even if the sign is English only I don't think that will help.
Re: Section 182(2)
Usually u-turn signs don't actually have any words on them so there won't be a "language" issue.
You were charged under s.182 not s.143 (u-turns) which means the sign was erected by municipal by-law as opposed to a "natural" no u-turn under s. 143.
- So disclosure should produce the certified copy of the by-law, if not, argue improper disclosure.
- the sign must be erected in accordance with Reg 615, a total long shot that there is something wrong with the sign but you might try the 60m visibility argument under s.45 of the reg. (it must be visible at all times, that means night time too!)
- I agree with your teacher, it sounds like he won't show up or will help you work out a deal with the Crown.
