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by Squishy
Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:04 pm
Forum: Courts and Procedure
Topic: fatal errors? - signature?
Replies: 3
Views: 1527

Re: fatal errors? - signature?

Since when does a signature require the full name? Mine is just my initials with a unique scribble in between , not even a first name.
by Squishy
Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:03 pm
Forum: Failing to share the road
Topic: Fail to drive in marked lane...
Replies: 8
Views: 5780

Re: Fail to drive in marked lane...

"People were passing me in the passing lane and the slow lane"
"I was driving very slowly (slower than everyone else it seemed, except the transport truck driver)"

Side note, the username implies it's a "she". :wink:
by Squishy
Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:29 pm
Forum: Failing to share the road
Topic: Fail to drive in marked lane...
Replies: 8
Views: 5780

Re: Fail to drive in marked lane...

Unrelated to your ticket, but this is a huge pet peeve of mine. Keep to the right lane unless you need to pass someone. You should never be passed by vehicles in the "slow lane" (illegal for you) and conversely, you shouldn't pass vehicles to your left (legal, but not a good driving practi...
by Squishy
Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:53 pm
Forum: Improper left turn
Topic: Turn - not in safety. Advanced Green light. Collision.
Replies: 3
Views: 3948

Re: Turn - not in safety. Advanced Green light. Collision.

Were you facing an advanced green arrow along with a circular green for traffic in the same direction? If so, as long as you can prove that you had the advanced green, the HTA does not require you to yield to through traffic - pretty much the only time that left-turning traffic ever has right-of-way...
by Squishy
Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:22 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Is this a fire route?
Replies: 5
Views: 2508

Re: Is this a fire route?

"If yellow lines on the pavement means no passing" They don't, especially not in a parking lot. You weren't in a parking space, therefore you were encroaching on the fire route. Same as if you parked on the sidewalk in front of a fire route - just because you are out of the "roadway&q...
by Squishy
Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:45 pm
Forum: Improper left turn
Topic: Left turn collision, person travelling in wrong lane
Replies: 19
Views: 5711

Re: Left turn collision, person travelling in wrong lane

You say you were turning left to go WB - why did you begin the turn with WB traffic still approaching? Were you only fixated on EB traffic and intending to use the centre lane as a merging lane to go WB? If we're going to argue about legal usage of the centre lane, you can't legally drive onto it fo...
by Squishy
Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:15 pm
Forum: Improper left turn
Topic: Left turn collision, person travelling in wrong lane
Replies: 19
Views: 5711

Re: Left turn collision, person travelling in wrong lane

You can't go straight on a left turn lane, however, road markings cannot create a left turn lane. They are advisory only, there mus be a black and white sign designating the lane as a left turn lane.
by Squishy
Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:36 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Drive Motor Vehicle, No Currently Validated Permit ticket
Replies: 8
Views: 14991

Re: Drive Motor Vehicle, No Currently Validated Permit ticke

Which one is what? I don't see a contradiction here. Your valtag expires on your birthday (unless a commercial vehicle), and a new sticker is not valid unless affixed to the plate and vehicle registration, even if you have paid for it already.
by Squishy
Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:36 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: a) Fatal Error on ticket? and b)Toronto Muni Code Violation?
Replies: 4
Views: 2157

Re: a) Fatal Error on ticket? and b)Toronto Muni Code Violat

Chapter 400 is the traffic and parking bylaws of the City of Toronto. It's not readily available on the internet, but the wording should be: Where U-turns are not prohibited under the provisions of (section on prohibited turns), no person shall while operating a vehicle make such a turn in an unsafe...
by Squishy
Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:57 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Are blue solid lights in the front legal?
Replies: 5
Views: 5863

Re: Are blue solid lights in the front legal?

paul1913 wrote:The question is why would you want blue windshield washer nozzle lights.?
To match the purple headlights and spinnaz riimzzz, of course.
by Squishy
Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:57 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Road 'Boundary' Lines
Replies: 8
Views: 3126

Re: Road 'Boundary' Lines

The reflective paint isn't new, I remember seeing it at least ten years ago (the earliest I drove in NY). Their big green highway signs are also much more reflective and readable than ours. I am seeing more of these Botts' Dots being installed, I think the latest batch went onto the 401 near a dark ...
by Squishy
Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:02 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Road 'Boundary' Lines
Replies: 8
Views: 3126

Re: Road 'Boundary' Lines

I blame the paint the MTO uses. They even have a very specific formula to use for road paint, but it's junk compared to what's used nearby in New York State. NYS road paint is actually reflective so it is very clear at night and shows through rain and falling snow.
by Squishy
Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:07 am
Forum: Improper driving when road is divided into lanes
Topic: Passing on the right
Replies: 5
Views: 2199

Re: Passing on the right

It is also legal to pass on the right where pavement is of sufficient width, which doesn't make sense to me that lane markings are not a requirement. There is a road near where I live that is notorious for such passes, but with circumstances opposite to yours - the road goes from one lane to two wit...
by Squishy
Tue Dec 27, 2011 3:11 pm
Forum: Courts and Procedure
Topic: Traffic Offence ???
Replies: 2
Views: 1154

Re: Traffic Offence ???

And what's commonly called a "distracted driving" ticket in the media is actually referring to the specific charge of "drive - handheld communication device" - driving with a cell phone or similar device.
by Squishy
Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:33 pm
Forum: Failing to stop for a school bus
Topic: Unintentionally failed to stop for school bus!
Replies: 17
Views: 22953

Re: Unintentionally failed to stop for school bus!

No, because a stop sign is not a traffic control signal system.

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