Ontario Highway Traffic Act

You can file an appeal of the ticket and indicate the reason why you're doing so (i.e. missed the date). I don't know if that will be accepted as a reason to reopen the ticket, but I believe that's how you'd go about doing it. You can ask at the courthouse for the form to appeal.

That's actually a really interesting situation. s. 142(1) yields 2 charges: change lane not in safety and fail to signal. With respect to change lane, all it really says is "The driver...before turning...from one lane for traffic to another lane for traffic...shall first see that the movement can be made in safety". So the offence is made out if ...

Also, if you pass the stop line and ENTER the intersection when the light is red, it doesn't matter whether you stopped before exiting the intersection, it's the passing the stop line on the red that constitutes the offence - if that's what happened in your case...I wasn't clear on that from reading your post.

It's got nothing to do with the officer anymore. You could try calling the court and asking them to confirm that the ticket is not on the system. If it's not, ask them how you go about getting your money back.

An old trespassing ticket and insurance card ticket will have no bearing on your current situation.

I don't think you're hurting your case by accepting disclosure in the morning. It's no more reasonable for the court to expect you to review it before court than it is for them to expect you to do it during a court recess. If the disclosure is only available the day of, you can likely expect to get an adjournment (at the crown's expense) out of it.

1) Doesn't matter where you were stopped, police officers have the authority to act anywhere in Ontario.
2) If you believe the officer couldn't see you properly, then just tell the JP that and explain why you believe that to be the case.

It's not the JP's decision whether or not there will be a deal. That is between you and the prosecutor. You can schedule a resolution meeting with them before the next set date (if there's time) or meet with them the morning of to discuss a plea, if that's what you'd like to do.

That's the correct set fine for 22 over on a ticket (out of court settlement). The other table is what the fine would be if assessed by a JP on a finding of guilty in court.

Stanton wrote:a radar reading isn't necessary. The officer can still give evidence in regards to your speed compared to other cars and traffic and how you were driving.

Just so people don't get confused, this is the case for careless, not for speeding offences - those need an actual speed measurement.

I agree with Stanton. Dealer or personal insurance covers the vehicle, whether plated or unplated, on the road or off the road, etc. Also, as he said, only the owner can be charged with operating a vehicle without insurance. Further, the section for that is 2(1)(a), not 2(1)(1) (there is no such section), so I'm not sure what's going on there. I'd ...

You will probably get all relevant information.

Romes wrote:What are my chances?

Chances of what? An acquittal? You haven't provided any info to judge that on.

Also, what was the fine you got for 22 over?

You can request an adjournment as soon as the proceeding commences. When you get called up the JP will ask what's going on with the case (i.e. is it proceeding, being withdraw, adjourned, etc) and you can just say that your requesting an adjournment in order to give the crown time to provide disclosure. It is probably a good idea to speak with the ...

To prove this charge the officer needs to be able to establish that your turn was unsafe. Without evidence of a collision this is more difficult, but not impossible, to do. If you get disclosure you will be able to see how the officer articulated the basis for the charge in his notes. Then you, or your legal representative if you chose to retain ...