Ontario Highway Traffic Act

As pointed out by Jsherk, a Careless Driving offence is on par with an Impaired Driving or Over 80 conviction for insurance. It also carries a 6 demerit point penalty for your licence and possible other problems if you are a G1/G2 driver. Because your offence has been issued by summons, you are exposed to a greater range of penalty than had you ...

Another possibility is that you may simply receive a letter in the mail stating that a complaint had been made about your vehicle. The letter has no teeth as far as consequence.

Only way to know exactly how it will affect your insurance is to ask them. Every insurance company is different.

I recall a poster not too long ago who had a previously clean record with a recent conviction for some minor 0 demerit point offence along the lines of a permit or fail to surrender ticket. He reported a 5% (?) increase or there ...

Hi everyone, i got hit today with a 104km in a 60kmh zone, Issue is i only have a G2 and we all know what happens if you go 30kmh-49kmh with a G2 you get a nice letter from the mto saying license suspension for 30 days. Now here is my question the officer never dropped the charge at all and i literally went straight to the court house and filed ...

Generally this type of offence is resolvable and it would be a shame to simply accept a conviction at the rate of speed on the ticket. A 15 over would be very unlikely. Perhaps a generic signage charge or a 29+.

Hi all,

I was (recently) involved in a traffic accident where, due to icy road conditions, I slid into oncoming traffic while making a right turn, while they were coming towards me and stopping at a stop sign. This was a residential area and there's no way I was exceeding anything over 20KM/h on that turn. Regardless, I think I'll likely be found ...

I got a ticket for driving with handheld device in Oct 2015 and I had requested for a trial. Yesterday I received the notice of trial (notice is dated 26-Jan-2017, court of trial is Newmarket, ON) and trial date is Mar 8, 2017. Today, I have sent in a registered request for disclosure (i.e on 29-Jan-2017).

I am requesting advice with the ...

Hi everyone,

On the morning of January 26th I was speeding like crazy.. but I feel like im in the right. I was on mayfield rd going west and past highway 410 and the speed was 80km. I kept going and then past heart lake road (an intersection) after the traffic light is 60 (supposdly) and then a km later was the opp officer waiting for me. He told ...

Red Light charges issued by camera, as opposed to being stopped and charged by the police, do not result in demerit points or record of conviction. You are simply being charged as the owner of the vehicle, not necessarily as the driver. Given the lack of penalty beyond the fine, these offences may not always be cost-effective to contest if you will ...

It would also be difficult to prove whether or not the device was actually being used. The police officers who come to our high schools to educate our students about the perils of drinking and driving, texting and driving, etc., say it's easy for them to obtain information from mobile companies that would show exactly when and how the phone had ...

Just want to confirm for everyone.

Jevco has confirmed I only have a 20% surcharge because I did not have a suspension with my conviction. My roadside suspension is administrative. They are the ONLY ones that differentiates this and I was about to get a quote that's only 20% more than my current premium before the ticket. I only found this out by ...

argyll wrote:I would suspect that it's because if they didn't make a blanket ban in holding it then everyone would have an excuse about passing it to someone or other reason why it was in their hand.

It would also be difficult to prove whether or not the device was actually being used.

Unfortunately, it appears only the last post made can be edited. Unless I'm missing where the edit option is for older posts. To confirm HTA s.78.1(1) is a 3 demerit point offence, not 6.

The offence carries a 6 demerit point penalty.

If I'm not mistaken, I believe that the offence is 3 demerit points, unless the legislation has changed recently.

Correct. My fingers got ahead of my brain. Drive With Handheld Communication Device is a 3 demerit point offence. I'll see if I can edit my original post with the correction. Thanks!

My wording was, "sorry but it is stop light , i am waiting and I picked my phone." He was very strict while answering he pressed button on his shoulder and said "doesn't matter if it's red yellow or green light, the moment you are on road you can't touch your phone"

Earlier he had told you have 3 options, so after asking above question I asked ...