Ontario Highway Traffic Act

If you are looking for some magical do it all excuse that will get you off this ticket, there isn't one. You have to be far more sophisticated than that. You have to attack the officer's recall of the facts: what was the weather like, what color is the car, how many doors does it have? This is to establish that his memory is faulty. You have to ...

Regarding all these issues about set fines, if the court can impose any fine they want within a range, can they also not indicate what fine they will impose by [wait for it] establishing a set fine as a guide for justices?

ativ11, Toronto is required to post bilingual signs. If the sign isn't bilingual, it's not enforceable. Your ticket is not valid as long as the sign is not bilingual. You can find out how to fight the ticket and make this argument on my website. See Step 5-->Bilingual Defence (I'm not allowed to link directly to my own site).

Section 172 is unconstitutional becaus [sic] of the prison term...The court can strike down the prison term portion but until it does the entire provision is unconstitutional. OK now that the really offensive bits have been either censored or edited out, I'll respond. I understand the argument of absolute liability prison terms conflicting with s7 ...

has there ever been a successful case about this or is this just some research work you decided to do one day?? I still don't see a case citation where the argument worked.

What is clear is that you will be arrested for not providing a sample. R. v. Van Deelen, 2005 CanLII 62981 (ON S.C.) :
Mistake of law is no defence to a criminal charge...The ...

Most likely not. If there was no location, you would have a better chance. The justice will rule that you should know where you were when you were stopped.

However, you could argue that you were misled in preparing your defence by this error. You were prepared to defend against the charge based on the fact that you were never on that road ...

It's not about the excuses. It's about developing a strategy to fight the ticket: disclosure, stays, preventing foundation, maintaining reasonable doubt.

All of this can be undone on the witness stand: "I was parked in the fire route because [insert excuse]..." You've just admitted guilt. Game over.

I'm thinking of buying snow tires for my fiancee (wife as of Saturday) Nothing says "romance" like a set of winter tires :-)

Seriously, congratulations on your pending nuptials. Canadian Driver does a winter tire review: http://www.canadiandriver.com/winter/tires/tires.htm

I also remember the Lemon Aid Car guide used to give tire recommendations ...

You would have to submit an affadavit if you can't be there for the reopening request.

When it comes to your trial, basically your defence is that it wasn't safe to change lanes (you of course slowed down!). You have to testify to this, you cannot have someone testify for you.

Disclosure is when you request to see all the evidence against you so that you can prepare your defence. You can check out my site for an introduction and instructions to fight your ticket including a disclosure request form (see Step 4 on my site).

Speak to the prosecutor before court about getting the fine reduced. If he doesn't bite, then ...

I thought it was a good read. My favorite part: If you are subject to an impoundment you are empowered under s. 494 of the Criminal Code to arrest the police officer on the spot the second he acts to impound your vehicle. I'd like to see that on the next episode of Cops :-)

OK now for the serious bit: R. v. Kanda (2008) clarified absolute and ...

#1 Don't mean to step on toes but you don't need a registered court agent:

http://www.ontariohighwaytrafficact.com/topic410.html

Bill 14 created a licensing requirement for paralegals...As long as defending someone is not your main business or main employment AND you are not receiving any benefit (money or otherwise) you can still defend them ...

Both of you are lucky the cops didn't seize your cars and suspend your licenses under the street racing legislation.

Sec 75 is a strict liability charge. That means you being unaware should be a good enough excuse but you have to be very careful how you present it in court. Also make sure it wasn't an "extended squeal" like drag racing but more a ...

First of all I want to thank ticketcombat for all your extremely useful information provided on your website! It increased my ticket-fighting knowledge and confidence 100 times! Thank you for your kind comments. I really appreciate them. My site is dedicated to helping people fight their tickets and it's nice to get feedback when people find it ...

My favorite: Don't read a book while driving :shock: (yes I'm serious, coincidently I saw it on Hurontario south of the QEW). We don't pay higher insurance rates in the GTA for nothing. We earned it!

Back to Proper1's issue about lane markings and my comment. Bear I understand HTA 154, but I don't see anything about solid or dashed lines, yellow ...