Ontario Highway Traffic Act

You can pass on both a single or a double yellow line in Ontario. :shock:

The Ontario Traffic Manual sets the guidelines for when a single or double yellow line are to be used. Basically a double yellow is used when it is likely to be unsafe to pass, such as going around a blind curve. Single yellow lines are where it also may be unsafe, such as ...

what's in it for the other driver to take time and appear in court?

If he's been ordered/subpoenaed to appear, and fails to do so, he can go to jail. Realistically, though, the Crown would just drop the charge and let it go, so the only advantage for him would be more of an intangible one (helping them convict you) than anything.

Plan for him ...

To get the "no disclosure" angle, you basically need to show that, despite your reasonable efforts to obtain disclosure, the Crown failed to fulfill its duty to give it to you. A mistake by the Crown in the address is not enough, unless it happened more than once.

The main issue I see here is, did you know about your trial date? If not, why not ...

If you're worried about the demerit points, you can always plea bargain to 15-over. With 16 over, that should not be a problem. BTW, just to be sure, the officer didn't reduce the speed, correct?

Getting a lawyer probably isn't necessary, same for a paralegal. Price? Don't know, you'd have to check with them. If you want to find out, there's a ...

Is this police officer (that was doing the training) required to show up at my trial?

Not unless the training officer took the reading or observed you first or was the one keeping track of the vehicle. If he was just there and coaching, I'm going to say no.

2.) In the disclosure (which I received only at the pre-trial - which was the grounds ...

1) I understand I have to enter a plea to the prosecuter before entering the court room.

You only plead guilty/not guilty to the JP, not the Prosecutor. What you are doing in advance of the actual start of the trial is arranging a plea-bargain.

Should I agree to a lesser offence (if one is offered) or continue with a not-guilty plea if I'm ...

These are some general guidelines for submitting photographs in court.

- Photographer must be present in the courtroom
- Photograph usually requires a time/date stamp
- Originals must be available to the court (if digital, "raw" format is used, plus a CD with the originals and the memory card)
- Photographs cannot be printed off your home ...

Other than sending a fax with a receipt to show that you attempted to file it over the holidays... probably not, unfortunately. It still wouldn't get to them until the first business day. That's probably a useless gesture, though. I'd file it on Monday and see how it goes.

Courts in Toronto really like photos, as long as they have the following:

- Photographer present in the courtroom for trial
- Photograph taken on date of offence (date/time stamp if digital)
- Originals available (if digital, on CD and in a "raw" format... like we discussed a few months ago)
- Photograph printed at a regular photoshop like Black's ...

Edit to list done.

hwybear wrote:All this is for the "summary" part at end of trial.

Good point.

hwybear wrote: I see one municipality listed that has not existed for 11 years

Which one? I'll edit the first post on the thread to remove it.

You can beat this ticket. The officer charged you with the wrong offence.

To get started, photocopy the ticket, then send in the ticket requesting a trial and check off "officer present." Make your own notes of the incident, maybe even re-visit the scene to help refresh your memory. You will then get a court date in the mail. When that happens ...

If I'm understanding you correctly, you were ticketed for Red Light - Fail to Stop, section 144 ( 18 ) of the Highway Traffic Act, right?

If so, you've been charged under the wrong section. You could have been charged with failing to clear the intersection or something else, but red light - fail to stop is only if you enter the intersection after ...

The most current information is maintained by the Office of Francophone Affairs:

http://www.ofa.gov.on.ca/en/flsa-mapdesig.html

Looks like they haven't updated the municipalities though.