Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Some police services like to give you a Careless (major ticket) ticket under these circumstances, to force you into taking a Following too Closely (minor ticket) plea. For that, you have to show up in court, to the tune of some nice overtime pay in comfortable conditions for the constable.
Emergency room tickets are also becoming all too often as ...

The problem is that the cyclist community keeps whining that bicycles should be treated like cars in terms of lane discipline, but they don't mind running red lights and going in the wrong direction in one-way streets. Then they get pissed off on those all too rare occasions when they get ticketed for it. On one occasion, a bicycle rider almost got ...

The problem is that too many cyclists expect to be treated as cars by other participants in traffic and as a cross b/w pedestrians and superbeings (immune to the law) by the police. I make sure I honk at every cyclist running a red/going in the opposite direction of a 1-way street.

I've seen a lot worse.. Flashing lights from 4 cruisers blocking the road and 1 ambulance.. People still tried to get through. At least the a-holes got nailed with tickets

Best case scenario!

Bookm wrote:http://thestar.blogs.com/kenzie/2009/08 ... -down.html

Yah, Like he said

I already posted my comment to this story

That is grounds for 11b and you also have grounds for appeal of conviction (actually 2, if your 11b motion gets denied and the coaching). I am not sure how that would pan out in practice. However, those witnesses could just decide not to show up next time around in the interest of saving themselves from another 2 hours of misery

The cruiser is at a police impound lot, so you can bet your sweet behind that the constable will not pay a red cent for impound. The constable will do a week of training or administrative duties and not really be affected. Chances are the union will pay for legal representation unless the witnesses for the prosecution are called off for duty ...

If the JP denies your request, you have solid grounds for appeal. The JP should grant your request, but you never know. It's a purely political position. A retiring JP could recommend his favorite member of Tim Hortons counter staff and chances are that she would get the job. The training that they receive is laughable.

Speeding is absolute liability. You did it, you're guilty, no matter what the circumstances are (even though there are some defenses that you can pull if the amount is really low (like 1-3km/h) or if there was a real necessity (medical emergency). With that being said, you can always book the court date and explore any errors with the Crown's case.

Defense of necessity might apply in that case.

Go to the ticketcombat site and download tc's form. Do not use prosecutor-provided request forms.

Your best bet is to request a trial date and disclosure. You should know what he's planning to claim in court. Also you need contact information for other witnesses to see if they'll back you up in court.

Lol thanks. Good to be back.. Been busy. Once I got married alive and survived the working honeymoon, I got back to Canada. Been passing my time developing services for the family biz and riding the bike. Even did a track day south of the border. Finally got a bit of free time

Lol... A bit o/t, but I had a bit of a confrontation with one of those.. Smoking at a gas station (but I was like 10m away from the pumps and I think the safety regulations state 3m) and she pulled in with her brood, numerous enough to fill up a full-sized minivan. When reasoning didn't work, I just ignored her until she brought the manager. At ...