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This is all conjecture on my part but here's what might have happened.

Depending on how that court is organized, they may have grouped tickets by officer. So he might have shown up for several cases, not just yours. It's a more efficient and less costly use of their time.

The prosecutor is assigned the case late in the process so he may not have ...

I think the parking ticket would be a Part 2 Provincial Offences Act charge. It can be issued to the driver [section 15(5)] at the time of the alleged infraction or the plate owner [section 15(4)].

As to strict liability ... well that generally means the onus is reversed and you are guilty unless you can prove you're not... Absolute liability ...

hwybear wrote:Offence notices vary on the back ... so read carefully. Some are mail in, some must appear in person.

If you have the mail in option, then mail it in! Do it today.

Don't think the u-turn charge applies to this scenario at all. Agreed. The u-turn came up as an example of when you have to cross the path of oncoming traffic to park facing the right direction. Someone has to see you do it in order to be charged and only if the 150 metre rule applies.

The point is Jason has to convince the judge he's innocent ...

Reasonable time limits are under section 11(b) of the charter. Most people who know about it usually quote R. v. Askov which established a delay limit of 6 to 8 months. But R. v. Morin established intake periods up to 10 months on top of the 6 - 8 month institutional delay of Askov.

I have a detailed explanation of what is a reasonable length of ...

Never trust what the people at city hall tell you. First it's not an appeal. You are requesting a trial. Don't use the word "appeal", it will confuse them and you.

Next, I'm assuming you have a traffic ticket not a parking ticket.

Traffic tickets are taken within 15 days to any Provincial Offences Office in Ontario. There is one on Edward street ...

So the u-turn is also a bylaw? It's covered under Rules of the Road in the HTA: U-turns prohibited

143. No driver or operator of a vehicle upon a highway shall turn the vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction when,

(a) upon a curve where traffic approaching the vehicle from either direction cannot be seen by the driver of the vehicle ...

A reasonable person would not drive across the path of oncoming traffic... You have to do it to make a left turn or to pull into a driveway. And he would have to make a u-turn or 3pt turn to park facing the right way which would be across the path of oncoming traffic.

If the residential street is small enough, less than 150 metres, the U-turn ...

A couple of things:
You don't "appeal" a ticket, you fight it. IF you loose in court, you appeal the verdict.
Parking facing the wrong way is usually a municipal by-law infraction. For example, in the City of Mississauga it is "Parking vehicle facing wrong direction" – By-Law 555-00 Section 5(1)(a).
Your chances are really good.
Request a ...

how does one know what intersection they are at? Or are they frequently moved? It depends on the jurisdiction. Ottawa tells you which intersections have them and they even post warning signs before the intersection. Toronto has 10 cameras in rotation through 38 intersections without warnings.

The biggest case was Waterloo v. Yan in 2004 that ...

Part 1 charges are capped at $500. The fact that you received a Part 3 summons is usually an indicator that the fine will exceed $500. You said you were doing 120km/h in an 80km zone. Speeding 40km over the limit won't give you a fine over $400. Why would they issue a Part 3 summons for a fine under $500? That's what didn't make sense while we were ...

Must be a school zone

If you're being passed by a bus or Big-Rig, you're drivin' way too slow!!

On a snowy, slippery drive, I'd rather be behind a big rig than in front of it.

It should be a fatal error but I've seen wrong dates go either way. Sometimes it's thrown out and sometimes the ticket is amended. You can find info here: http://www.ticketcombat.com/step5/quash.php

Definitely request disclosure to find out what notes the officer wrote. He may catch his error before the trial.

You should also request detailed ...

In trying to establish doubt, here are a few things ("thinking out of the box") to look into:

car color: Over one in five cars are silver, if the officer took his eyes off you for even a second he may of picked up a similar colour car...only good if you have a silver, white or dark colour (black) car as there would be, statistically, a lot of ...

There are also legitimate reasons to flash your lights. Truckers do this when overtaking each other. It's a long way to the back of the truck and not always easy to see when you are clear of the vehicle you are passing. The passed truck will flash when the passing truck has cleared them.

When a semi, large truck or Greyhound bus is passing me, I ...

Fines are not our business. Fighting them is.

The original question was how much will the fine be.

the fine is $280 in per-kilometre, plus $15 = $295

I don't understand why the victim surcharge is only $15.

According to Regulation 161/00, fines between $251 and $300 create a victim surcharge of $60.

Which means the total fine is $280 + $60 ...

You can FOI the radar manual but check this out first . It's an appeal filed with the Information and Privacy Commissioner. Two points to note with this appeal, first the IPC ordered Toronto police to release the radar manual and second, about two thirds down the page
the Police also state that the affected party [the manufacturer] has provided a ...

That's a good looking pie! I didn't know you could bake

It sounds like you were Eastbound on Bloor St. E and they got you over the bridge. They've been using lidar on that stretch for quite a while. If by some fluke it was radar then the suicide barrier (think big metal) and traffic going the opposite direction would be factors to consider in creating doubt.

50km/h is the default residential speed so ...

McGuinty announced the launch of OPP air on May 5. You can see a video of the OPP plane in action but you have to listen to his speech. :? Pictures of the event can be seen here .

The London Free Press did a story in July.

It is the observer officer in the plane.
State troopers (I believe from Ohio) have been training OPP since last August. The ...

And a beautiful demerit point system it is! I like the OCJ layout because it is easy to read the speeding fines.

Victim surcharge is $15.

The surcharge starts at $10 and goes to 25% when the fine is over $1,000.

No harm done Synergy. The form I suggested is an example for people who have never seen one before and don't know what to write. Typically all you get is a photocopy of the ticket in response to a general disclosure request. And that is never good enough.

It's important to stress that disclosure is really about knowing what the charge and evidence ...

A couple of additional comments. You may want to check out section 82 of the HTA, inspections of unsafe vehicles.

Also Reg 381/02 deals with testing, repair and compliance with respect to section 82.

After a very long absence, airplane surveillance was brought back last year. There is an actual machine called VASCAR (Visual Average Speed Computer & Recorder) used to determine your speed and the plane has a viewport to observe you. I may be wrong, but I believe in Ontario the pilot is the officer using the device.

A good introduction to it can ...

The "Notice of Intention To Appear" is the form you complete to request a trial. Make sure you select "Yes" under "I intend to challenge the evidence".

In Toronto the amount of time from offence date to court date is down to 13 months. The first six will be used for "intake" where the Crown prepares your case for trial. When this is complete you ...

For reference, you can look up how many demerit points here, the amount of the fine for speeding under the Ontario Court of Justice and the victim surcharge under Regulation 161/00 of the POA.

Although we have been off on several tangents I want to draw us back to Radarscam's original question in this thread about electronic tickets. I found the regulation under the POA: ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS, O. Reg. 497/94 .

According to section 2(1) A document is properly signed in an electronic format if the document contains a code, name or number ...

Thanks everyone for the positive comments. I just got back from vacation: three weeks in Europe where I enjoyed a far more "rational" driving experience.

Bookm, I've never read "The Law of Traffic Offences", by Scott C. Hutchison but it sounds like most of the literature on the topic. I have read Allan E. Scott's "Fight that Ticket in Ontario ...

Shocker,

When you modify/rebuild a vehicle, you must get a Safety Standard Certificate from a licensed mechanic that indicates your truck meets the minimum safety requirements in Ontario. These are set out in Regulation 611 of the HTA.

You are likely being charged against that regulation for the "unfit" part. An easy way to find out about your ...