Ontario Highway Traffic Act

No. The officer is in his right to write down anything he chooses, whether you believe it is right or wrong. He did not gather that information by breaking into your garage or getting a statement against your will. If you believe the officer is wrong in his notes, I suggest you use that information against him in your defense.

That was what I was afraid of. From my side it seems unnecessarily rigid, allowing me to be 100% at fault even though car A was the one either distracted or following too close. Is it at all possible someone has challenged this type of ruling?

If the driver in front of you is following too close, they are responsible for everything in front of ...

Hi,

I got the same ticket this morning at the same location. I was not able to see the sign due to on-coming traffics and pedestrian signals ... what is your strategy at the court ?

Quick look at Google Maps shows the sign displayed twice. There's one placed on the right side of the road and again on the opposite corner at the turn. You'd have ...

I received my disclosure and talked to the city worker who put it together. He said he didn't include the by-law cause its too big, saying they don't do it for HTA violations either. My disclosure request included this, should i now file another disclosure request for just the by-law? Or is the by-law not considered necessary disclosure? I know ...

I abandoned the fatal error notion a while ago. Yes I am looking for specific answers that favour my case. For example, does a police officer need to maintain a line of sight with a vehicle to give the driver such a hefty charge?

charging me after I've turned through 3 intersections with no cop behind me in a congested area does not seem right ...

1) The officer alluded to him having video of me running the light. Can I request disclosure for this?


Sure you can. It doesn't mean it exists though.


2) I just received notice of my trial today, but it's scheduled for the end of February. That's not a lot of notice for them to give me. Can I still get disclosure in that time frame? What ...

- where she was stopped is actually a posted 50 km/h zone - in fact the whole road is posted at 50 - no where is it posted at 60 - I have no idea what the officer was thinking when he wrote it as a 60 km/h zone and since she did not look at the radar I have no idea what her actual speed was (she does admit to doing over 60 but is adamant it would ...

My husband had absolutely no idea what was going on in the back as he was concentrating on the traffic and couldn't hear anything in the back because of baby crying and the music playing. I tried explaining twice all this to the officer but he would not listen and kept on asking for my kids ages and checking the car seat. Since my husband DID make ...

I have no convictions on file, only had an invalid sticker ticket once that was thrown out. Right now I only have a g2 so I really don't want demerit points and more so don't want an increase in insurance. I am having a hard of enough time affording insurance as it is. Should I request an early resolution with prosecutor or just plead not guilty ...

Alright so then there is no point in fighting it then? just to pay the $110 fine?

What he is saying is they would have to reduce your ticket to a lesser charge. You can't keep the charge you have now and receive 0 points. They can't just take the points off the charge because the Ministry automatically adds the points associated with that charge ...

We tend to not take responsibility in obeying and knowing the law. Only after reading posts like this web site do we get an appreciation of the "privilege" for driving.
I have been stopped twice for not stopping at a stop sign. Both occasions were at night.
And on both occasions I politely answered the stop sign "infraction" in a polite, firm ...

Hello Stanton:

Thank you for the reply. In this case, the camera was triggered when the light turned to red.
If the light turned to red when my car over half of the road but still not arrived the other side yet, is this still triggering the camera? Or only when the car entered in the intersection the light was red to trigger the camera? I am ...

1. Do I have to make a statement, can i not make a statement at later day like 48 h later ?

You don't have to make any statements, period. You have to provide reasonable information for someone who is behind the wheel of a vehicle. Provide your name and address, license, insurance, etc. You don't have to incriminate yourself by supplying a ...

Due to the position of the Sun which was directly ahead, the video doesn't show the color of the lights when my car crossed the line. In my mind, I crossed the white line before the light turned red. So it is my word against the officer's word and he was not really in the best position to judge the alleged infraction.

What the camera views is ...

Reading this it's unclear to me whether the OP meant that the other car was travelling in the oncoming lane ( as everyone else has assumed ), or if the other car had come up from behind and tried to overtake the OP's car on the left. To me it reads a bit more like the latter scenario, which might changes things quite a bit.

I've read this a ...