Search found 4 matches

by MrsHo
Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:21 am
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Won at trial for Failure to Stop at Stop Sign. Thanks!
Replies: 6
Views: 5833

Re: Won at trial for Failure to Stop at Stop Sign. Thanks!

Radar Identified,

Thanks very much for your kind words. This forum helped me prepare for my trial. Before reading here, I had never heard of Disclosure notes. I believed what other parents had told me - that the Officer wouldn't show up for such violations and that I would win automatically. Not so at all! And guess who had told the parents that ...
by MrsHo
Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:11 pm
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Won at trial for Failure to Stop at Stop Sign. Thanks!
Replies: 6
Views: 5833

Re: Won at trial for Failure to Stop at Stop Sign. Thanks!

viper1, I was just perusing some older threads and believe me, I was floored when I found this one from 2010:

http://www.ontariohighwaytrafficact.com/topic2711.html

It's the exact same spot where I got my ticket!! I've been telling my family that I think the positioning of the Stop sign, stopping line and the tall fence all make this intersection ...
by MrsHo
Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:36 pm
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Won at trial for Failure to Stop at Stop Sign. Thanks!
Replies: 6
Views: 5833

Re: Won at trial for Failure to Stop at Stop Sign. Thanks!

As I approached the intersection, I stopped in front of the Stop sign. Then, I started up again and went into the turn. I DIDN'T roll through the Stop sign. What I DID do is roll through the stopping line which was 2 metres in front of the Stop sign and another 2 metres from the intersection.

That intersection of Banbury Road and Pinnacle Road is ...
by MrsHo
Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:50 pm
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Won at trial for Failure to Stop at Stop Sign. Thanks!
Replies: 6
Views: 5833

Won at trial for Failure to Stop at Stop Sign. Thanks!

Was ticketed last December 2011 for Failure to Stop at Stop Sign, HTA 136(1)(a) and finally got my trial yesterday (Jan 17, 2013) after 3 visits to the Markham Rd, Scarborough Court. I represented myself and thanks to the great info from this website (plus some pictures I took as evidence), I WON my case! It was my 1st time in 30+ years of driving ...