Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Also would like to mention... if the 11B fails (which, in your case, is unlikely if the paperwork is properly done) the Prosecutor may still offer to resolve it without a trial on the actual charge itself. With the back log in the Toronto court system, if the Prosecutor sees an 11B motion and it is 19 months delay, you're looking at a very good ...

Depends on the insurance company... mine forgives a single "minor" ticket, like 0-15 over. Then 16-44 over is an increase, 45+ over is serious.

Then again, some insurance companies consider 30+ over to be "major." When I spent two years living in Michigan, one insurance company had its hands completely stuffed up its @$$ about speeding. This one ...

Prosecutor will talk to the officer, who will have in his notes that he reduced the ticket. The risk then becomes that they could amend the ticket to the original speed at trial.

If the signal facing him changed to a full green, he didn't really fail to stop for the amber. However, if traffic had to wait for him to clear the intersection, I'd call it "Left turn - fail to yield to through traffic," contrary to section 141 (5) of the Highway Traffic Act.

I would guess that, unless the Prosecutor and/or the officer really goofs it up, it will be very, very, very costly. Very.

Bring the pictures and the by-law, and present them to the Prosecutor. If everything's as you say it is, the charge should be withdrawn.

Um... if your licence has not been re-instated, don't drive.

If you get caught driving a second time with a suspended licence in a short period of time, the Prosecutor could very well seek a jail sentence. (Not completely likely, but why chance it?)

He probably stopped because he was giving way for you to pull out (being a nice guy). Either that, or he was a clueless moron. (More likely he was being a nice guy... here in Toronto I'd say it's an 80% chance he'd be in the "moron" category, or a 110% chance in Brampton.)

Is that not just a technicality though? The officer was unable to account for the entire event. Does that mean the driver didn't commit the crime? They just got lucky.


Technicality or lack of evidence? With sight lost for some time, the officer cannot be certain that he/she stopped the correct vehicle, unless the officer either caught the ...

then should be considering asking a "emergency services person" for assistance...and who better to ask than the police who have you stopped. Police can also get EMS to the scene or send the EMS to a residence.

Should be the case, however, last year we had a cardiac surgeon stopped for speeding en route to save a heart attack victim. The officer ...

You may want to consider hiring a paralegal or a traffic lawyer for this particular case. They will get disclosure of all of the evidence against you, see if proper procedures were followed with respect to gathering evidence (such as talking to your son), and figure out if they can fight it, or plea-bargain it. As Simon Borys says, there's nothing ...

You cannot be driving 136km/h and have any reasonable defense.

Incorrect. It is called "defence of necessity." If you or someone in the vehicle has a life-threatening emergency, that is a valid reason for speeding. It is a rare occurrence, but if the defendant is truthful, it is valid nonetheless. And defence of necessity is accepted by the ...

It is nearly impossible to win a speeding ticket that is 30+ over the limit because you're clearly, blatantly speeding.

Agree with Stanton. It's on the basis of the evidence, not the raw speed.

Example: The kid who was caught doing 238 in an 80 zone a couple of years ago was found not guilty, because, in trying to catch the driver, the officer ...

Disobey Sign s. 182 (2) of the HTA is $110 (set fine, victim surcharge, and court costs) and 2 demerit points.
Municipal "Disobey Sign" is 0 demerit points.

45 days is a benchmark (and usually what they go by), however there is no guarantee that after 15 days the court will accept the ticket.