Ontario Highway Traffic Act

License plates in Ontario come with a 5 year warranty. They can be replaced at no cost as long as the damage is considered a defect.

Apparently, old plates used a slower process where the aluminum was painted on directly and baked on. The new process involves printing the plate on reflective vinyl sheets and it's adhered to the aluminum plate ...

Just a suggestion but the court system in Toronto is very backed up... If you get any kind of ticket in Toronto (parking, red light, speeding) you should plead Not Guilty and get a Trial date. Most likely the trial date will be outside the "speedy trial" Charter 11(b) and you can then apply to get it dropped because of that.

Red light camera ...

But how would the police officer know who was driving the vehicle?

Those are going to be two different issues. The officers believe they have enough evidence to charge you. Therefore, whether or not you leave you vehicle doesn't change whether or not a charge can be laid. They can, they will, and you will be convicted should there be enough ...

anthony.singh wrote:I wanted to know if anyone knows if it is lawful to give me a ticket after the fact

Yes. Just because you park your car and get out doesn't mean the officer automatically loses any right to charge you.

1. The ticket doesn't state where the offence occurred, e.g. highway X at street.

It wont go into that much detail on your ticket. You'll have to request disclosure. The officers notes should have more detail about the exact location your speed was calculated, how it was calculated, etc. Example, if there had been radar enforcement, it'll list ...

This entire post is excellent information.......but I'm afraid the "LOUD PIPES equals PENIS COMPENSATION" crowd out there just/still won't "get it".

I believe Harley's official slogan now is "Loud Pipes Risk Rights"......and it's never been more true.

Municipalities, when put under enough pressure, will start to hire bylaw officers with ...

I read on here, i saw many of members here got their Driver License suspended for not paying fines, do they suspend driver license if you don't pay parking ticket though ?

These fines were attached to your plate, not your personal license. Your speeding ticket is another issue. These are fines where the identity of the driver isn't necessary ...

Looks like we'll have to disagree - case law states there must be an independent witness who can essentially tell the court just how close the offender was - fact there was an accident is not proof in-and-of-itself - no witness, no conviction, as I stated above.

Yes, there has to be a witness. I wasn't disagreeing. I never said there didn't need ...

Thanks for your response, just one more point. We didn't receive the validation stickers for 2014 & 2015 but shouldn't it popup on the officers computer that the permit is still valid?

Whether or not the officer could have somehow come to the conclusion the permit was valid at the time of stop may be an irrelevant point if there is a regulation ...

For the regulation, click here

Relevant portion to your charge:

6. (1) A permit for a motor vehicle shall be validated by means of evidence of validation provided by the Ministry. O. Reg. 119/12, s. 1.

(2) Evidence of validation for a permit shall be affixed to a number plate for the vehicle in accordance with this Regulation, and the portion ...

In order to obtain a conviction at trial the prosecution must have a witness who can testify as to the closeness of the following vehicle.

Yes, any witness has to attend. That being said, they technically have to show up. Once they are there, the case is a slam dunk. There was an accident, therefore, too close.

It's my understanding that a FTC ...

To the second part, it is impossible to know if he had his license on him WITHOUT stopping him first. If they weren't legally permitted to stop him, that evidence would NOT be admissible in court, and cannot be used to prosecute him - in other words, there's absolutely no case if you can prove the stop was unlawful in the first place.

The point ...

The courts have upheld that motorists can be pulled over at any time to check the driver's documentation.

Agreed. In Ontario, officers can pull over any vehicle at any time to check for license, insurance, permit. They don't need any other reason other than you're behind the wheel of a motor vehicle. If there's no other valid reason for holding ...

now we have 2 Separate policies, now I have one ticket my wife has 1 ticket
at renewal, will they see me as having "2" convictions

husband and wife driving each others cars... I "think" my convictions only effect me, but surely the fact that as a "family" we have 2 tickets would that put is into the throwing us out territory for having 2 tickets ...

If I go ahead with early resolution, will I still for sure be taking a hit to my insurance and potentially my points?

That's up to your insurance provider. Any conviction could have an impact on your insurance.

I've heard in the past they tended not to show up

They show up more times than not.

What are the worst case scenarios if I do go ...