Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Yes, you always want to challenge the evidence of the officer if you go to trial.

What TC is saying is that there is a POSSIBILITY that the prosecutor MIGHT, if he is vindictive/spiteful/whatever, withdraw the charge and put it back up to 146 km/h. That is not that common, though. Sometimes they will, but more than often they will not.

No excuse ...

I'm concerned as to why the Cst. Donnelley did not say anything to Tapp while he was allegedly driving an OPP cruiser at 180 km/h on a dark country road (lots of wildlife), then turned him in SIX DAYS later. If 180 km/h is really that dangerous, she should have said something right then and there. Same concept applies to my line of work: Someone's ...

Make sure that you send your request for disclosure via registered mail or courier, that way they can't claim that you didn't make the request. Did they offer a First Attendance meeting or did it just go right to trial?

To get a good idea of how to fight the ticket yourself, go to www.ticketcombat.com. This is a website created by another regular poster. Lots of good info there.

Main thing is to get disclosure so you can see the Crown's evidence against you. If you want to save the demerit points, you can always plead down to 15 km/h over, if the Prosecutor ...

Latest news, I just called to my home insurance company and spoke to a clerk there, they are going to write a check to me so I can pay to that car driver a full amount...


Huh? Now I'm confused. Lawsuit hasn't gone forward yet but they already want to pay it out? :?

are you talking about my premium or his premium?

Your premiums. They're ...

need not equal must!


Lawmen is right, the driver has to report it. This is from the Insurance Act of Ontario:

Notice of accident

258.1 (1) If an automobile insured under a contract is involved in an incident that is required to be reported to the police under the Highway Traffic Act or in respect of which the insured intends to make a claim ...

Some bike paths in Toronto have speed limits, such as the path through Wilket Creek Park, which is 20 km/h. A sign is posted. As for sidewalks, I don't know.

The by-law permitting smaller bikes on the sidewalk is to allow children to ride bikes without having to mix it up with Toronto's notoriously inattentive, aggressive, pig-headed motorists ...

I once actually saw a radio-controlled model airplane being flown on airport property zoom up and nail the wing of a sailplane coming in to land. Extensive damage to sailplane, model airplane totalled, no injuries, angry pilot. That was in Colorado and I don't know the outcome of the legal case, if there was one, but I've always thought that ...

scary part - 6 officers hit within the last year while parked on the shoulder with lights flashing

Slowing down/moving over is just common sense when driving. It should be an automatic response by everyone on the road, and not just because the law requires it.

I drive the 401 regularly, including through "Bear Country." If I see a stopped ...

This means that probably that car driver's insurance company did their own investigation and found that he is guilty in spite of the absence of any police charges. So he probably was told that he will must pay his deductable!


Thought so. What you said earlier now makes the whole scenario make sense: Since your son's bike has tires of 24 inches ...

I used to be in favor of banning cell phones while driving but I just don't trust this government to write fair and balanced legislation.

Queen's Park is built on the site of a former insane asylum. Coincidence?

Don't drink and then drive a Zamboni... or anything else for that matter...

http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story ... 3c3d9cca81

All of them miss the most important point – when you are behind the wheel, you are there for one reason only – to move the vehicle and its contents from point A to point B without damage to vehicle, contents, other vehicles and their contents and other peoples lives or property.

You have to wonder why it has gotten to the point where people have ...

What mechanisms we as a citizens have to fight improper police decisions other then the filing an official complain to police?

If you mean by not filing a complaint to the police directly, and instead filing a complaint to an independent agency that would investigate it, this may be helpful:

www.occps.ca

(Ontario Civilian Commission on Police ...

rigjockey wrote:If I go to court and negotiate to pay the full fine but get the points dropped, does it still show up on my abstract and CVOR ?

Yes, unfortunately.