Ontario Highway Traffic Act

stanton your post is untrue the driver and the owner both can be charged for a motor vehicle with no insurance. I know from experience a few years ago I was driving my friends car with no insurance and my friend was in another car (a rental with insurance ) and we got stopped by a ride program and they gave me and my friend a ticket for no ...

...not with any of the excuses/reasons provided above, definitely not.

I'm trying to come up with some sort of other defence, but I've got nothing.

Photos for the court is your best bet. Get these done ASAP. There is also information on this forum about tendering your own photos as evidence to the court.

They are good, but they consider a reduction in fine/points to be a 'win' so don't expect them to come through with a full on victory 'or you don't pay' type thing.

....any other questions?

4 previous convictions for Driving While Under Suspension??

I'd be surprised if you weren't given jail time... definitely, definitely, definitely consult a lawyer / paralegal... even then, man...

Not a typical response, but if you have any knowledge that you're willing to share with the officer about any criminal activity (drugs, guns) in ...

markd1 wrote: so they really put me in a bad situation hear..

*GASP* How could they?!

An intersection is where two streets intersect.

So if you're driving down ONE street, and you turn right onto a DIFFERENT street that INTERSECTS with it... well, yeah, that is an intersection.

.......so... yeah that's not much a defence.

Not necessarily true. you even mentioned you were some distance ahead in traffic. That could account for some of the delay in time. Also, I conduct a series of investigative checks on your vehicle and the RO before I actually initiate a vehicle stop for my safety. Don't assume you know how to do the officer's job by saying he would have done ...

1) No
2) Possibly, take it to court and find out.
3) No but the other office would have to attend as well. You have zero evidence of this happening though.

Request a trial. During the trial you can ask the officer any questions you feel are relevant to proving yourself innocent... although I think in this circumstance, you guys deserve every ticket you received.

Good luck.

Thanks for the post. I couldn't find a post that answered my question, so I'll ask here.

For speeding tickets, I can see how the police can prove a speeding offense (maybe by radar info). But what about other Absolute liability offenses?

In my case, I got a "Fail to obey lane sign" 154(1)(c). What would happen during a trial: The officer reads ...

No.

There is definitely a lesser charge for left turns. Can`t think of what it is right off the top of my head... they may be able to plead it down to a traffic by law which is less money and 0 points. Don`t just pay it.

If somebody said to me 'Officer I think you are making an assumption', he would be getting a ticket for sure. And I'd be checking that your permit is signed in ink.

If I stop a motorist for some sort of highway traffic act infraction, it's because I have observed that infraction take place. Not because I assumed it took place. The fact that you ...