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Correction, your insurance may or may not use the sticker infraction against you. I couldn't give you a definitive answer on that particular charge.

You're required to surrender your government issued license on demand. The Highway Traffic Act does not list a copy as a suitable replacement.

As for the permit, the Highway Traffic Act states you have to provide "the permit for it or a true copy. So what exactly is a true copy? It depends how it's defined. I don't know the exact answer, but I'd ...

Whether the sign was new would be considered irrelevant. For arguments sake, every driving experience is new. There's new traffic, new construction, new conditions, etc.

Whether someone else made the same mistake would also be irrelevant. All it says is you're both eligible to be charged.

Sign position is at least an argument. For that you need ...

They don't have to tell you. It's also common that the officer may not even be there in the courtroom until they're needed (eg. someone requests to move forward with a trial.)

Trials are scheduled in blocks in built up areas. They may have 30 people scheduled into that block. Those who wish to accept a plea deal or just plead guilty will be dealt ...

The offered deal on trial date, would that be offered by a prosecutor like in option 2 - ER?

Yes, it's pretty much the same thing.


Will the trial date be automatically adjourned to another date or do I have to request it if I find the days between receiving disclosure to the trial date is not long enough?


You may have to request that ...

In terms of option 2 (meet prosecutor) or option 3 (Trial - intend to please not guilty), if I choose option 3 for my speeding ticket, would I be given disclosure and an offer by a prosecutor or clerk before I go into trial?


When you request a trial, you'll wait for your "Notice of Trial" in the mail. It'll give you the date and time. Usually ...

The carbon is for you and the original will be filed with the courts.

Tickets can also be signed "electronically," meaning it's just the officers name typed out. That is also acceptable under the Provincials Act.

I haven't been keeping up with anything regarding the courts being opened or closed since covid started. Hopefully someone else can ...

The ticket for the license is for not being able to surrender it upon immediate request. It doesn't mean you didn't have a license, it just means the officer asked for it and you couldn't provide it at that moment. Even if you end up finding it later, the charge would still be considered valid. Some people have the misconception that this is some ...

Unfortunately, it wont work.

If you graduate to a full license while waiting on a charge that occurred while driving as a novice, you will still be subject to the Novice Driving Sanctions if convicted.

It's still 30 days for the first offense and 90 days for the second. The only time this changes is on a third. If you graduate while sitting on a ...

1.) Date of deemed service is - 4-Feb-21. Does it mean I have 15 days of time beyond 4-Feb to exercise the options provided?

The date given may be off a couple days either direction. I believe they just tack on a certain amount of days to account for the mail. But yes, that is the date you are assumed to have been served your ticket.


Also ...

These new photo radar tickets, much like red light camera tickets, can be considered glorified parking tickets.

They are sent to the owner of the car. They don't know who is driving nor do they necessarily care. If the you don't pay, you can't renew your stickers. That's pretty much it.

They do not impact insurance. The ticket follows the plates ...

Those aren't regulations. Those are guidelines from the Ontario Traffic Manual. "The purpose of the Ontario Traffic Manual (OTM) is to provide information and guidance for transportation practitioners."

Unless a certain guideline correlates to an actual regulation, its recommendations would be considered irrelevant. It's not legislation.

It ...

The way he did this, would there be any grounds for ticket being thrown out?


Officers stepping into the road to direct vehicles to pull over is a normal occurrence.

Even if you don't agree with the safety of it, it would be considered irrelevant to your charge.

At best, you are free to file a complaint and that would be a process completely ...

There is no warning sign at the speed limit is dropping by 30 km even though Ontario regulations specifically state 450 meters upstream there Has to be an advance warning when Dropping 20 km or more


May I ask where you saw this?

It's always been my understanding that "speed ahead" signs aren't regulated under OTA Regulation 615. Therefore ...

Should I be "Requesting an in person screening" or "Requesting an online screening" ? Those are the two options right now, also any advice on what to say in these explanations?

This is the new norm within the last 2-3 years. Municipalities have moved on from offering trials for parking tickets to this new system where you take your dispute to a ...

