Ontario Highway Traffic Act

3 points.

As for your insurance question, every carrier will have different rules. Here's a list of questions I asked MY carrier and I base my decisions re. ticket options on his answers.
http://www.ontariohighwaytrafficact.com/topic911.html

You have not been charges properly. The ticket you were issued is invalid thus they is no valid proceeding before the court. You cannot be convicted and even if they convict you then you will win your case on appeal.

S. 8 of the POA allows you to settle out of court by pleading guilty and paying the set fine.


http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html ...

My most recent ticket was 32-over.
Disclosure came with an offer of a reduction to 20-over (ignored it)
Showed up for court and got 15-over ($45 / no points) with no paralegal. Those who showed up with a paralegal got the same deal.

If it were me, I would speak to the Crown and explain that the cop got the wrong car (as noted by more than one ...

From the MTO's website: http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/topics/shareroad.shtml

On multi-lane freeways, trucks longer than 6.5 metres cannot use the far-left lane. Instead they must use the lane immediately to the right (middle lane) to pass slower vehicles.


Also worth noting on the same page...

When passing trucks, do not stay ...

Note that the centre lane is the truckers passing lane (they typically are not allowed in left lane at all). If you diddle along in the centre lane, you will have a big-rig inches off your bumper until you get the drift and move in to the rightmost lane.

The only lane for driving (not overtaking) is the right lane. I don't read the act as allowing ...

OK, You're REEEAAALLL close to disclosing your identity. I'm too lazy to do ANY investigation, so how 'bout just telling us who you are, lol.

Lawyer?
Law Student?
Prison Program Law Certificate? LMAO

Anything published?

Book

Very easy to beat. It's a shame the cost of a paralegal will probably be necessary if your friend is new to fighting tickets.

I didn't take the time to read the second half of your post, but I get the jist of it. Of course you had the right to go. Would that have stopped you from receiving the full wrath of the stunt laws?? Of course not. You would be been just another poor sap who has fallen victim to a cop anxious to improve his performance ranking with his superiors ...

Court:
Both cops showed.
Wussed out and took the plea. 15-over / no points / 60$ total (saved $175 and 4 points just for showing up... Always check NOT GUILTY!). Will always wonder if my defense strategy would have won though. (stupid airplane!)

I was the only one who attended without representation. No one went to trial. The same deal for ...

Dispute without appearance, prescribed parts of Ontario

6. (1) Where an offence notice is served on a defendant whose address as shown on the certificate of offence is outside the county or district in which the office of the court specified in the notice is situate, and the defendant wishes to dispute the charge but does not wish to attend or be ...

Charter of rights argument aside, I'd be just plain humiliated sitting there on the side of the road blowing in to some box while co-workers, clients, wives of friends, mother-in-laws, etc. drive on by looking at me.

I no longer question why some folks despise the police. This is just another attempt to neuter the general public and create some ...

pch2004 wrote:I managed to listen to a full trial of the evidence for the aerial surveillance program, so if anyone is interested, I can lend some advice as to the testimony of the officers.

You have a PM

So, you mean kids can't ride laying in the back window any more, like when I was a kid??

Plenderzoosh wrote:...provided it's a first offense.

Then I'm screwed!

Ontario wants your money, not better driving skills.