Ontario Highway Traffic Act

this was brought in to the UK (when I was there) about 5-6 years ago and is a pile of junk.
on the M25, on certain stretches, they have a variable speed limit. usually on the motorway it's 70mph, (though most people conservatively do up to about 80) on busy days, they change it to say 50

That may have been the case in the UK however in Germany ...

In 2005, the government passed legislation that enabled the introduction of variable speed limits at some point in the future. It didn't take effect right away, so it sat waiting for "proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor." Just by chance... I was reading the HTA earlier while browsing this forum, and this section has now been added:

Variable ...

Keep in mind this is only a consultation process at this stage. Whether or not they go ahead with it is a totally different matter.

Some places use a sort of administrative system like this one (e.g. New York City). On the face of it, I'm not sure what to think of it, although in all likelihood they'll just turn it into a system for rubber ...

The correct thing to do is, if you are the first car in line, enter the intersection on the green and wait in a safe place. Theoretically only one vehicle should enter at at time... this isn't practical in real life in a place like Toronto (at least two are in the intersection) but we're talking a driving test here. Once oncoming traffic is stopped ...

I realize this is a very late reply but the HTA does not set out a qualification on exactly what the medical standards are, except that if your attending physician feels that it is unsafe for you to drive, he/she is to notify MTO.

I get the impression that he didn't think it was entirely unsafe, but definitely thought it was less than ideal. Just ...

Agreed. Unless you can find a way to prove the camera was likely malfunctioning (good luck with that), the best thing to do for red light camera tickets is simply to get a reduced fine. Your insurance is not affected, your driver record is not affected, you just pay some $$$. That's it.

There are some statistics that show an increase in collisions ...

Good job!

And also the Prosecutor should be recognized for dropping the charge based on the fact that you made a reasonable effort to obtain disclosure, and then did the time calculation and decided not to pursue it further. It was the right thing to do.

Visual observation tracking history: Before an officer can use lidar or radar, they're (theoretically) required to visually observe traffic to pick out someone who is speeding. Police officers are trained in determining the approximate speed of a vehicle by visual observation. Once they have an estimate that a vehicle is speeding, they can then ...

"Canadians aren't change leaders. We're deeply, deeply risk averse. If you give us a choice, we prefer the status quo, because we think it's less risky........ If you're unwilling to offend anybody, you don't get imaginative, innovative solutions".

Yawn.

If Canadians were so dumb and lacked innovation, they wouldn't have done things like ...

If the other driver doesn't come, will it get thrown out as well. I'm 95% sure that he won't. He's a busy guy who travels a lot and didn't think I deserved the ticket.

I wouldn't gamble on that one, but if he doesn't show up there's about a reasonable (but not certain) chance it will be dropped. I witnessed a collision about two years ago ...

Not really sure that will work, the officers will likely say that they radioed each other and that's it (which, they almost surely did).

Have you looked for any other issues, such as no indications of testing the speed measuring device, no tracking history (i.e. visual observation of the vehicle), etc?

Well it sounds like the Prosecutor's office did a good job with the disclosure - you got everything you'll need. If you can't read the notes, you can ask the officer to read them to you prior to trial. However, if you then request an adjournment to prepare, the delay will probably be charged to you.

- How accurate does the vehicle description ...

$8000/year is a bit excessive. In fact, that's in the territory of Facility Insurance, which basically is for high-risk drivers who have a pathological need to repeatedly crash their vehicles and get all kinds of tickets from police officers. (Okay not a pathological need but if you look at some of the people who are under Facility Insurance you ...

Your insurance is not affected until you are convicted/plead guilty. So don't worry about that for now.

Your defence about having a line of aggressive drivers behind you isn't likely to work in court. The Prosecutor will argue that you should not have entered the passing lane to begin with, especially if it was full of aggressive drivers. Even if ...

94 km/h over if convicted... I'm guessing:

- $4000 fine
- 2 year licence suspension
- 3-7 days jail

So yes worse than for a drunk driver who would get a 1 year suspension, some probation and no jail.