Ontario Highway Traffic Act

I wouldnt worry about the seatbelt ticket. The Crown will most likely withdraw the charge if theres no prospect of conviction. Just make sure your daughter attends Court and brings some type of government identification with her date of birth on it. If she was 16 at the time of the offence, youre not responsible for her seatbelt use and wouldnt be ...

Interesting. Ive got kind of mixed opinions as to whether its a valid charge or not. It wasnt really being operated at the time of the accident, but it was obviously operated prior to the crash itself. Did you make any type of admission to the police about parking it? If so that would be sufficient grounds to lay the charge. They dont actually have ...

Is your address wrong or the offence location? Neither are fatal errors, though offence location is more significant then driver's address.

The short answer is yes, police do have the authority to tow vehicles from private property. They have to have some justifiable reason and a lawful authority to do so, but it's still possible off the roadawy. If you feel it wasn't justified in your case, I suggest consulting with a lawyer and seeing what they have to say.

KWhite wrote:I heard from a relative that the justice of the peace has the option of changing the charge if they see fit

Not true.

Hi Stanton, sorry for not being clear. The exact wording is "Red light - Fail to stop". The Section is: 144(18)

As I mentioned, I was turning right. I don't know why I was charged with failing to stop on red light. When you mentioned ask for disclosure, how do I do that? I already pleaded not guilty and have a court date. Now, how do I request ...

I'm not sure what you've actually been charged with. Please confirm the actual charge wording, section and fine. The charge wording and fine you've posted don't sound right.

If youve been charged with red light fail to stop, the fact that it was a dedicated turn lane is irrelevant. Red light offences are absolute liability offences, meaning there ...

The proper charge would have been under section 141 or 142, both of which cover turning movements. As you've said, section 136 covers stops signs and doesn't even really apply to what happened. I think there's a very good chance the Crown will simply withdraw the charge if you try and fight it.

Just to clarify something, if you're involved in an accident, you should only share insurance info with other driver, never your driver's license, right?
That's incorrect.

Youre actually required by law to provide your drivers licence number. Heres a quick summary of what the different acts say you must provide.

The Criminal Code simply states ...

Speak with the Crown and see what they offer. As long as you consent, it can be plead to pretty much anything even remotely related.

I was under the impression that police cars at speed traps had to visible from a certain distance away. Is this still true??

No, and it's never been true to my knowledge. Some police services may have policies recommending certain levels of visibility (i.e. wearing a reflective vest when directing traffic), but it's irrelevant to the offence ...

Where is your mailing address on file? With the MTO? I was under the impression that everything got sent to your licence address. I've never heard of having a separate mailing address on file for the Ministry.

Probably bogus, but it sounds like the other driver hit/hopped a curb to avoid an accident, not simply braked. If that's the case I can see damage from the curb strike, and technically that could be considered an accident.

I've seen former OPP spokesperson Cam Woolley on TV saying it's not illegal, which surprised me. Probably most officers wouldn't care, but I'd agree with Simon that's it could be construed as illegal with certain officers/circumstances.

Question to articles of traffic act....what is
5759520 a
5759521 a....with 7(1)

Where are you getting those numbers from? I'm not sure what you mean by articles.

Section 7(1)(a) covers expired validations stickers. Section 128 would cover speeding.

If those numbers are the giant ones at the top of the ticket, they simply refer to the ticket ...