Ontario Highway Traffic Act

http://www.canlii.org/en/on/oncj/doc/2007/2007oncj489/2007oncj489.html
- officer refer to his notes only for the purposes of past memory recorded, that he must read the notes verbatim and he proceeded to ask that the notes be submitted as evidence

- The officer was further examined by defence on issues as to where he was standing and the use of ...

RI - not going to hijack the other thread...copy/paste over to here

Radar Identified wrote:

hwybear wrote:That is what the notes are...an independent (made on my own) recollection (made them after the fact)

Here's some boring case law on "independent recollection" for an HTA case:

R. v. Kassam, 2007

Fyre - I'll take care of this....just send a msg to any "mod".

this thread will be locked. Keep all discussions on one thread at
http://www.ontariohighwaytrafficact.com/topic2136.html

Radar Identified wrote: - Officer asks if they can use notes. JP will ask if you object - ask if officer has "independent recollection" of the events. Yes - no problem. No - object to use of notes.

That is what the notes are...an independent (made on my own) recollection (made them after the fact)

I never knew an area where there was 2 lanes on the 400. I learned something new...where is this?

I may have been driving at 110km/hr and tried to speed up when he was behind me flashing me and i kept changing lanes to let him go.
The "changing lanes" was a huge part of your perceived thought that the officer was scaring you. Was probably trying to get you to the right most lane by flashing the highbeams and then once you got to the right ...

siriusone wrote:Quite frankly I think the fact that people get arbitrarily detained without probable cause is one issue that we should not be dealing with, let alone having them snoop in our glove boxes at will..

Probable cause = good ole USA TV stuff

rancher wrote:Post more details...was there a sign?

google maps - street view = shows a sign of "no right turns on a red light"

Sounds like the lawyer is saying that since the person is suspended, they do not have a licence, should never have been on the road, is therefore a violation of the insurance policy (fine print stuff) and is not covered?

And the other driver had a licence, but was impaired by alcohol, thus that insurance policy is probably void and is not covering ...

getting kind of confusing when you have 4 threads open....if this is all for the same thing.....let us know and we can merge or copy them together, otherwise it is a dogs breakfast

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http://www.ontariohighwaytrafficact.com/topic1131.html

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Keroba wrote:This sums up the caselaw around Careless Driving quite nicely:

http://dynamiclawyers.com/DL_blog/careless-driving/28/

and no way is this marketing to buy into what they are trying to sell

kind of like stats published by whatever company, how is it going to benefit them?

Just an FYI, the speed can only go up to the number given as evidence from the officer in a trial.

since I don't live in the GTA area...phew...(I have a 6min/1.7km drive to work) what is the cause of all this?

- traffic volume?
- improper use of merge on and off at hwy speeds?
- follow too close, causing all the merge problems?
- too many licences out of bubble gum machines? (terrible drivers)

I remember the time a few years back it was ...

What if your notes are missing a piece of info (such as the actual clocked speed vs reduced speed that's shown on the ticket). Does this mean you have no recollection of it and can't bring it up in court?

what i'll guess has happened is that you got targeted at 89km with the lidar. While catching up the officer used radar and obtained a reading ...

But memory is the entire point...notes alone are useless, the officer MUST testify from memory as does the defendant.

I have soley used my notes for testifying. Here is how/why. We are asked if we have an independent recollection. As soon as practicable after the stop I made an independent (my own) recollection (remembered what happened) of the ...