Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Not true. You really should stop trying to provide advice

The information I gave is correct. 7 days the suspension is considered served but even that isn't true. Its actually 8 days because you don't count the mailing day. You meet the criteria either way.


No, the information you provided is absolutely not correct. You can not take one little ...

hwybear wrote:

btwilliger wrote:?

Yes, I realise it is 'nothing special', that's why I said it is 'customary'..

sorry bt...had only seen being "used in my case"

No worries, I see you help with a lot of info on here, including quite a bit of help you provided earlier to me.

Thanks for that. Misreads will happen.

You are in court for failing to pay fines and as a result your licence was suspended.


No, not at all. I am not in court for failing to pay fines and having my license suspended. At all. Period.


Had you paid the fine you wouldn't have been suspended.


Quite true. However, I am not in court for failing to pay fines. I am in court for ...

. It is quite customary for the crown to ask for a certified copy of the suspension letter, and they are doing so in my case.
It is not just your case, the certified copy of MTO documents is used for everyone, whether it be unpaid fines/demerit points/child support/unlicenced, expired plates, use plates not authorized etc ....so nothing special ...

No it doesn't. You should have just paid your fines. You know you got the tickets and you know you didn't pay them so its no one else's fault.

Actually, your reasoning is not sound. It is quite customary for the crown to ask for a certified copy of the suspension letter, and they are doing so in my case.

If they are asking for a certified copy ...

Once you have a licence in Ontario in remains for life. You can turn the licence in, but all details on MTO remain intact. Unpaid fines still remain against the Ontario licence until paid. So your licence would have said 2 things on it when the officer checked: expired licence and suspended. A driver has 6 days to notify the MTO of a change of ...

I have an unusual situation.

I was traveling down the 401, noticed a speed trap, and started flashing my lights -- in order to warn oncoming drivers.

Within a 30 seconds, a car slowed, crossed the grass, and approached me from behind. Lights appeared, and I then realised that this was an officer in an undercover car.

The officer pulled me over ...