Whether you are convicted with Stunt Driving or 49km over, you will ultimately have to serve a mandatory 30 day suspension.

Under Novice Driver Escalating Sanctions, any conviction resulting in 4 or more demerit points is a 30 day suspension for the first occurrence. Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/hour will result in 4 points.

If you ...

It's not exactly picking up two speeds at the same time. Moving radar can be set so it's just constantly picking up speeds. Once one car passes, it'll just give you the speed on the next car and so on. So if two vehicles are following each other, it would be possible to pick up both once the lead vehicle moves forward enough.

The disclosure reads ...

Keep in mind that if you do find it, there is likely a specific manual for Canada only.

The ideal scenario would be that they offer you a deal of 49km over.

If they do, i'd highly suggest you take it and run.

Insurance providers lump all offenses into three different brackets. Those are minor, major, and serious.

Insurance will treat any speeding ticket between 1-49 the same. It would fall into the minor offense bracket. Rolling ...

Can anyone please tell me do we have to pay the fine in case of such emergencies?


I don't think what you've described would be a valid defense for necessity.

Some issues against you would be that your mother was not in the vehicle and there were other alternatives, such as calling 911 and having her transported by ambulance.

Glad to hear ...

The consensus would be that you'd probably want to consider a paralegal anytime a charge carries the possibility of jail time, which this does.

You're not going to jail, by the way. With a first offense at 64km over, it's not something they'd even consider.

If you're shopping for a new policy and requesting quotes, you might be asked to disclose certain information that extends past 3 years or give certain information that paints a clearer picture of your history (e.g. Have you been booted from a policy). It doesn't mean you'll be issued a surcharge for those older convictions, just that you'd have to ...

Insurance providers will generally use the last 3 years for the purpose of calculating rates. However, they will always remain on your record.

For example, a new provider might ask you for your history beyond 3 years. It could be something like 5 years for non criminal and 10 for criminal. In that case, you'd have to disclose that information ...

You're overthinking the idea of pacing.

The officer maintains an equal distance between vehicles and looks down at the speedometer.

Keep in mind speeding is what they call an absolute liability offense. That means during a trial they will only consider whether you were doing the speed limit or not.

At the minimum, you've already admitted to ...

The City of Toronto announced project VisionZero 2.0 last summer. It's a substantial list of streets that were set to drop their current limits by 10km as soon as someone was able to put up the new signs.

Lawrence Avenue East from Railside Road to Morningside Avenue was scheduled to be reduced from 60 to 50.

You should probably double check as ...

The officer was correct in that they don't have to measure your tint. There aren't tint percentage guidelines in Ontario for what i'm assuming are your driver left and right windows.

There are two ways to look at it.

One, it's up to the officers discretion.

Two, the Highway Traffic Act doesn't exactly say that any tint is legal on driver side ...

It depends on the part.

Car manufacturers don't make every piece on a vehicle. You might own a Nissan and Hitachi makes all the electronics like coils and all the sensors. This becomes interesting when people order parts. They pass on the Hitachi for the OEM at 3x the price. Instead of $50, you're now paying and extra $150 for a cardboard Nissan ...

The 7 day suspension is what they call an administrative suspension. No, you haven't been convicted of anything. Since driving is not considered a right, these admin suspensions are legal and considered the norm.

Will your insurance know about it? Yes and no. Admin suspensions will show up on your abstract. The reasons behind them wont. Your ...

Again, due to COVID-19 there are not many cars on the road and the flow of traffic has increased. For my safety and the safety of other drivers I felt it was necessary to maintain my speed with the flow of traffic. [/size]

"The flow of traffic" isn't defined in the Highway Traffic Act. In other words, there's no such thing. The Highway Traffic ...

My insurance will literally be destroyed by this ticket because of the demerit points. Is there anyway to get the ticket dismissed? What are my options?


Your options are listed on your ticket.

If you're looking for a reduced charge, that will likely be made available to you. Best case would probably be 29km over.

Your insurance provider ...