Ontario Highway Traffic Act

"The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect."
James Madison (1809–1817)

"The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among freemen."
James Buchanan (1857–1861)

"Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community"
-- St. Thomas ...

It's a bunch of bunk...

Canada and it's successive governments, like all nations have adopted laws to protect their people and assert people's rights in a balance with the rights of society.

Yes it's an imperfect system...but the alternatives are no less perfect.

Could we return to a feudal system? Great...then how do we prevent drunks and 9 ...

Strange I had an 05 Mustang (the nice new retro style) when they first came out...drive all over TO and cottage country, prior to that an 03 BMW M3, my wife had an Auti TT Covertible...I think we can agree those are flashy cars...add my Italian Sportsbike to the equation for that matter...

No officers in the GTA / OPP would know my cars...

I ...

Like I said we could and will agree to disagree...problem is most of this is based on perception and there really isn't any greater challenge than changing perceptions...

Some people don't believe that police internal complaints system worked or was a serious means of bringing complaints against police, thought that discipline administered by our ...

Has your speedometer been certified? How often would it have to be calibrated? An errant speedometer is not a defence...

You must get stopped a lot. Why?

I bet the average driver gets stopped once every 10-15 years...I'm thinking rather than get a video camera, you need to go out and get yourself a clue if you are getting stopped that often.

You ...

I got tazed in training.

Ouch!!!

But it last 5 seconds not 45 minutes like OC spray.

I much prefer the tazer, hurts like every muscle in your body severly cramping at once, but it's over in 5 seconds...

Of course I'm not overweight, have a pre-existing medical condition, not high on cocaine and am not engaging the police with intent to escape ...

Call the prosecutor's office and make arrangements to get a copy.

Well it appears we could wear out a couple of keyboards and having read your reply, you have a very interesting viewpoint which is clear you strongly believe in...however...I will reply on a few points...


Yes funny that isn't it ? I wonder if the fact that the complaints dept is situated WITHIN the actual police station itself causes people to ...

The society of which I speak is called Canada.

All Canadians deserve the RIGHT to travel in safety. You should not be harmed going about your daily business because other chose to flaunt the laws leading to your injury or death.

I think all traffic fines should go to charity, that way once and for all people would stop thinking that traffic ...

I would say it depends when you changed your address.

If you changed months ago then I suggest you are fubar-ed. If you changed it and after a reasonable time (2-3 weeks) you hadn't received an updated one, the onus is on you to follow thru and get the updated copy, via MTO.

If it was recent, then you might have an arguement.

Never trust a ...

Well you hit a vehicle that was ahead of you that stopped?

If the evidence doesn't clearly describe follow to close not sure what would?

Careless Driving also fits, so I suspect the officer cut you a break.

You did cause the accident, and the duty of the vehicle in front of you doesn't include braking in a user friendly manner so they'll bare no ...

Nothing magical there PaulinCanada.

Courts have recognized that when you do this daily over the course of years you get good at estimating and really anybody can develop the skill...

After 2-3 months on the job I was almost always bang on...I'd estimate 100 km/h and activate the radar 103km/h.

The reason courts prefer officers make their ...

I concur with hwybear...

Agree with bear on this...

We had a traffic officer who would stay on the road til the last minute of his shift looking for impaireds every night, sure he made lots of extra money cause every arrest happened at the end of his shift and there was lots of OT.

But he was also an accident reconstructionist, signed up for every PAID DUTY...and wrote ...

As the driver of a motor vehicle you are responsible to make sure you have the required documents to operate the vehicle and that you sticker is up to date etc...so there isn't much of an arguement there.

As for the time, I would speak to the prosecutor...they do have the ability to amend the ticket per R. v. Winslow which is the authority on ...