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Police never "have to" charge unless it's murder or assault causing bodily harm...or any domestic related charge. What he means is, he doesn't want to go to an accident without giving a ticket, and fair enough. Most accidents are, at least in part, preventable and police often feel that if a collision occurred, someone should be getting a ticket ...

the ticket/offence notice is the "official" document referred to in court for the offence. The trial notice is simply that, notifying you of the court date.

And since the trial notice isn't the charging document, it doesn't need to be amended. It doesn't even apply except to notify you of the court date.

With respect to how to object to the ...

It's usually never a bad idea to report to the police and if they ask why the delay in reporting, you can answer, truthfully, that you didn't report initially because you didn't think it was over $1000, but you're reporting now because you've been advised by the owner of the other vehicle that it appears it may be.

Basically it comes down to the officer's observation that there was "reasonable time" and your version, that there was not. If you take it to trial the prosecutor will have to draw out some more details from the officer's evidence than his opinion that you had reasonable time. Usually this involves things like distance from the stop line when the ...

Is your question about your obligations to report to insurance, report to police, provide info to them, or to pay?

1) It usually seems to depend on whether the errors have prejudiced your ability to make a defence. If you can show that they have, you have a better chance of having the charges dropped or preventing the prosecutor from making amendments. Be aware though that the "charging documents" are usually the ticket/summons and/or information, not ...

I think the location is something that the prosecutor would be able to amend.

Quite right, I mistyped the reg and it is, more precisely, stunt driving, not racing.

Mixed up birthday is not automatically a fatal error, just FYI.

It may. It depends on the JP and the arguments made by you and by the prosecutor at trial. There is no absolute rule on this.

The fine for expired plates is $110. I don't think it matters if your birthday is at the beginning of the month or any other specific date, I think it matters more how long your plates have been expired for.

There is no authority, per se, for police to tow for expired plates. However, they could just sit there and wait for you to try to drive off after getting your ticket and then stop you 5 ft later and give you another one for still driving with expired plates, effectively forcing you to have it towed off the road, but that's not really done in ...

I agree with all of that. While it might not be philosophically proper to "punish" people who want to take advantage of their right to see the evidence against them, it happens all the time. It's just one of those realities you have to deal with.

i didn't intent to speed or race at all, i was trying to pass two dangerous trucks ahead of me, how likely am i to get convicted of stunt racing if i explain my case.
Intent is not required to be proven in a case of stunt driving. It is sufficient for a conviction that you actually drove more than 50 km over the limit. By definition (O/Reg 555 ...

If the vehicle is being seized (impounded) the police chose the company. To avoid favouritism, there is usually a bunch of companies that form a towing association and when an officer request a "secure tow" (for a seizure) the dispatcher just calls the next company from the association on the list.

If the police have, for example, seized your ...

When police do a blitz it doesn't mean that they start making up charges where no offence was committed (I'm not say that you're alleging this, I'm just pointing it out), but what it does mean is that they adopt a zero tolerance policy for infractions which, in the case of stop signs, means that nearly everybody who goes through could properly be ...

Simon, can you not object before the charge is read?
Ie: They call the person up and the person objects.(wrong charge,city,date,#'s etc)

I have done this at least 3 times but they were 10 or more years ago.
Each time the charge was dropped.

If you wait too long in the reading (of the charge) the crown can amend it.


I can't say how things ...

Yes, I'm sure I've joined the right forum...a forum where I try to share with others the benefit of my experience. Right now my experience is telling me that speeding is an absolute liability offence and therefore you will not be permitted to try to enter a defence of any kind at a trial, including one related to the adequacy or inadequacy of the ...

I think that the pickup or ATV with the snow plow doesn't count as a "snow plow" because it's first and foremost a pickup or an ATV and thus should be licenced like that. Backhoes or whatnot are simply what they are, and I don't think it matters if it's being used in a professional or amateur capacity, since these vehicles are not really anything ...

Visibility of the sign or awareness of the speed zone is essentially irrelevant as speeding is an absolute liability offence.

An ATV with a snow plow attached to the front doesn't become any more of a "snow plow vehicle" for the purpose of the HTA than does a pickup truck with a plow on the front. You would drive your pickup truck on the road uninsured and unplated just because it has a plow on it, would you? "Snow plow" in the HTA is meant to refer to those purpose build ...

I was in guelph and driving around the town. The light was red and I needed to turn right, so i slowed down a little bit and saw that there were no oncoming cars and turned. I was pulled over and the cop said that i didnt stop at the red light before i turned right and didnt even slow down. (I am not sure if I slowed down or not but i am pretty ...

My questions are: is it a valid ticket if given in my driveway on my own property and what about the officer giving the wrong location on the second ticket? Your driveway is not a highway as defined by the HTA, therefore you are not required to have your validation sticker up to date while in your driveway. Location can be amended on the ...

Yes, if you were to fight it it could go back up to the original 37 over, which is 1 more point, but also more money. The fine for the same speed in a non-construction zone is less money.

So what you're saying is that the officer was there moments before your trial but stepped out of the court room and you're not sure where exactly he was when your case was up? I don't think that's grounds for an appeal. The officer doesn't have to be present in the court room. He only has to be available to give evidence and because he was there it ...

Not sure what to do. This is my first ticket. Accused of going 97 in a 60 but it was also a construction zone. Officer reduced it to 89 in a 60 as he said otherwise I would need to go straight to court (?). More than 30 over in a construction zone has no set fine - straight to court. So it sounds pretty serious but he said nothing about dermit ...

You have different obligations under different sections and acts. I'll give more info than you asked for in an effort to be thorough.

Under the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act s. 4(1), you are obliged to disclose the particulars of your insurance in ANY collision that you are directly or indirectly involved in, on request of any person ...

Never heard of such a list during any of my training...

Agreed, the evidence isn't "out of sight" now that it's in the glove box, the evidence is the officer's observations at the time the offence was committed. That's what the court will rely on, regardless of whether a phone was actually observed still in the drivers hands after the vehicle was stopped.

I think a result like that will vary from JP to JP.