Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Issued in a news release by Toronto Police Traffic Services Sergeant Tim Burrows, these were the top 10 peeves of drivers in an on-line survey by the Toronto Police:

10. Slow drivers
9. Slower-moving drivers who pull into your lane when you're going faster
8. Late/no left-turn signals in traffic
7. Distracted drivers
6. Cyclists who disobey the ...

Just to be sure.... I'm not really familiar with the off-road legislation/laws, but your son was charged with HTA section 130 - Careless Driving, correct? Don't know if laws governing ATVs have a separate Careless Driving charge.

Bad news: If the officer who attended the scene is an accident reconstruction expert, then his statements in court ...

Couple of options:

- Plea-bargain to a municipal by-law infraction
- Fight the charge, including setting a trial, getting disclosure (officer's notes + copy of by-law prohibiting the turn), going to court and fighting it tooth-and-nail (sort of)

If the officer took decent notes, your best bet it to call the Prosecutor and plead it down. The ...

What was the ticket for (section & offence)?

Unmarked vehicle = no problem, at least from my point of view. What bothered me about the taxi/police car was that it looked like a cab, so some motorists may think that it's some cabbie who installed the lights just to get around traffic faster and wouldn't pull over or stop.

Odot has an unmarked Chevy Tahoe in the Chatham area that is used for ...

According to the Insurance Act, if you're planning on filing a claim, you have seven days from the time of the incident to report it. If not, no report is required UNLESS the insurance policy says "you must report all damage or collisions." That's rare, though. Check your policy.

does the accident impact the insurance coverage even if no claim ...

Lower court not bound by an appeal court?

I thought they were... guess either I learned something new or we've got a lot of Justices/JPs living in a yellow submarine.

I think, if anything, the whole s. 172/appeals/unconstitutional/etc has revealed that our judicial system is a Gong Show. Wow.

Since I chose to fight every single ticket a couple of years ago. I have been winning 4 out of 4!


Congrats!

special Thank you to radar identified, without your and other people's help and encouragement, I won't last until my luck finally finds me.

You're welcome, although I really didn't do much. You did all of the work. I only provided a ...

One other thing: Tell the JP that the only way you're willing to agree to the date change is if it is "pre-emptory on the Crown." This keeps the clock ticking on a possible motion for a stay due to violating your right to a speedy trial. If THEY keep delaying the trial, you can file to have the charge thrown out... but it will need to be close to 1 ...

For a split second I did start to depress the gas

Don't mention that in court... but...

I never exceeded the speed limit. The light turned yellow as I was within 30 feet of the intersection. I noticed one or 2 cars stopped at the lights on both sides of the street perpendicular to the one I was traveling on...

but I gauged that the distance ...

diehard wrote:Is this possible at all?

Depends on the Prosecutor.

This reply may be a bit too late to help you, but here it is...

The charge was "sort of" correct. An Improper Turn would've been if you made a right turn directly into the left lane, for example. What you actually should have been charged with is Proceed Contrary to Sign at Intersection, which is 144 (9) of the HTA. While it is not illegal to turn ...

In the interest of fairness, I'm compelled not to vote for myself, although I am very much interested in becoming a Moderator.

I received the cops notes and the accident report. Is there something else in the disclosure that I should have received?

If the report/notes have witness statement(s), or brief notes on what the witnesses said, then it looks like you've got sufficient disclosure, but your lawyer should be able to tell you more after reviewing it.

The cops ...

PLUS is my only way getting out of this ticket .. is by the cop not showing up (highly unlikely he doesnt from what I hear) or if there is an error on the police notes?


Not necessarily. For disclosure on speeding cases, you are entitled to the officer's notes, and the radar/laser manual. The notes have to show that the device was tested before ...