Ontario Highway Traffic Act

zoomsay wrote:As for fighting the speeding ticket, pay up, prosecutors are in no mood right now to make deals on 50 over the limit speeding tickets under HTA 128.

Doesn't hurt to try and see if you can get a paralegal to knock the speeding ticket down a bit too.

Oh and how would you suggest that I best document my whereabouts at that time? Iv never tried to be caught somewhere on purpose lol. I'd hate to have drag someone with me to court, any other suggestions on how to prove where I was?

Thanks
Wes
Got any shopping you need to do that's out of town? Plenty of receipts are time or at least date stamped ...

You might get your disclosure package in time, but if you don't you can just explain to the Justice that you didn't know about disclosure and that you need time to review it in order to defend yourself and the Justice should grant you an adjournment.

As for your other questions, YES it is possible that an officer could pull two people over and get ...

what is the fine and demerit points for overcrowding your car, for e.g driving with 10 people in a 7 passenger van.

a follow up question what if the said van gets in an accident and it takes a while for the cops to get to the scene and the driver lies about the number of occupants in the van and says there were only 7 in the car, and at a later ...

Recently in my town (suburbs of Ottawa) one of our busier 40km/h zones got bumped up to a 50km/h zone (yes it actually happened :D ). Down the road a little bit there is a high school and then an elementary school a little further along. The elementary school zone has community safety zone signs but remains a 50km/h speed limit. Before the ...

Seems like a long time to have not been given any kind of notice so far. It's possible I suppose that your request was improperly filed at the court and your daughter was found guilty for not disputing the charges within 15 days (unlikely but it could happen). In which case because you obviously didn't pay the fine her license would currently be ...

I believe I was a hazzard and was not staying with the flow of the traffic. I believe I put my own life in danger as well as fellow motorists because I was not keeping up with the flow of the traffic.

LOL. Sounds like a smart move to me :roll:

It's one thing to be oblivious to the fact that your slow driving is dangerous...but doing it ...

Contrary to common belief "the man" really isn't out to get you

guideman wrote:Did the cop just show up to get overtime pay?

Typically officers have many tickets scheduled on the same day in order to maximize the number of cases they can actually testify in.

Also I just want to add in case you weren't aware that a ticket on a bicycle has no impact on your driving record + car insurance rates.

Those "no u-turn" zones are actually no uturn, authorized vehicles exempt. Police cars would fall into that category so he's fine being there. From my experience police love to use a "turnaround" or to be just behind a bridge when it comes to speed enforcement.

For a "warning" ticket (one which has a payable fine of $) I understand that they have no affect on your driving record directly. However, if you are pulled over at a later date will that officer be able to see that you have gotten a warning in the system or is it registered anywhere at all? If it is registered how long would something like this ...

I live in Ottawa and I just checked the tickets I have filed (1 warning for fail to surrender insurance and 1 for follow too close which has since been withdrawn) and the officer signed neither of them in the box that states "Issuing Officer (signature) de l'agent". All that is present is the officer's name in a standard typed font (I would guess ...

Having a dirty plate isn't a criminal offense (no criminal record associated with it obviously) so therefore it is not a crime. Yeah that's basically the definition of a crime: something that the government deems to be a criminal offense.

Well I did my course just yesterday and I have to say it was well worth the $395. I'd say I probably learnt a lot more useful things in that one day that I did in my numerous days of standard drivers education. I'm going to try sending off the certificate to my insurance company and we'll see if they do anything for me.