Improper left turn HTA 141(6)
At the beginning of this year I was going eastbound on harbour and made a left turn onto young. It was my first time driving in downtown. I got to the intersection, I was in the left lane which is a turning lane but I switched out from the lane shortly before approaching the intersection due to all the signs that say no left turn distillery blablabla. So I was the third in line and after the lights turned green I saw both cars make a left, so did I turn left as I thought I'm in the designated turning lane. All the sudden I hear Whoop whoop and see flashing lights so I pulled over. The police officer asked me why did I make a turn? I said two guys made a turn I thought I was in the turning lane and he answered that he can't catch everyone. So that's how I got my first ticket.
I opted for early resolution, I was disappointed as people in front of me where offered to have their charges withdrawn because it was their first time. I was only offered reduced points and same fine. So now I'm a student and this will be a big hit on my insurance and I already feel bad for everyone who is being milked by insurance. I decided to go to a trial. However I forgot about the ticket and didn't request disclosure until the week of Oct 2nd and my trial is on Nov 21 so technically it is 8 weeks, but I don't know what to do now. One of the reasons I forgot to request for disclosure was dads very serious health problems, as well as the lady said I needed to receive the trial letter first which took like two or three months.
Thank you for any advice!
Former Ontario Police Officer. Advice will become less relevant as the time goes by !
So is it still ok that I requested for disclosure so late?
What are my potential defences? Would Ford F-150 be considered a long vehicle? Or the angles of the intersection, where you have to slightly turn to the left in order to go through the intersection? Or the amount of signs which is actually confusing? Or if something in my car broke shortly after however it was only making a sound as if something was about to break? I was with one person in the car so should he come to trial as a witness? In addition he said everything in being recorded on his body camera, will they literally show me making that turn in front of the judge? They also misspelled my name which I told them to fix but they didn't bother.
Mispelled name does not matter.
+++ This is not legal advice, only my opinion +++
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Also, generally speaking JP's do not like it when they see you have not done anything until two weeks before trial.
You dont need to be worrying too much about the delays though until you get to that 1 year time frame. This is when you can try to figure out who is responsible for what delays.
Anyways, if they give you disclosure less than two weeks before the trial (up to and including on the trial date) then you can just ask for adjournment because you need more time to review the disclosure and have not had enough time to review it and make full answer and defense.
+++ This is not legal advice, only my opinion +++
Former Ontario Police Officer. Advice will become less relevant as the time goes by !
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