Ontario Highway Traffic Act

You're right. I wasn't fully focused when I wrote that. The prosecutor can amend the charge at any time. What I meant to say was that if you do win, the prosecutor withdraws the charge, etc., you cannot subsequently be charged with the correct offence after six months.

If I were in your position, I wouldn't show up for trial. If the JP catches ...

Can you provide a linkt to S.4(1) and S. 182(2)
I'm looking here but I can't find much in this document:
https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/regu/crc-c-1044/latest/crc-c-1044.html

I'm pretty sure it was indeed an RCMP officer as I've seen them on that bridge before. Are you saying that the chances of getting it quashed over the incorrect charge are ...

I'm glad to hear that you were finally able to get a hold of someone who actually took ownership of the problem instead of just trying to pass the buck off to someone else. It sucks that you had to do so much running around to solve what was a relatively simple problem.

If you can get a letter from your insurance company saying that you were covered for that car during the time period when you got the ticket then you should be able to have the no insurance charge withdrawn. That will still leave you with the Use plate not in accordance with Act charge, however if nothing else the fine for that one is a lot lower.

This will depend on what exactly the ticket was for and what the bylaws in your city say about where you can park with a disabled parking pass. Some cities have exemptions for disabled parking pass holders to park in no parking zones or to exceed the maximum on street parking time limits and some don't.

I doubt they will come to your door as they won't be able to prove that it was you driving the car. If they do come to your door exercise your right to remain silent and do not confirm that you were the one driving, you don't have to lie, just don't answer the question. Normally in this situation the owner of the car gets charged. The High Way ...

This is definitely not normal, somebody either at MTO, the court house or Service Ontario has screwed up and they are not owning up to it. It sucks that all these entities are pointing the finger at each other instead of working to resolve the problem. If you haven't already, see if you can get a hold of a supervisor at MTO and see if they are ...

In times past this would have been a slam dunk fatal error. However with the recent decision in R v Wadood, that Decatur linked to above, this is now not so certain. That decision allows officer's to correct errors on the ticket before submitting it to the court. It is then up to the defendant to prove that the error materially prejudiced their ...

Excellent! Congrats on the win.

While it is theoretically possible for the police to issue a ticket based on the other driver's witness statement, I think they probably won't. Police forces in the GTA are usually too busy to follow up on something like this. I think to placate the other driver they may send you a warning letter but that is probably it. However, if they do decide ...

My experience with early resolution is meet with the prosecutor at their office in Barrie and then come back on trial date to Oriilia or Penetanguishene court house (where ever is was scheduled). Orillia and Penetang only have certain days for court and the prosecutors do not have an office in those locations. So I guess it would not hurt to call ...

The Ontario Court of Appeal came out with a new ruling today that will effect those of us who might wish to use the London v. Young defence. It seems that the court has said that if a cop notices an error on a ticket before filing it he or she can change it on their copy before filing to with the court. In order to get the ticket quashed you will ...

The red light cameras will only activate if you enter the intersection on a red light, they aren't set up to detect yellow light infractions. Since you entered on a yellow light you will not get a ticket from the red light camera. The only way you could have gotten a yellow light ticket would have been if there had happened to be a police officer ...

The video link isn't working. However, from your description you could possibly get a ticket for failing to stop for the yellow light. Under the highway traffic act you have to stop for a yellow light if you can do so safely, the fine for failing to stop for a yellow light is $150 with a total payable of $180 after they add in court costs and ...

Did the officer neglect to put a location on this ticket or did you blank it out for privacy reasons? If the location is missing does anyone know if that still constitutes a fatal error? I know ticket combat says that no location is a fatal error, but the info on that site is quite old.