Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Your first post talks about a desperate times call for desperate measures type deal where you took your chances driving without insurance in order to get to a job interview. It didn't seem in that post you were under any other impression other than you were not insured. There was no transit so you rolled the dice. It was the only time you had ...

Based on your charges, it sounds like there's a bit more to this story that you've left out.

You temporarily stopped coverage on your vehicle, kept the invalid insurance card, and tried to pass off the invalid card to the officer as if you had insurance?

I missed the part about being an unmarked car. That's my mistake.

Your assumptions however of the officers intentions I feel are a little off base. The officer didn't need bait you into speeding. You're already speeding when you're following him at a pace greater than the speed limit. Had the officer really wanted to pull you over at that moment ...

lol. On a single lane highway, you decided to pass an officer who was already doing 15km over the limit. Did you ever stop to think this might not be a good idea?

Which is a bit hypocritical considering he was trying to impeded the flow of traffic, within the confines of the law.

Not sure I follow. How is the officer, who is on a single lane ...

No, you wouldn't stop.

I don't know if the answer is so clear cut.

Common sense would dictate both drivers have their own lane and if both followed the rules of turning (keeping to the left most or right most lane depending on turn), then there would be no accident. Obviously, the driver making the right didn't get the memo.

However, the HTA puts so much responsibility ...

This happens from time to time in Ontario.

By that I mean the driver unknowing driving without a valid license, whether by days or even hours.

The provider would deny coverage and the driver has no other choice but to take them to court.

Hello, Just signed up for this forum... I have two issues:

In Feb I got pulled over by the RCMP with their video license plate scanner. I was going to my dad's funeral. The police said I was drinking, I said no I wasn't... so they issued me an alcohol test which I passed with flying colors. They then said my license was suspended for an unpaid ...

perryub wrote:They have no evidence of anything, aside from possibly the cop's word

You're still relatively early in the stages of the charge. I think it's safe to assume no one has yet provided you with disclosure so you're doing a bit of assuming here.

I've asked for a meeting with the prosecutor. They referred me not to my local POA court (e.g. local to where I live and to where the offense took place), but rather to one 30 kilometers away. Can they do that?

Some municipalities will have what they call satellite buildings. They're locations you can go to when you want to just pay a ticket or ...

Your situation is pretty common. Rule of thumb is you want to send in your disclosure request as soon as possible.

Trial dates can be weird like that. You can get one for 5 months or 5 weeks. You can also have your request fulfilled in 2 months or 2 days.

If you don't have disclosure before your court date, they'll likely adjourn the trial to ...

My questions are:1. Does the fact that the cop reduced my speed and fine means that he wasn't sure that I was driving that fast?

No. Reduced charges are quite normal.

2. Can I play MY dash cam in court, and how do I do it?3. In the COP notes, he made a mistake on his location where he was standing, he wrote that he was at an address A 1/2 KM ...

The purpose of the first picture isn't to show you in the intersection.

It's to show you approaching the line while the light was already red.

Im not saying the sign was blocked by traffic, it was blocked by parked cars.

I believe this is what is meant by the following from book 5, page 20 of the Ontario Traffic Manual
"All-way stop controls should not be used under the
following conditions:
• On multi-lane approaches where a parked or
stopped vehicle on the right will obscure the
STOP ...

If you were suspended as a result of your conviction, it can and will be used against you for the purpose of insurance. I believe the max suspension is up to 2 years for your offense.

If you were suspended roadside, that suspension shouldn't impact your insurance. It's an administrative suspension. At that point in time, you were not convicted of ...