Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Simon Borys wrote:Further, your statement may not be admissible if it was not given under a caution.

Simon

What does "under caution" consist of? If the officer at the reporting centre simply asks you what happened and you say you hit the car, is your statement given under caution or does the officer have to make some kind of statement first?

Radar Identified wrote:Fail to Turn Left to Avoid Collision (better of the two, for you anyway)

Thanks for the information....

Is this a HTA offence or a bylaw offence? I could not find any reference to it at:

http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/ ... erit.shtml

I rear ended a car when it suddenly stopped in front of me and I had to stop but I ended up catching both the gas pedal and the brake pedal with my foot when I tried to brake (very large feet). When I realized that my car wasn't stopping as fast as it should, I quickly lifted my foot and reapplied the brake but it lengthened my stopping distance ...