Ontario's Highway Traffic Act Section 175, (9), FORBIDS a school bus from activating it's overhead red signal-lights at:
~ an intersection controlled by traffic signals;
~ at a stop sign;
~ near a crosswalk;
~ at school bus loading zones.

Signage is certain Ontario must be in both French and English.
If it isn’t, it may be possible for the charge to be withdrawn.
The key is that the municipality must have a bylaw accepting this condition in their municipality. Windsor is one such place.

Another reason to always have a dash cam recording.
If you can prove any of the following, you could get the charge withdrawn:
A) the stop sign must be fully flipped out from the side of the bus;
B) was there a raised median beside the bus;
C) was the bus the proper distance from the intersection

It may have been 1 year but it is 18 months now.
If you cause any delays within that 18 months, it doesn’t extend it.
If the Crown causes any delays, that’s good for you and it’s their problem … it doesn’t extend the 18 month period.

Does Ontario’s HTA apply on Toronto Pearson airport roads ? Signage is not even close to conforming to the regulations.
I think there might be a federal airport act than governs airports in Canada.

You might get some answers from thiss YouTube channel by KRUSE LAW:

The bus must be stopped before the stop sign is allowed to be folded out from the side of the bus. School bus driver, signals (6) Subject to subsection (9), every school bus driver, (a) who is about to stop on a highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging children or receiving or discharging adults who have developmental disabilities, shall actuate the overhead red signal-lights on the bus; (b) as soon as the bus is stopped for a purpose set out in clause (a), shall actuate the school bus stop arm; and (c) while the bus is stopped for a purpose set out in clause (a) on a highway, shall...

https://www.ontario.ca/page/understandi ... rit-points

I don’t see it listed here.

Here is a link to the explanation elsewhere on this website.

part-rules-the-road/parking-roadway-sec ... 0-t46.html

As bend mentioned, check if the spot was marked according to the regulations. In many municipalities, the sign must be permanently fixed into the ground or affixed to a structure. It cannot be on a movable stand or just a painted symbol on the ground.

October 2021 amendment to HTA now includes:

Stunt driving and street racing

Stunt driving and street racing are dangerous and illegal.

Stunt driving includes:

driving 40 kilometres per hour or more over the speed limit on roads with a speed limit less than 80 kilometres per hour
driving 50 kilometres per hour or more over the speed limit
>…..driving in a way that prevents other vehicles from passing
intentionally cutting off another vehicle
intentionally driving too close to another vehicle, pedestrian or fixed object.

Thanks for the reply.

bend … you said: “There's only a few charges where that's an option and railway crossing infractions aren't one of them”.
Please list the other charges.
Thanks

It sounds like you may have been on hospital property.

If so, I’m under the impression that much of the Highway Traffic Act is unenforceable.

Maybe someone with more HTA experience could comment.

If a municipality issues a parking ticket and the indicated by-law section of the offence is incorrect, can they amend if you tell them it is wrong ?