Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Hi Everyone,

First off, Thank you for all the input and advice you've given to everyone on this forum. It is incredible.

I received a ticket for speeding 112Km in an 80km zone. The officer reduced the ticket to 104Km/hr and also coded my ticket with an R. There were 3 cars directly in front of me going significantly faster than I was while the ...

Potentially?
Did you have the phone in your hand or not? (you don't have to answer my question but you will have to answer the crown when they ask you).
More importantly, is it possible that the officer saw you with the phone in your hand?
Most importantly, can you get the officer to say, on the stand, that he did not see you with the phone in your ...

Does anyone know if video evidence is permitted in court?

I have taken some video footage at the scene of where I was given a ticket for failing to stop at a stop sign to show the trees covering the sign and the reasons why the sign is not visible . I even went as far as to measure the distance from the sign out to 60 meters to show that the ...

I just want to know if it exists or not!
I would think if the Judge didn't know about it, and the crown reduced her statement from "It's the law" to "It's procedure" then we can safely assume that the crown lied. They are prone to that you know. You of all people should know they cannot be believed. These people that enforce laws seem to think ...

[quote="jsherk"]They must have a witness that SAW the event testify. They can not use the witness statement. The person themselves must show up to tell their story.

The police officer is there to say that they checked id and took report and issued ticket, but if the officer did not witness the event, then they can not testify to that.

If the ...

The radar instructor explained to me that this is because the radar uses Vehicle Interface protocol". He went on to say that VIP means the radar is tied to the cars ECM therefore it doesn't matter what the speedo says.
Wow, this is important... I had always assumed that the patrol speed displayed on the radar unit was calculated using the radar ...

And for the record...the patrol speed on the radar IS established by the radar unit itslef, not by the cars speedometer or the V.I.P. (portal, not protocol)
Hmmm. The radar instructor was pretty explicit in his explanation to me. I thought I understood him but maybe not so can you elaborate?

1. How radar units establish patrol speed?
2. What ...

Not sure why you were even driving 115 if the fog as as bad as you say, but......was there no "60 ahead" sign?

It sounds to me like the OP is talking about a defense of necessity? Good luck with that. With regard to accelerating from 40 to 57 maybe the tracking history (if the re is any will corroborate the story, but he'd still be relying on defense of necessity.

It seems to me that you could defend yourself using the damage to the vehicles as evidence.

Did you take pictures and or would you be relying on the police photos?
Did the police take photos?
Was this a left hand corner or a right hand corner?
What is your vehicle?
What is the other vehicle?

Whose witness would he be? If the crown doesn't need/want to use him then the defendant is in a tough spot isn't he?

I appreciate your detailed account.

I also used math to show the impossibility of the speeding ticket I was given. However, my case differs from yours in that I met with the crown before trial and laid out my case, after which the officer changed his story and the charge was dropped so there was never a trial.

I'm also not 100% clear on why the ...

Life is hard. Harder when you're stupid

... How does the average person who can not afford a Supreme Court challenge stand up for everybody else and these court rulings recognized?
Haha you can't and that's what they want. The crown would have to screw up royally to allow a trial to proceed in front of a JP if he/she gets the feeling you're on to something. I hope the JP finds me ...

If i recall correctly, the Decatur genesis 2 manual states that if there is a difference between the radar speed displayed and the speedometer speed displayed during the test, then the radar should be considered accurate. The radar instructor explained to me that this is because the radar uses Vehicle Interface protocol". He went on to say that VIP ...