Ontario Highway Traffic Act

racer wrote:I would say that your insurer is messing with you.

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I've personally seen people with 5 convictions on their record who are still on "normal" insurance. Shop around.

If there was definitely a median, you should be able to get the charge dropped or beat it in court. This is part of section 175 of the Highway Traffic Act, which deals with school buses:

Duty of drivers when school bus stopped

(11) Every driver or street car operator, when meeting on a highway, other than a highway with a median strip , a ...

What I can gather from the notes (perhaps hwybear or OPS Copper can correct my mistakes):

- Patrol highway 401 westbound west of Toronto Road in lane 3.
- Observed Target Motor Vehicle (TMV) in lane 1 at high rate of speed (HRS)
- I activated rear antenna
- Observed target speed of 130 km/h, patrol speed of 106 km/h
- (Not sure what next line says ...

a vechile coming up cross street turn behind me on center lane sounded horn did not try to slow or give me room had my left signal on and yield to bus sign totally visible.

You said the driver turned off a cross street DIRECTLY into the centre lane? If he turned directly into the centre lane and the collision occurred almost immediately ...

The roads are filling up with a generation of folks who have been repeatedly congratulated for accomplishing nothing throughout their life, and now they're all out there with their resultant "me, me, me" attitudes driving like the self-centered knuckleheads that they are.


That says it all. My personal theory is that parents have become so over ...

The trick is in the wording of the section...

Signal for left or right turn - 142.

(1) The driver or operator of a vehicle upon a highway before turning to the left or right at any intersection or into a private road or driveway or from one lane for traffic to another lane for traffic or to leave the roadway shall first see that the movement ...

What about delaying the trial itself?

You or a friend can appear before the JP and ask for an adjournment. They will not really require substantive proof for this, but have it ready just in case.

As for proof - do you mean that I need to provide them with proof in the form of actual pictures?

Affirmative. See these Guidelines for Submitting ...

It's a bit late to try to construct a solid defence here... did you happen to get disclosure of the evidence against you? If not, no big deal, but what I'd suggest is try to look for a plea-bargain to a municipal by-law infraction, if the officer shows up. The benefit there would mostly be with your insurance, and a slightly lower fine. If the ...

The crown tried to say the late disclosure was due to my error and late request, but I told the justice that the reason for the late request for disclosure was due to the PO Office's failure to provide Notice for Trial.

That should keep the option open to stay the charge later, depending on when they re-schedule it.

When I saw this I thought ...

The best strategy is to request it as soon as you have your trial date. I'd still make the disclosure request regardless.

Just don't tell anyone that the ticket bears the incorrect set fine, otherwise, if it is within 6 months, they can withdraw the original charge and issue a summons in its place! If the case goes to trial and you don't appear ...

The 10th pedestrian fatality happened this morning on Dufferin Street. A woman jaywalked in front of a Honda Odyssey who attempted to avoid the collision, but despite the efforts of the driver, the side mirror struck the pedestrian and knocked her down where she struck her head on the pavement. She died at the scene.

I don't know is the ...

Usually 9 weeks is the minimum "safe bet" lead time.

In the past eight days, 9 pedestrians have been killed in the GTA. Five of them were killed by vehicles making turns. At least two of them were killed by jaywalking or crossing in areas where they should not have. One was killed by a red light runner and another was killed by a driver who rocketed through a stop sign (I don't mean rolling stop, I ...

Depends on the make/model and weather conditions, the specifics should be in the radar manual. You can bet that it would be at least 1 kilometre, if not well above that.

I think this web page might have a little more info:

http://fightyourtickets.ca/tickets/appl ... oceedings/