Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Hence, there should be a charge for "strike a vehicle from behind"

Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a person,
(a) who is driving a motor vehicle in reverse;
(b) who holds a certificate signed by a legally qualified medical practitioner certifying that the person is,
(i) for the period stated in the certificate , unable for medical reasons to wear a seat belt assembly, or
(ii) because of the persons size ...

gpolitop wrote:seems a little unfair that technically not being drunk or over .08 would get you into this kind of trouble

the amount of alcohol to get into the "warn" range is a lot of alcohol!!
your friend would have spent more on drinks than it would have been for a cab ride home.

"road conditions" don't cause anyone to go off the road.

a driver can not drive on the wrong side of the road: during a hill, curve, bridge, railroad crossing, which is typically where yellow lines are found
and/or
driver must drive in a marked lane and may only leave the marked lane if it can be done safely

yes I appreciate this but I'm talking about the proper card in a matter of minutes - not weeks.

the card was in the car - just the wrong one given first..

I issue a fair amount of insurance card offences and warn for a demerit point offence. If someone produces a 2nd insurance card when I go back up to the car, I will still issue the offence ...

The licence is a "provincial" suspension, meaning in Ontario only AND it does not matter what type of licence you have elsewhere, if you are back in Ontario you can NOT drive during that suspension period.

1. a. Record will stay forever on the database of the police agency that charged the offender (with the exception of the RCMP which is governed by federal retention rules. I would imagine this rarely applies in Ontario though, since the RCMP patrols relatively few roads in Ontario, compared to other provinces*).
Negative - normal every day ...

If one needs the extra lights of whatever colour as they want their car to "show", why not install an extra switch and leave the lights off until in a parking lot, where you want to "show the car". This way you can be certain you are legal on the road with normal/required lighting.

. You'd think of it of common sense, but a lot of people new to Canada (and some that have simply never driven before) are ignorant to the dangers of excess speed in poor conditions, which is why some of us have been advocating that better driver education would do a lot more than speed governors.
I would not blame new citizens of Canada. I ...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/08/31/and-the-speed-trap-capital-of-canada-is/
Just read the article and it is flawed right from the start...it is based on "anoymous" posts on the internet, all that means is more ppl from those cities use the internet! However, hugely works in favour of the police with that report being out too...people will ...

If the O.P./owner acquire Ontario permits and present them to the court, could they have the charge dropped (in this situation, or a similar one such as experied Ontario plates)? .

I don't know why prosecution would drop the charge, it is an offence.
However, if the driver/owner took responsibility and has rectified the situation, maybe they ...

The point that has been presented is simply this - governing the speed of everyone on the road will not reduce the number of accidents on the road, quite the contrary, as higher speed limits in other countries prove that faster speeds equal less accidents.
however, from the posts I have read, those other countries have way higher standards in ...

Seems the private driveway and sidewalk are not part of the highway or roadway as the constable thought..
well the officer is correct as the sidewalk is part of the "lateral property lines" that the municipality owns defined in the HTA, however what caused the glitch or "lucky for you" was that a "pedestrian crossover" definition is not ...

- did you see the officer stop the vehicle, thus being the person driving at that time is now identified
2. I don't understand this question since no officer actually stopped him - he got away from me (by blowing a red light) before I could find or attract a PC (as I had no cell phone).

The problem if you lost sight of the vehicle, prior to ...

- when plates from outside of Ontario are checked, police still receive the information as to whether the plates are valid or not

- I don't just check a vehicles speed, but I personally check hundreds of plates a day, whatever I can see, no matter what province/state. Looking for expired plates, suspended drivers, driver's with no licence, no CVOR ...