Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Toronto will be introducing an Administrative Monetary Penalty system for parking tickets starting on August 28th. The bylaw enabling this was quietly passed back in March. This means that you will no longer be able to argue a Toronto parking ticket in Provincial Offences Court, but instead will have to make your case to a city appointed arbitrator ...

So should I select option 1, go to trial and try requesting a reduction of the fine ?

If you would like to plea bargain for a lower fine then select option 1 and request a trial. You can meet with the prosecutor on the day of your trial and see if they are willing to offer you a reduced fine. While there are no guarantees, it is very likely that ...

As others have said, be polite and hand over your licence and vehicle documents when asked, but watch your self to make sure you don't say anything incriminating. My goal during a traffic stop is to be as forgettable as possible so that come court time the cop doesn't remember anything about me except for what he has scribbled in his notes. If you ...

I would call the court house ASAP and see if they have gotten a default judgment against you yet. If they haven't then you may be able to reschedule the meeting or plead not guilty and set a date for trial. If they have gotten a judgment against you then you should do what Whenaxis said in their post.

If the ticket has your correct name, birth date and address on it then the ticket will be considered valid. The information just has to be enough to correctly identify you as the person being charged.

That is good news, it is nice when you win without even having to go to trial.

The best course of action in this case might be to file for a court date and request disclosure including a copy of the certificate of offence the officer submitted to the court. If the copy that was submitted to the court has the same error as your copy then you can skip your court date and force a default hearing. If the officer fixed the problem ...

How can you tell that the fine amount is incorrect?

The set fines for each offence are listed on the Ontario Court of Justice website:
http://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/how-do-i/set-fines/set-fines-i/schedule-43/

Then you have to add in the victim surcharge which is listed here:
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/000161

Then on top of that ...

Mens rea does not matter for provincial offences. This is not a criminal matter. How far into the intersection were you? If you were just a little across the line and, say, blocking part of the pedestrian crossing area, many police officers wouldn't bother you. Unfortunately, the drivers behind you weren't polite enough to give you room to back up ...

Shouldn't the total payable for fail to stop red light be $325?

If the bus driver did write down your plate number then a ticket might be issued in your husband's name as the owner of the car. The good news is that tickets issued to the owner of a car don't carry any demerit points and don't impact insurance, the fine can be up to $2000 though. If your husband decided to take the matter to court the bus driver ...

I think it will show up as they are authorized to disclose information on any charges that are still pending, so you may want to wait until after you get the absolute discharge. I've attached a link the law that governs what information can be disclosed and under what circumstances. The chart on the last page offers a handy summery of what will be ...

I would still plead not guilty and request disclosure to make sure the cops have all their ducks in a row. I would then meet with the prosecutor before your trial to see if you can work out a deal for a reduction. If the prosecutor won't offer you any kind of deal you can still plead guilty to the charges on your trial date and see if the JP will ...

150 over the limit is considered a major offence for insurance purposes. If the officer reduced the speed from over 150 to under 150, that is a problem because at trial they can have the court consider the original speed you were clocked at. If that speed was over 150 then that would be a major conviction for insurance purposes.

If I were in your shoes I would file both tickets for trial with the officer present, once you get your trial date in the mail you can file a disclosure request with the court to get a copy of the officer's notes. Once you have that you can post them here and the good people on this board can take a look and see if there is any obvious way to beat ...