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The simplest way I can put it is, "Faster than the lane to your right, slower than the lane to your left."

Makes the most sense to me, otherwise we're turning the highway into a Grand Slalom of sorts, with more lane changes/tailgating/etc. Although I will say that driving from Windsor back to Toronto last weekend, after clearing the construction ...

Pfftt... radar detector. Who needs one? Just keep a good lookout and 99.5% of the time you'll see the police before they even think about aiming a radar or lidar at you. I've found that eyesight works better than radar detectors anyway.

Wrong licence plate is not a fatal error on the ticket. Either the fine amount has to be incorrect or there must be something missing, such as the date or your name, or you are charged with an "offence not known to law," such as "Speeding 50 km/h in an 86 km/h zone." There are other ways to beat the ticket or get it reduced, though.

Radar it amazes me that people do things that stupid without even thinking like doing a uturn in front of a transport.


People just don't think when they're driving "hey, if I make a big mistake, or someone else makes a big mistake and I don't take evasive action, I could die. " Another example was the woman here in Toronto who was chatting on ...

So your saying this guy was driving like a North American, and claimed to be king of the world, and hit the horse and took off because he intentionally hit the horse?


If the article is correct, then yes. The p/u driver crashed into the horse and rider, mortally wounded the horse and seriously injured the rider. Even if that was accidental, the ...

Similar car vs. truck collision happened near Peterborough last summer. Young woman made a sudden U-turn in front of a transport truck, everyone in the car died. I don't know if basic survival instincts have been dulled over time, but I can't help but wonder why so many people just impulsively do things without looking and verifying that the action ...

The best option with this sort of ticket is the route of a plea-bargain to a reduced charge. Not knowing about this being the law will not gain any sympathy from a Justice of the Peace. It is the law in most US states and Canadian provinces. In some US states you can serve jail time for it. The only defence for not moving over is that it was ...

Reflections wrote:Puma.....light deck.......

Getting stopped by a puma with a light deck...

Officer: "Sir do you know how fast you were going?"
Driver: "Meow?"

What kinda street do you live on? If it's a major street like Eglinton or Hurontario, you can't expect for people to do 40km/h just because people are crossing the street with their kids. That's why we have traffic lights with marked pedestrian crossings.


Victoria Park Avenue (four lanes, lots of traffic). Sorry, maybe my wording led you to ...

If I bring it to court, is it possible for them to charge me with careless driving?

Possible, but unlikely. They'd have to do a lot of paperwork to make it happen and it really isn't worth it. Also, the standard for proving careless driving is very high. Drifting or meandering a little bit is usually not enough.

As for the ticket, it really ...

racer wrote:Great. Now insurance rates will increase for grey cars due to the fact that they are harder to see on the road, thus increasing their chances of collision.

I have a grey car. Terrific...

Horses are permitted on the roads, and they are governed by the HTA. Some sections specifically mention them, like section 148(2):

Every person in charge of a vehicle or on horseback on a highway who is overtaken by a vehicle or equestrian travelling at a greater speed shall turn out to the right and allow the overtaking vehicle or equestrian to ...

First of all (not that I had any doubt that you would, but still) good job in responding ASAP to the crash. Sounds like a stupid comment to make, but I've seen enough people literally drive by crashes without doing anything. Or worse, I stopped at a collision, got out to help the injured, and had someone roll down his windows: "Wow, that looks like ...

Federal Police? (RCMP,MP,CBSA)


I was thinking the same thing... Where in Ontario did this offence occur? The only other thing I could think of as far as "federal police" would be the Park Wardens at Thousand Islands National Park or Point Pelee National Park, for example... or maybe Fisheries/Wildlife...

Considering all that's happened, get a ...

That makes things very interesting, in a bad way. I had mistakenly believed by reading your initial post that you had passed a police officer (which wasn't the case). The good news is, careless driving is one of the hardest HTA charges to prove, so the Crown has an uphill battle. Just out of curiosity, how did you become aware of the fact that a ...

Not arguing with you, racer, I was disappointed that the Crown wasn't pursuing more significant charges based on the witness statement.

pinch wrote:The owners could go after the driver for loss of income.

And they should!

Just thank ticketcombat, he's got all the info.

hwybear wrote:Found It....

Ewww.....

racer wrote:He deserves all he's gonna get, if you ask me.

I was hoping the guy would get assault or dangerous driving. That is nuts. Sounds like he deliberately hit the horse and rider. Obviously he's completely off his rocker.

But since he wasn't going more than 50 kilometres an hour over the posted speed limit, he'll just get a pat on the wrist.

The best explanation for the "bilingual defence" is right here:

http://www.ticketcombat.com/step5/bilingual.php

The section you were charged under is, as you said, 154(1)(c)

any lane may be designated for slowly moving traffic, traffic moving in a particular direction or classes or types of vehicles and, despite section 141, where a lane is so ...

If the sign has only English writing on it, then I believe that in this case, yes, you could argue it is an invalid sign. And I know the area you're talking about (not the sign specifically), but EVERYONE goes straight through in the turning lane. The only caveat about the bilingual defence is that for the sign to be invalid when it is English-only ...

Happy Easter and Passover, which ever one you may be celebrating!

I do hide my own Easter Eggs... the problem is I never know where to find them later!

Hmm, what could the reasonable person say???

Even if it's "against my code of ethics" to speed excessively, how's that going to help when the tow truck pulls up? Apparently the courts missed that part. Seems like strict liability for court, absolute liability at the roadside. We're starting to turn into a banana republic without the climate for ...

However, at the same point in time I would appriciate not being given "the speech" when I am pulled over.

I've been lucky enough to not get "the speech" most of the time when I get stopped, but the two occasions where I did, I just smiled, nodded and bit my tongue, like I'm sure you have.

Everyone is afraid to pass and it causes all the lanes ...

I mean just what exactly do you have to be doing to ***NOT*** see a horse and not be able to stop?

You have to be a special kind of person to accomplish that. :shock: Especially hitting and killing a horse and seriously injuring the rider. :( A few years ago, a Toronto Police horse named Brigadier was killed in Scarborough when he was ...

How can you be afforded defence of due dilligence if your vehicle has been impounded and your licence suspended... in other words, penalty handed out before you have an opportunity to provide any defence to strict liability?

What's a marked or an unmarked vehicle?

Marked vehicle has the full light package and the painting with "OPP" or whatever the police service is. Unmarked is not painted with police lettering/decals and the lights are embedded so you can't, at first glance, tell it's a police car (unless you really know what you're looking for).

I would call ...

Welcome aboard!

Reflections is 100% right that an incorrect fine amount is a fatal flaw, but there's a catch. The amounts in the Highway Traffic Act are the statutory amounts. According to the Provincial Offences Act, a part 1 offence (which is what you got) can be anywhere from $0 to $500. A Justice, in court, could give you the statutory amount (which is in the ...

FiReSTaRT wrote:Reported a 5 over ticket to my insurance company and the rates went up 20%.

Holy... When I was 22, I had a couple of tickets on my record, both for 15 over... my insurance company only gave me something like a $100 surcharge per year. Really depends on how finicky your insurer is on tickets.