Ontario Highway Traffic Act

$675 Seems quite high IMO. I still dont seem to understand at what point you were being careless.

I have spoken to insurance about this and if it is a "swerve to avoid " rather than a "strike of an animal" the insurance will be going up.

My wife used to work for a broker, and after hearing some strange stories I learned the same thing. Any time an animal crosses in front of you, slow down as much as possible and STAY IN YOUR LANE. If you ...

When I glanced at my speedometer I saw that I was going WAY to fast... I was going 172km/h

At 50 km over limit you can be charged with stunting/racing and have your vehicle impounded, licence suspended ect. By you admition you were 72 km over limit. Unless you live a sheltered life under a rock somewhere you know this law by now. And you were ...

When I got in an accident the insurance adjuster told me that I would probably get calls from their insurance or the other person. they told me not to answer any questions, to get him their info and let him do the talking. Thinking of your situation I would notify your insurance of what is happining and that you did not have an accident and let ...

I was in an accident where an old lady changed lanes into my van, was charged, and filed for court. I was Subpoena to court. I brought pictures of the damage to our vehicles that showed damage starting at her driver door back to rear bumper, proving I was directly beside her when she changed lanes. Obviously guilty, but the prosecutor offered her ...

I was in an accident where an old lady changed lanes into my van, was charged, and filed for court. I was Subpoena to court. I brought pictures of the damage to our vehicles that showed damage starting at her driver door back to rear bumper, proving I was directly beside her when she changed lanes. Obviously guilty, but the prosecutor offered her a ...

You have to attend court in the jurisdiction where the offence occured.

The cop likely said something like "you should file option #3 and attend court, ..... you might get lucky" When people hear this they usually think what did he mean by that? maybe he doesn't plan to show up. Actually as far as I know cops are paid to attend court and possibly ...

Was this was the first time you were pulled over for the headlight? If so thats a real bullisht ticket. No need for anything but a warning on that one.

As for the insurance, you got to have that paper. Cops are sticky on that. But even so I thought they had some way on their onboard computers to see if you have legit insurance, paper or not.

My ...

Reflections wrote:

My phone was in the console by the time he got to the car

Me thinks you should maybe pay this one.............

Ha Ha good eye there reflections. I missed that first read through.

Im sorry but this "cop" was not in a marked vehicle, did not wear a uniform, did not show a badge, and demanded money on the spot, yet he thought she was a cop. The driver should take some blame on that one, and get a clue. Even a complete moron should know that a quick call to 911 would have proved if this was legit cop or not. And he had time ...

There are laws that we must follow when driving. Most of us know about them. If we fail to follow the law and a police officer observes this we will be in trouble. Thing is at this time there are laws that Police officers must follow too when dealing with us. Unfortunately most people have no idea the laws as far as what the police can and can not ...

the "stop arm" does not have to be working for this to be an offence.

Here is the section for the offence:
HTA 175 (11) Every driver meeting on a highway, other than a highway with a median strip, a stopped school bus that has its overhead red signal-lights flashing, shall stop before reaching the bus and shall not proceed until the bus moves or ...

In the situation you discribe it would be unwise to stop. Seems to me you were unsure if he was a cop or not, so dont beat yourself up. I dont think police can pull you over off duty or in their personal vehicles. (nor would I stop) As it may be difficult to tell even if he had an unmarked car... thats why they have flashing blue lights.

Thats bullisht! Fight that, it should be a winner.

BTW did that cop hand out a bunch of those tickets, or just to you?

DJ Jazzy wrote:it doesn't make sense to me that I would lose demerit points from my driver's licence for riding a vehicle that doesn't require a driver's licence.

It doesn't make sence to me that you expect other road users to share the road with you and then you go squeese past several cars and run the red light just to have the cars pass you again.