Ontario Highway Traffic Act

When you deal with the prosecutor, try to negotiate a deal that will save HIM the most time. Perhaps explain to him that you plan to ask the JP for a Continuance while you seek legal council, but you would be willing to plea guilty to a lesser charge to avoid a trial, thus saving both parties preparation time.

In my case, I had three tickets (from ...

It's absolutely clear to me that the intent of the stunt and speed laws was to control competition "AT SPEED"... NOT ACCELERATION. No where does it describe any offense as it relates to acceleration. There is big difference between speed and acceleration. Hard acceleration can be accomplished without breaking any speed laws.

To me, a couple kids ...

casper wrote:What if I feel like speeding(fast) up to the speed limit witout squealing tires, would that get my car impounded?.

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"IF IT WERE ME" (but it ain't)...

I would wait 13 days from the offense date then file a not-guilty. I would wait for my court date to arrive in the mail. After 30 days have passed from the offense date, the officer can not write you a new ticket. He would have to proceed under the rules of a part III summons, which means a Justice of the Peace ...

Being confused, I'm at least in the majority! Not one of my friends or family members really knows what the hay is going on. OK, so a 'stunt' may not be 'racing' but the penalty is the same and people are pissed about that.

If it's his word against yours, you will lose. The cop is considered "an officer of the court" which means his recollections will be regarded as fact unless an independent witness can be produced to testify against him.

If your disclosure doesn't arrive in time, you could motion for dismissal on those grounds. If the Crown request for a ...

Yet another great article "King Kenzie"! Surely, we're related somehow, LOL.

I could really identify with his account of nudging up the speed just to qualify as "a racer", LOL. I don't know why I now get a cheap thrill out of touching on 130kph on some loney back road, or read "152" for a split second on the 401, for no other reason than to ...

I may have been half asleep when I heard this. Did I hear that Dalton McGuinty is in Italy trying to sell Ontario as good choice to build a new North American plant??

I suspect Alpha will just laugh at him. McGuinty does realize Alpha Romeo is a Sports Car manufacturer, correct? Ontario is the LAST place a performance car company would want to ...

OF COURSE IT WAS

Careless Driving is intended to apply to drivers' who's actions would be considered inadvertent or negligent. I wouldn't think this section applies to your situation. You conducted yourself in a purposeful way. No negligence was present. There are other sections of the HTA that would apply to your scenario. They weren't used. The officer was being ...

The insurance companies will ultimately determine fault for their own purposes, irregardless of any police charges.

It's not likely any fault will be laid against the other driver, and a Judge would likely state that your son chose to proceed despite insufficient visibility, so he's at fault.

It might be a good time to discuss this with your ...

( 18 ) Every driver approaching a traffic control signal showing a circular red indication and facing the indication shall stop his or her vehicle and shall not proceed until a green indication is shown. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 144 ( 18 ).

This section describes "approaching a Red Light". I'm not sure but perhaps you could also argue that you did ...

Thats very good.
But if i had dropped my waterbottle ...
This would not be "fumbling with something" am i right?...

I agree with your strategy. I'm just concerned that the JP may disregard your "safety" issue since YOUR the one who created the threat in the first place (by dropping your water bottle on the floor).

There's no doubt that this is ...

IF THIS WERE ME.... (doesn't mean it would work)....

I would ask the Prosecutor if he would consider dropping the Turn ticket in return for a guilty plea on the license ticket. He may see no personal advantage to this offer as you really have no case on the license charge. If he refuses, perhaps spice up the offer by adding an extra $40 on the ...

Careless driving
130. Every person is guilty of the offence of driving carelessly who drives a vehicle or street car on a highway without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the highway and on conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $200 and not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term ...