Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Here's my two cents:

During your disclosure request (where you will ask for the officer's notes) ask for an explanation & clarification of the charge. The E & C is trying to see if the Crown figures out that they need to give you a certified copy of the by-law that erected the sign. This is required. If the Crown does not provide you with the ...

Didn't the article mention that he was charged with driving without insurance? I thought that carried a minimum $10K fine all on its own, with the JP having the discretion to drop it a bit if your sob story is good enough.


It did. First offence for drive without insurance is minimum $5000, max $20 000, but you're right with the JP having ...

Now today I had my car brought in to have it safetied and e-tested as I'm looking to sell it and I hear back that the brake lines have a break in them.

That makes things a little more interesting. You were following another vehicle at the posted speed limit who suddenly braked. You then did not hit the vehicle while your car had defective brakes ...

The notes also enable a person to understand exactly how they were caught, or other things that they may not have considered or noticed. It may cause the defendant to plead guilty, or may help their defence. Example: Defendant is driving on a sidestreet. Defendant sees police car behind him. Upon spotting police car, defendant takes careful note to ...

The photos are one piece of the puzzle. If the by-law requires the sign to be present, it might cause the Prosecutor to withdraw the charge if presented with photographs. All depends on municipality.

Were his passengers wearing T-shirts that said "I'M WITH STUPID"?

Think you're right, Squishy & viper1. Fire route is governed by municipal by-law. As viper1 was mentioning... which city did this occur in?

Jenne: Take some photographs of the area with a time-date stamp on it showing that there are no signs indicating that it was a fire route. Be forewarned, though, that whoever takes the photograph will be ...

Think the Tories previously mused about raising the limit to 120 when Mike Harris was Premier.

On top of that, they forgot to include a certified copy of the by-law that erected the STOP sign. That's also grounds for staying the trial based on improper disclosure. In your next disclosure package, ask them for an explanation and clarification of the charge, but don't specifically ask for the by-law. See if they figure it out.

If they try to ...

noah1977, racer is right in that no signature is a fatal error. If the ticket is an electronically-generated one, then looks like Squishy is right, it isn't a fatal error... but it sounds like yours wasn't electronically-generated.

I think admin gave you some solid advice right here, following your original line of thinking:

From what I would ...

Squishy....had that similiar thing about 7yrs ago......went to a possible impaired driver call, driver lost it and went into a soybean field (spring time no crop), so driver i sitting there spinning the tires, turning the steering wheel, I knock on the window....looks at me, rolls down window and tells me..."I'll never catch up" and guns it....mud ...

Correct, bilingual defence applies. Take a photograph of the sign with a time-date stamp on it to provide proof that it is not bilingual. (Be forewarned: Whoever takes the photograph has to be present for the court appearance.) Ticketcombat's website also provides a thorough explanation of how and when to use bilingual defence, if you haven't ...

Yeah... not really...

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And then, "look ma, no brains":

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Or you could be like these guys. Check for police officers before doing a standing burnout on a public road. :roll:

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There is also that group of drivers who think the left lane is the 'passing lane', the centre lane is the 'travel lane', and the right lane is the 'merge lane'.

Think that Reflections & FiReSTaRT covered why a lot of people think that way. If I see traffic merging ahead, I just change one lane to the left, let them on, then move back to the ...

Not sure about setting official time with respect to how accurate the police have to be. But, it's likely that they'll consider the officer's version of events as more reliable.

There are several ways of fighting it, though. The timing issue is, I would think, more of a "last resort" defence than anything should it go to trial. There are other ...