Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Was it a BUS lane or was it a HOV lane?

You will have to check how a conviction from Ontario will affect you in Quebec:
http://legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/ShowDo ... 20r.%2022/

Of course I am of the opinion most of the time that you should fight everything..

However insurance rates convictions as either MINOR, MAJOR or SERIOUS. Careless is SERIOUS, the same as a DUI and will cause HUGE increases in your insurance. A MINOR is like a speeding ticket... it might cause a small increase over three years (or none at all for ...

I would send the video to your insurance for sure. The other vehicle was turning into the spot then there is a chance they may assign some of the blame to the other vehicle.

Remember though that the insurance determination of who is at fault has absolutely nothing to do with the charges that were laid by police. They are two completely seperate ...

Yes COULD still give you a ticket within 6 months but most likely officer wont be bothered.

Did the officer see you, or did you get the ticket in the mail or delivered to you after the fact? If you got it after the fact, then it might already be a OWNER instead of DRIVER charge.

I would still plead NOT GUILTY and request a trial with the officer present. When you get your notice of trial, you can then ask for disclosure (copy of officers ...

Just wondering whether an officer that is testifying about radar/lidar is giving "opinion evidence" and is considered an "expert witness"?

I have read many caselaws where the JP does not accept the testimony/comments of the defendant as they are not an expert, but in the same trials there does not seem to be any formal process that qualifies the ...

You probably got a SUMMONS? There is a date on it and you need to show up on that date and bring copies of everything showing your license was not suspended at the time.

As far as the $800, I am not sure how you would recover it. I do not agree with these "guilty until proven innocent" tactics as this proves there is a problem with the system. The ...

The officers copy that he submits to court for filing is the Certificate of Offence, which is what the JP will look at. The copy that you get is called the Notice of Offence. Any other copies are irrelevent.

It used to be that the Notice of Offence and Certificate of Offence had to be identical, however my understanding of the case law now is that ...

There is no obligation for police to accept digital version on what they are asking for.

Some might, but they do not have too.

I did see that today as well, but have never seen it before and have not any issues in the past.

In Ontario the courts have allowed officers to reduce tickets at the road side, and if you take it to trial and lose, then they will raise it back up to the higher original rate of speed. This is definitely NOT a defense in Ontario.

So you plead guilty to the speeding ticket (20 over), and got the other two tickets dropped?

This is good news! :) Congratulations.

Although the speeding ticket carries 3 demerits, if you watch your driving this should not be a problem for you. This ticket could affect your insurance by a small amount, but is much less serious than what a ...

This explains it here:
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/ ... .8.1.shtml

There is no interview for G1/G2 drivers. It is automatic suspension.

Surrender your license ASAP to get the 30 days over with.

Therefore, I was going to go to court and ask for both violations to be thrown out based on the false charge and thus lack of credibility of the officers statements. However, I don't want to put forward this motion, if the judge doesn't agree and I'm denied adjourning the trial for the red light ticket. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

No ...