Ontario Highway Traffic Act

At the very least, I would call the Crown and try to plea bargain down to a lesser offence.

You could also call a ticket fighting company in Ottawa and have them represent you.

Great. Now I clicked YOURS, too!

Bear, that's funny AND sad at the same time. this is a prime example of where lawmakers had good intentions but failed to predict the inevitable consequences of people not understanding the headlight system in modern cars. The factories did their job, but who taught all the naive drivers out there about the new system.

Our van has cryptic symbols ...

I found several threads on the muffler topic, but no one follows up with the results, LOL. Here's one thread that might offer a little info on the subject:
http://forum.neoncanada.com/index.php?showtopic=64742
It's possible the Crown might entertain an offer to plead guilty to the muffler if he drops the Racing. Doubt it, but might be worth trying ...

You really don't want to risk a 172 conviction by relying solely on comments from members of a traffic forum (as knowledgeable as some of them are). I have no doubt that most of the members here sympathize with you and suspect the officer was somewhat out of line. But you're going to have to cough up the $400 or so to get solid advice and ...

Bookm wrote:ASCII version http://www3.sympatico.ca/sean.kathy/Clo ... ments3.txt

Anything will open this. I've amended my original post to use this ASCII.

you trying to confuse people? that is from the US (citation, discovery, sec 36, etc..)

Yah, I was a complete "newb" when I wrote that. Pretty-much just discovered the internet and forums around that time. Nothing but American sites on traffic back then.

Definitely should visit Ticketcombats site for "proper" terms and procedures.
www ...

We always rode in the back of buddy's pickup. I understood the law to say it was legal as long as all cab seats were occupied and seatbelted in. If it's changed, I didn't hear of it.

Wow, lucky break! I thought maybe you just wrote a typo in your thread.

The ticket is the charging document. It has to be sufficient on its own to describe the offence. The wrong section number is a fatal error. It can't be amended by the JP.

1) Plead not guilty on back of ticket
2) Deliver to court house (address on back)
3) Wait for trial
4 ...

I bet hwybear cant wait to get his hands on him, that or get right behind in his cruiser with the lights on!!

Naw... He knows Cam cured me! ;)

3 more impoundments over the last week in my area. (2) speeding along an industrial corridor and (1) motorcycle poppin a wheely.

In your case, what pops to mind with my own experience is the fact that ...

I wrote out a defense for a stop sign ticket I got a few years back. I had to plea bargain to get two others dropped, though, so I didn't get to try it out in court. But you might pick up a couple tips from it.

General questioning (cross examination) http://www3.sympatico.ca/sean.kathy/1stStop.pdf
Closing statement http://www3.sympatico.ca/sean ...

No laws or stiff penalties will fix our problems on the open road. The only hope we have for a safer and more efficient driving experience is to alter the "philosophy" of driving from one of rules and regulations to one of respect and consideration for our fellow motorists.

Those who drive with little or no respect for those behind them are real ...

My driver's ed consisted of driving from one garage sale to the next. Never left the city limits. Never drove above 55kph. At 16, my first car was a slow Astre (Vega). At 17, I bought by first V8 (1969 Ranchero, 351W, 4-spd). I took it out on the 401 for the first time and thought I had found heaven!!!

I'm going to put my daughter through drivers ...

There is no doubt in my mind that the most dangerous scenarios I face on the 400 series highways is that sudden wall of brake lights ahead that seam to appear for no reason... that is until you get a little further along and see the cruisers running a blitz. The gentle flow of traffic (irregardless of speed) gets thrown completely out of whack and ...

To be honest though, I'm not real good with the sight of blood. And the first aid course I took over 10 years ago is virtually useless to me now. So there's no way I was rollin' in there to take control of the entire situation. But I think there's several things fellow citizens CAN do at "fresh" accident scene such as keeping an eye out for ...