Ontario Highway Traffic Act

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.