Ontario Highway Traffic Act

With a charge like careless driving, I'd recommend discussing this with a paralegal. If he bumped or broadsided a car that was stopped while he made the turn, particularly with rainy road conditions, a careless driving charge is not surprising. The consequences of a careless driving conviction are quite severe, particularly with respect to ...

Squishy wrote:I think this was the "right" charge, but a misunderstanding of what you are required to do at the intersection.

That's definitely possible.

Squishy wrote:Am I forgetting a relevant section of the HTA?

I don't think so.

OPS Copper wrote:Sorry no signature is not a fatal error IF it is an electronic generated ticket..

I think Odot wanted to go to electronic ticketing for reasons like that, but for some reason the switchover didn't happen. Cost?

Squishy wrote:It's O.Reg. 497/94, section 2. It's not an HTA O.Reg., but under the POA.

Thanks Squishy.

Halloween is just over a week away, so I thought this might be a semi-interesting topic. Ontario has a couple of allegedly "haunted highways," where people have reported strange sights and encounters.

I'd be interested in hearing of any local legends or stories you have about roads that may be haunted.

The only one I know of that is said to be ...

before you pull me over i stuff it in my pocket


According to two friends I have with the Ottawa Police...
"You cannot search the person to find the instrument." Exactly as you said.

They can't search you personally but they can search the car. So if you stuff the detector down your shirt, well, you might be home free... not that I'm ...

viper1 wrote:When they tried to get me to agree to a reduced fine
I mentioned about the research I have done the cop went up and told the DA my answer.

Did they drop the charge?

No signature is a fatal error, as well as if the set fine OR total payable is incorrect. There are a couple of ways of fighting it. If you choose not to dispute the charge (by simply doing nothing), the Provincial Offences Act then takes over, and the Justice of the Peace who gets your ticket the only has to do one thing: Examine it to see if it is ...

I agree, I think the wrong charge was used. Makes it easier to beat in court.

Get a trial date, make a disclosure request, and see what they come back with. The officer's notes should tell the story, and that's probably all you'd get as far as disclosure goes in this case. Just don't let the Crown know that the officer seems to have charged you ...

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I stand by my original statement. Section 60 and 60.1 apply whether or not there is a trial. They are also the law, in the same act. It says a conviction as a result of a "proceeding," and section 8 says if you plead guilty out of a court it constitutes a conviction. That is also a proceeding. The phraseology is the same. Payment of the ...

I just looked at section 8 of the Provincial Offences Act. Basically if you settle out of court/plead guilty, it "constitutes the conviction." It does say to pay the set fine... but... I recalled some legislation from the Harris government imposing the victim surcharge. I looked it up, too, and the Victims' Bill of Rights was what they used. It ...

Was that the set fine amount or total payable you're referring to?

If the set fine OR total payable is wrong, it's a fatal error. So the set fine should be about $80, and total payable, as Squishy says, is about $105 if it's a community safety zone. Let us know. Did the community safety zone have certain hours that it's in effect? What set fine ...

I'm going to have to agree with Squishy.

I still believe that keeping right except to pass in all cases has more benefits to overall traffic flow than keeping left to accommodate right-turning vehicles, and having to change lanes every time a car comes up behind you

Granted, it is courteous in many situations to move left to allow vehicles to ...

My take on it: Disagree, at least if I understand your scenario correctly. Ian Law, who is a well-respected professional driving instructor, says you should keep to the right, as you've got an open escape route (shoulder) and are exposed to fewer errors from drivers on either the left or right. He writes for the Toronto Star as an automotive ...

What I do for a livng is not important (I'm retired).

It isnt important. It doesnt add or detract from credibility. The main reason I pushed you for an answer on your occupation and experience, and dared you to test your ideas yourself, was because of some of your posts had an air of overconfidence and some were disrespectful. Example:

If ...

Everything on the Internet is opinion, not fact.

Finally we agree on something.

As to "there's nothing I posted that you could shoot a hole in," you seem to have mistaken me for someone that cared, or for that matter, even bothered to read most of your posts. I'm not obsessed with laws, I'm only here for fun, but I sure as hell don't want to ...