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I would certainly like to know how OPP radars work in a heavy traffic area with 3 lanes. The officer doesnt have eyes behind his head and it would surely take a highly skilled person to press and lock in a targeted speed and making sure that it was that vehicle travelling at the excess speed.

I think you're thinking it's something like Top Gun ...

All provinces are apart of the Canadian Driver License Compact, which shares driving information across the country.

No province should issue you a license if you're suspended in another province.

You should probably contact your home province about the status of your license.

If you have a license from another province (full license, not learners) for more than 2 years, you can exchange it for a full Ontario license. This means you will skip the graduated license program and receive a license after an eye exam.

However, the license needs to be valid. You cannot exchange a suspended or expired license.

Keep in mind this isn't going to be a Highway Traffic Act issue.

The province only recently started regulating the tow industry. It's under the Consumer Protection Act. It's not very thorough and the rules are basic meant for protecting people who are vulnerable after an accident. It's not going to cover a vehicle on private property.

What you're ...

What was the full charge written for parking ticket?

Did you manage to get into your car before getting approached by the officers and being asked for your paperwork?

Failure to provide proof of insurance will indeed raise your rates if your provider chooses to do so. It falls into the minor bracket, meaning it's treated no different than your average speeding ticket or most tickets your average driver will encounter while driving.

The key thing point here is your failure to do so " upon the demand of a police ...

Your options are on your ticket.

Are you looking to go through the trial process?

Are you looking for an early resolution? Note, your ticket was already reduced to a no demerit bracket from a 3 point bracket. You're likely not to get any further reduction.

Are you a fully licensed driver? If so, the points are rather meaningless. They last 2 ...

Either pay it or don't pay it at this point.

The time for defending this charge was 11 years ago.

I don't know how you go about reopening a 11 year old ticket, but you usually have a limited amount of days (15) to file after you learn about a conviction (example: You filed for a trial, never heard back, and were convicted for not attending.) Your ...

There was a similar thread here a couple days ago.

You can find your answers and more here.

Your answers were also in the old thread you bumped up here.

When not charged at the scene, the owner of the vehicle will likely be charged. That is if there is a charge to be laid. No, there are no demerit points if you are charged as the owner.

If she was reported by the the bus driver or witness, would she get a ticket in the mail or would the officer show up at her door?

They would show up to the address of the registered owner.

How long before receiving a ticket ?

Anywhere up to 6 months.

Also, would demerit points be involved ?

No, because they would likely charge the owner ...

O. Reg. 340/94: DRIVERS' LICENCES

5 (2) A person is qualified to act as an accompanying driver if he or she,

(a) is a fully licensed driver in a Class G motor vehicle;

(b) has been licensed in Ontario or another jurisdiction for at least four years ; and

(c) meets the applicable requirements of the Act and the regulations, including any ...

There is no answer. Every courthouse is different. It depends on scheduling. Expect to wait at least a month and beyond.

There isn't much to worry about. Red light camera tickets are glorified parking tickets. You pay them and forget about them. Expect to receive a deal where your fine is reduced. Most likely in the 50% range.

Ontario has a zero tolerance when it comes to alcohol for what would be considered a novice driver. That means you have to blow a zero.

The 3 day suspension you received is what's called an administrative suspension. You didn't blow over the legal limit, but in your case you're a novice driver.

The 30 day suspension is because you broke one of ...

Lots of people might think this is an easy question to answer, yet tons of official Ontario government websites and associations will give you different answers. So it's a good question.

Example, the Ministry of Transportation says " ... it's illegal to follow a fire vehicle or ambulance responding to a call, within 150 metres."

The Ontario ...

It's fine. The vehicles never meet.

Duty of drivers when school bus stopped
(11) Every driver or street car operator, when 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 the ...

Officers are in court almost always.

If you wait until your trial date to ask for disclosure, the delay is attributed to you , not the other way around. The responsibility is yours to request disclosure in a timely manner as requests may take several weeks to complete.

Even if the delay wasn't your fault to being with, you were only charged in ...

Wow I didn't realize there were by-laws against cyclists on side-walks.

Usually, they are regulated by either age, tire size, or both. It'll depend where you live. You can drive to another municipality and the rules will change.

Peel for example regulates bicycles by tire diameter. Bikes with wheels 20 inches or less are permitted on the ...

They are not the same.

A pedestrian is a pedestrian. At a four way stop, the rules are they have the right of way. They don't have to wait their turn, so to speak. This is pretty basic stuff here.

A bicycle is defined as a vehicle. You would treat them like any other vehicle on the road. In a perfect world, they'd stop at the stop sign and you'd ...

Some relevant portion of the Highway Traffic Act to consider is:

142.1 (1) Every driver of a vehicle in the lane of traffic adjacent to a bus bay shall yield the right of way to the driver of a bus who has indicated his or her intention, as prescribed, to re-enter that lane from the bus bay. 1994, c. 27, s. 138 (12).

Buses have the right of way ...

my main question how is it possible for a cop to confirm in court that you were in fact using a hand held device?


At the bare minimum, the law only requires you to be holding the device.

Officers in Ontario have come up with alternative ways to look for handheld device offenders. One of the other common ways is to have an officer ride public ...

If we're indeed talking about a red at an intersection, your son is correct. There are only two exemptions for proceeding.

Red light
(18) Every driver approaching a traffic control signal showing a circular red indication and facing the indication shall stop his or her vehicle and shall not proceed until a green indication is shown. R.S.O. 1990 ...

They are not dismissing this charge out of the goodness of their heart. In fact, I don't believe this is a charge they even reduce since there's no relevant lesser charge.

You can still attend an early resolution meeting and if you don't like what you're hearing, you can request a trial if that's what you want.

If you request a trial, you'll wait ...

In this scenario, it will be likely that the officer will say they saw you handling the device. That would be all the proof necessary for a conviction in most cases.

The officer would have wrote notes with the details of your stop. If you request a trial, you can make a separate request for the notes and they will be made available to you.

If you ...

It would be your daughters responsibility that vehicle she is driving is mechanically sound and fit for the road.

Realistically, you should probably find out if a deal can be made for a less drastic charge at an early resolution. Literally anything will be a major improvement.

In terms of insurance, careless driving falls into the worst of the ...

Your call logs wouldn't be considered.

You only need to be holding your phone for a conviction, whether you're using it or not.

So however you proceed going forward with your ticket, the argument will be whether you touched your phone or not.

I have had a friend go in with a 40 km/h charge and they dropped it to 29km/h and therefore eliminating the 30 day suspension. I was confused because ive heard they can do relatively nothing but wondering if it was something that could still happen if I attend this meeting.


Having a ticket reduced from 40 to 29 is one thing. It's pretty common ...

Have you contacted your insurance company?

As Decatur said.

You can go to court where the trial took place and they'll give you a simple form to fill out. If I remember correctly, it's just a sheet asking for your general information and a section asking your reasoning for filing an appeal. There might also be something about transcripts and a small down payment.

They'll send you off to ...

I also just looked over it, I don't see anything that would say a construction zone would fall under a major offense. but anything involving schools or school buses would bump up a normal offense to a major offense. School zones, playground zones, school crossing signs, school bus passing/stopping, etc. Nothing specific to construction zones, but ...

You are charged with not providing proof of insurance on demand when requested. Even if you get a hold of your current insurance slip after providing the incorrect one, the officer is not obligated to go back and forth with you. It would be considered your duty to provide it the first time, which you should consider the only time.

No, you can't ...