Ontario Highway Traffic Act

I would go to the clerks office and ask for a copy of both sides the original ticket (Certificate of Offence).

I would also verify whether you need to attend the Summons date that you got.

It is all very confusing to me since they issued you a summons so why was there a charge issued? Possibly it is for some other charge but you really need to ...

You have to get disclosure (officer's notes) and review it before you know what the best possible outcome might be.

You should show up to court date and be very nice to prosecutor and see what kind of plea deal he will offer.

Then you should ask if disclosure is available. And then say you would like to review disclsoure before you decide whether ...

Posted transcript of original trial and the appeal we presented here:
http://www.ontariohighwaytrafficact.com/topic7286.html

It's for speeding but gives you something to work off.

Demerit points do not have to be listed on the ticket.

Even a charge that has 0 demerit points can still affect your insurance (insurance companies do not care about demerit points).

The Highway Traffic Act applies everywhere in Ontario including residential streets and all roads and highways.

The OPP can issue tickets anywhere in Ontario on ...

Remember a 0 demerit point charge is considered at least a minor infraction by your insurance and can cause your rates to go up.

Insurance companies do not care about demerit points. They are completely irrelevant to whether your insurance goes up or not.

Yep the best you can do is submit a stack of case law which supports your point.

If you can find an Ontario Court of Appeal case, then this is binding on the JP.

Officer will probably show up.

I think if the sign is clearly not visible, then it should get dropped or you should win.

For early resolution, wait until you get disclosure. Then you can contact prosecutors office and try and set it up. I would say something like "I don't want to waste the courts time or officers time because I have a picture ...

The old radar manuals said they MUST estimate the speed before activating radar. This was removed in the newer ones. Not sure what is in the LIDAR manuals.

However a lot of officers will put in their notes something like "vehicle appeared to be going faster than posted speed limit". So they do not necessarily have to estimate the speed, but they ...

If it is computer generated then the digital signature is okay.

Now here is a question I do not know the answer to... why are some fields different on the Certificate of Offence versus your Notice of Offence? I would think they should be identical.

Also the other question I do not know the answer to... if the service upon defendant is not filed ...

Yes when they want to change the date, then that works in your favor.

Typed version of officers notes are all you need. If you find the officer on the stand is making comments from his notes that are not included in your notes, you could then object and say he is reading from notes that were note provided to you in disclosure.

I would immediately send another request for the full manual. I would add that you "need ...

Well I would take the Notice of Fine and the Summons and go to the Clerk of the Courts office at the Provinvial Offences building and ask them what is going on.

Show them you have a summons and ask them why they sent you fine already.

Seems to me somebody just made a mistake.

How many pages of the notebook are there in disclosure? When officer first takes the stand, there will be a few questions before the officer can use his notes like "are they in your handwriting" and "when did you write them". You should be given an opportunity to ask about these notes before the officer is allowed to use them. So you could say ...

Well first just because sticker is expired does not mean they do not have insurance.

Second, are they really bothering you?

Third, if you report them then they just have to pay into the system supporting an already out of control government.

Personally, if they were not bothering me then I would just leave them alone.

Go to MTO and ask for a copy of your driving record to see what is showing up on it.

If there is something that should not be there, then ask them what the process is to get it sorted out.