Ontario Highway Traffic Act

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.