Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Bit of a late reply... been house-hunting so a bit tied up.

Anyway, you could try plea-bargaining to a lesser offence. For a U-turn, if there was no conflict with other cars, you'd probably be okay in doing that. The Prosecutor might offer a simple by-law infraction or something with no demerit points.

As far as an 11B goes, I think you're ...

1. Was the officer correct in assessing the collision? I find this absurd: if bikes are allowed to share a lane with other cars, then a biker should also be allowed to pass a car on the right, provided this can be done safely.

In my opinion, yes he was. Lane-splitting or lane-filtering (driving/cycling between stopped vehicles, or stopped ...

11B is a section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It's valid in every province and territory

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the procedures written in this thread work for courts in Ontario, and probably aren't the same ones that would be used in other provinces.

You would just show up on the day of trial and plead guilty to the offence.

Agree with Stanton. The Fault Determination Rules don't look at whether or not the charge was withdrawn in court. The only look at the circumstances of the collision itself. If the "circumstances" proven in court are different, then you could go to your insurance company and try to get the situation re-assessed. The conviction would only further ...

They'll need at least one of the cyclists to show up to testify in order to secure a conviction. Did you take any photographs of your vehicle? I hope so!

Just put together a bunch of photographs, including the damage to your vehicle, the size of the bike lane, how your vehicle would be, etc. Then what you can do is, when you get your trial date ...

Thread merged. Please keep all posts related to the same ticket (or set of tickets) on one thread. Makes it easier to provide advice.

I'm not really sure disclosure will help you in this case. It's one of those "paperwork" charges where the burden of proof is that your ownership wasn't correct at the time of the offence. If you update it and take it to the Prosecutor, they might be willing to give you a reduced fine or drop the charge, depending on the kind of mood they're in...

Agreed. The other motorist was 100% at fault according to the Fault Determination Rules and, if police had investigated, likely would have been charged with Lane Change - Not In Safety, or if the officer really wanted to ramp it up, Careless Driving.

If you've provided all of the information to your paralegal, they should be able to fix it for you. Then again, they might see something that I don't, so I might be wrong... anyway I think you've chosen a good option and they should be able to at least get a lesser offence for you, if anything.

I'm still not clear on what happened. Did you rear-end him? Or was he coming at you head-on and turned into (ie across) your lane?

When you get disclosure, post the results here (editing out personal information) and we'll see what we can do to help you put your case together.

Since you have no prior convictions, the Prosecutor might be willing to offer you a plea-bargain to a lesser offence if you decide to fight it (option 3). Your insurance company may forgive one ticket, but I can't say for sure. Some do, some don't.

What sign did you disobey? Was it a "right lane exits" sign or was there some other sign?

As Stanton indicated, this forum does not deal with criminal matters.

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Strategy 1: Both officers will be required to attend court if one was operating the device and the other stopped you/issued the ticket. If one is not there, then you should move to have the case dismissed. They need testimony from both officers in that case. However, if they were "taking turns," ie. one guy runs the laser and then pulls a vehicle ...