Ontario Highway Traffic Act

There are a couple reasons in Ontario where an officer can pull you over without cause.

Those can be:

(a) To check your driving related documentation.
(b) inspect the mechanical fitness of your vehicle and/or
(c) to check your sobriety

A sobriety check would, best case scenario, require you to roll down your window.

I'd recommend doing whatever you're comfortable with.

If you want to request an early resolution, you can do that. If you don't like what you hear, you still have an opportunity to request a trial.

You can also request a trial and hope for some lucky break along the way. Note, you'll also go through the early resolution process when you appear ...

Speeding is what they call an "absolute liability offense."

In short, this means you were either travelling the speed limit or you weren't. They are not going to consider whether you were driving 110, 120 or 130. There's no in-between here.

"I was driving 120, not 134" would mean you'd be found guilty and you provided the evidence to boot.

I don ...

I don't think they'd have much to offer you at an early resolution meeting. There's not much they can do to reduce this particular charge.

Police dashcams in Ontario aren't as common as you might think. The majority of cases will not have video evidence simply because there isn't any.

If you do want to see any evidence, you'll have to make what ...

This is normal.

I'm assuming the speed limit was 100km.

If so, the offer will likely be something like 15 or 29km over.

You can accept it or not. If not, you'll continue with your trial.

"Witness" would be if, lets say, you were in an accident and the police arrived after the fact. The charge would likely rely on witness statements from those who were there. In the case of your ticket, the officer was involved beginning to end. Regardless, it's not really a big deal if it were marked yes or no even if it was in error. You'd still ...

If there's video evidence, it will be provided upon request.

More times than not, there isn't any.

If not, you'll likely just receive a copy of the offers notes.

You should probably worry about reopening your case as soon as possible. I believe you have 15 days to do so. (Might be 30 but I believe it's 15 for reopening, 30 for appeal)

As far as unreasonable delays go, you did receive your ticket during a global pandemic.

Good luck.

Just to add, you can always call your insurance provider anonymously and ask them the same question for piece of mind.

In terms of insurance, they'd both be considered minor.

Insurance will split all convictions into three categories. Those are minor, major, serious.

Typically, these are how speeding convictions are split.

Minor - Speeding - any type, except when listed as major or serious .

Major - Improper passing/speeding in a school or playground zone.

Serious - Speeding 50 kph or more over the speed limit.

The ...

They'll likely already know whether or not the officer will be available by the time you show up. They may make you an offer regardless or choose not to proceed.

Both options will get the job done. They have "early resolutions" on trial days also.

If there's an offer to be made, they'll make one before proceeding with a trial right in the courtroom. Let's say they schedule trials in 2 hour blocks. They'll schedule something like 20+ people to appear in that block. Everyone will line up and they'll make ...

Short answer, yes.

There are weight and length limits. I believe they're 23 metres and 4,600 kg.

Here's the part most people get confused on...

You cannot tow more than one trailer behind non-commercial vehicles.

Pickup trucks, regardless if they're for personal use, are considered "commercial vehicles" for highway traffic purposes. An easy way ...

Novice Sanctions are automatically applied by the Ministry of Transportation once they receive your conviction. Whomever ends up dealing with your charge, it's out of their hands. Nothing you can really do there. They can only reduce the charge which in turn would come with a lesser penalty.

Trial dates are booked on a first come, first served ...