Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Read iFly55's first post. He showed you the correct set fine for 33 over.

Its all dependent on whether the officer made any type of report regarding the warning. If there was a report, it would get entered into a police database which other officers could query. Its not something that would typically show up during a routine plate query.

In short, maybe but not likely.

I checked highway traffic act speeding penalties FROM \\\\\\\\\\GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO
0----20$3.00 KM.
20---30 $4.50 KM
30---39 $7.00 KM
What gives?
Numbers don't add up??

Those are the Court fines (if you're convicted at trial). Police use the set fines of the Ontario Court of Justice, which are slightly lower.

1-19 kph - $2.50
20-29 kph - $3 ...

1) There are no demerit points for speeding until you're going 16+ km/hr over the limit.
2) It depends on your provider. Most likely it would be considered a minor offence.
3) Failing to stop for a school would likely be a major offence, but you were charged with speeding. Again, you'd have to check with your provider to see if they treat community ...

I know when it comes to an accident your passengers cannot be a witness so I can't see it being any different in this case.

I can't believe that you could be given a ticket for a pedestrians word, this is the first I've heard of such a thing. It really doesn't make sense because as you say just any person for whatever motive can call you in and ...

Reviving from the graveyard, could you in theory choose option 2 (as I recently learned, option 2 does not forfeit your right to a trial), get disclosure beforehand, and then use it at the meeting with the JP?

The options on the back of tickets varies from one jurisdiction to the next. Make sure that option 2 is for an "Early Resolution" meeting ...

I'd argue the more appropriate charge (assuming the pass was unsafe) would be "Pass - Roadway not Clear - Approaching Traffic" under section 148(8)(a).
Passing vehicle going in same direction
148(8) No person in charge of a vehicle shall pass or attempt to pass another vehicle going in the same direction on a highway unless the roadway,
(a) in ...

Driving with an expired licence is not an arrestable offence. Either the officer needs a remedial on her arrest authorities or arrested you for a different reason then the HTA violation (though it should have been explained WHY you were being arrested).

In regards to your second offence, there's nothing preventing police from approaching a vehicle ...

If the officer felt your pass was unsafe, I don't believe he charged you under the correct section.

For more serious matters under the HTA, the Courts will run an ex parte trial (a trial with no defendant where the Crown must prove their case).

Since both tickets were issued at the same time, theyll need to be dealt with together. The Crown wont drop one charge if youre planning on going to trial on the other, theres no incentive for them to do so.
Documentation violations aren't really a serious charge Insurance providers look at all charges. They'll treat a conviction for not having ...

justsomeguy wrote:I also need to get some forms completed since the car is a gift, to hopefully not have to pay tax on the current value of the car

You are exempt from paying tax when the vehicle is from a parent or other close family member.

The full list is here: https://www.ontario.ca/driving-and-road ... ip-vehicle

Stating the officer should have remained diligent for impaired drivers is not a defence. This type of argument arises frequently in Court, where motorists state there were other people committing more serious offences at the time they were stopped. The Court is not interested in the other offenders, only whether the person before the Courts ...

My defense in court is that, with the time of stoppage (5:15am) [sun hadn't risen], the tint of the windows and the proven speed of the vehicle it is unreasonable that the officer could have seen if the seatbelt was off while the vehicle was in motion. Once stopped, I removed my seatbelt to gain access to a backpack holding all ID's- as there is ...

The short answer is yes.

While then goal of a RIDE programme may be to target impaired drivers, it doesnt limit police from investigating other offences which they may discover in good faith. When you drive up to such a programme with no front plate, its readily apparent youre committing an H.T.A. offence. The officer is then free to switch gears ...