Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Hello all,

very interesting site. very entertaining. I have tried to do a search for my question, but have not found anything. sorry if its been posted before.

I was under the assumptiong that I could designate any person to be my agent in court. i.e. if i am unable to attend I could ask my father/brother/sister/genius monkey to appear on my ...

You don't really have to notify your insurance company. They will find out on their own anyways.

Your insurance company is gonna kick you off anyways. So you can either wait till they kick you off, or just tell them and get kicked off sooner.

It can take them up to a couple months to kick you off if your lucky. Depends on your insurance company ...

As ticketcombat explains, GPS for consumer use is never 100% accurate.

I had the same frustration when I first used my GPS. It is a TomTom which is not bad IMO, but I used it while walking lol, while visiting relatives in Florida, in a new neighbor hood.

The GPS didn't exactly get me to my pin pointed location, but nevertheless it got me to the ...

Can Ontario Canadian's get Demerit Points for Out of Province Offences while driving in the United States?
Yes! However, only TWO states can apply Demerit Points towards your Ontario Drivers License. The State of New York, and the State of Michigan.

Interesting.......when the HTA OREG 339/94 section 4(1) reads...
.. If a resident of Ontario is ...

Can Ontario Canadian's get Demerit Points for Out of Province Convictions?

Yes!

Here is clarification from the MTO site:

Demerit Points for Out-of-Province Convictions

Drivers convicted of a driving related offence in the State of New York, the State of Michigan or any Canadian province or territory , will have home jurisdictional ...

Impaired driving requires a combination of driving observations: weaving, erratic driving, etc, and and physical observations: alcoholic odor, dilated pupils, slurred speech, etc.

Over 80 doesn't require proof of impairment, just proof of alcohol concentration. But there has to be suspicion of alcohol to demand the test in the first place. A ...

"It's just a dog, you can get another one," Officer Paul Stephens is heard saying.

Check out this article:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5601299&page=1


A couple was stopped for a speeding ticket, as they were trying to take their sick dog to the vet.

The dog died while the officer gave them a ticket for speeding.

A distressed ...

Ya you are right...I don't like that part either lol....actually a couple of my paralegal friends have told me to never admit guilt to anything to the officer when you get pulled over...

Heres a great article from Yahoo Auto's.

http://ca.autos.yahoo.com/p/705/how-to- ... ing-ticket

I believe there was an incident where a TO man was charged for signaling other drivers about a speed trap..

The charge was for "alternating flashing headlights typically used by emergency vehicles."

According to official police statements it is not illegal!

Here is a good article about such a case:

http://www.wheels.ca/Article%20Category ...

Speaking of Cam Wooley, is there some way to get him on this site lol?

First and foremost... I hate people failing to chage lanes when an emergency vehicle (such as a police cruiser) is on the shoulder of a highway.

Oh yeah I totally hear that...

You know what I still don't understand are the people who STILL don't know that you HAVE to pull to the right and STOP when any fire truck or ambulance is approaching ...

Wow I had no idea you could actually be caught and be ticketed by an airplane...

How does that happen exactly? Did a cruiser actually pull you over and notify you? or did you get notified in the mail or something?

I mean I am assuming an actual airplane didn't pull you over, so I would be interested in knowing the procedure of how one gets this ...

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