Ontario Highway Traffic Act

The record is permanent. Insurance companies can only go back so many years though (4 maybe?). No way to fight it or have it removed unless it was given in error.

You could only be charged with speeding if you exceeded the actual posted limit. Driving too fast for the conditions could result in a careless driving charge, though there would have to be sufficient evidence to support this.

The way I read it he's just describing the bend in the road as being 500 m distance. I'm not sure where he actually lists the distance he obtained his reading at.

My guess is that he's talking about which vehicles are in which lanes (tt is probably transport truck) and what their speeds were. He then states you passed them all, didn't lose sight ...

There will be a record of the suspension on your licence history. I don't think insurance companies would look very favourably upon it, but I'm not sure they treat is as seriously as a suspension for an actual driving offence (i.e. impaired conviction resulting in 1 year suspension). Probably best to contact your provider to see if it can impact ...

I don't really get your reasoning. You admitted you were speeding, regardless of whether the limit was 50 or 60 at that point. You admitted you knew that the sign was different on both sides of the road and that your speed was in excess of both of these rates. You want to use the defense that you thought you were going 72 km/hr in a 60 km/hr zone ...

A Chevy Cobalt doing 195 km/h? Doesn't compute. Must have been going downhill with a tail wind.

Following your GPS isn't a defence that the Courts will accept. The onus is still on the driver to make sure his actions were legal.

Toronto does have by-laws relating to prohibited turns, if the disclosure is all in order, it may be worth seeking a plea deal to the by-law.

The fact that true copy isnt defined in the HTA really isnt a defence. As Hwybear has demonstrated, Courts simply look at the meaning of the words. A more thorough search may reveal case law to support this, but I've never seen a JP accept that a partial copy of a document is sufficient.

Typically paralegals have more experience dealing with traffic matters then lawyers, unless its something criminal like impaired driving. Neither option is a guarantee for success and the quality of representation will be very dependent on the individual. Get a feel for whos representing you during the consultation and see if you think theyre ...

Ontario applies the applicable points for what the conviction would carry here, so 4 points.

Damn, Lidar guns do make errors

Well, I'd argue it's more lidar gun operators that make errors. :wink:

I wish they'd go into a little more detail about what caused the error. They say in the article the lidar gun needs to track the vehicle for 3 seconds straight, which I've never heard of. The reading the gun obtains is pretty much ...

It should be the same as what's on your ticket, section 7(5)(a). There is no definition of true copy that I'm aware of in the HTA. Courts have always simply said it must be a copy of the front and back of the document, with the current validation sticker on the back as well.

I base my answers on my knowledge of the Ontario Highway Traffic act and related provincial statutes, so its possible things may be different in Quebec.

Im not aware of any way to have fines reduced once the Courts have issued them. Typically accused have a chance to plead/explain their financial situation prior to sentencing, so the Justice of ...

1) was he legally allowed to go through that blue folder without my permission.?? since the card wasnt visible it was hidden in behind all the other papers. ( i also didn even realize it was there :S)
2) when the officer wrote the ticket he wrote my adress as 663 BLoem st and my real adress is 633BLoem st will this ticket still be good or ...

I'm not sure there's anything more specific then the section itself, which reads "every driver of a motor vehicle on a highway shall carry, the permit for it or a true copy thereof".

True copy simply means a copy of the front and back of the document with the current validation sticker.