Ontario Highway Traffic Act

As rush hour begins they are mandated to ticket and tow all vehicles parked illegally on arterial roads. You are lucky you did not get towed and incur another $150 in towing and storage.

The grace period does not apply when overstaying a meter and it becomes a no parking or stopping zone.

Are you aware that you can file an appeal for $25.

Why did they not include the OPP correspondence so you can get the whole story?

Putting stacks on a little truck like yours means it's only a matter of time before you get pulled over by MTO or a police officer to see if you have a muffler installed. No muffler means a ticket and there is no defense to the charge as the law is quite clear. So yes, I do recommend that you do have a muffler, better yet drop the stacks idea ...

Newer diesels (mostly after 2007) have emissions controls built into the exhaust but the old ones don't. In my opinion a diesel with a turbo and no muffler is considerably quieter than a diesel vehicle without a turbo and a muffler. That being said you will get a ticket because in Ontario you are required to have a muffler unless you are driving an ...

Score one for the little guy.

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Any difference if you swing open your car door and the edge hits and scratches the car parked next to you? It seems now very few cars have molding designed to prevent this.

It is not a valid defense to say you were going with the flow of traffic, whoever taught you how to drive was wrong. If you want to start exploring possible defenses to this ticket then you need to file for a trial and request and review disclosure when you get your court date. Make your own notes about weather, lighting time of day, everything you ...

Is this a reopening or an appeal?

Any delay that you cause cannit be used to argue that the trial took too long.

If they allow you to have a new trial you can ask for an 11b based on the time from when you were charged to when your original trial should have been, but that would depend on if you caused any of that delay.

This is a ticket that I would love to see handed out a lot more often.

Is the tire size the same one that is listed on the manufacturers plate affixed near the drivers door? If the tires are stock then you can get a letter from the dealer confirming that the truck does not cause spray.

Typically if the tire tread sticks out passed the fender then you will cause spray. If the officer didn't see spray but officer ...

You are right that if you delay your conviction the insurance company will be unaware until after your renewal. If you delay your conviction until after you get your G you will avoid the suspension.

I would request trial and disclosure, then if the evidence against you is strong then attend trial if the officer is there just plead guilty or go ...

If it was an e-ticket the I would have an issue with the test times being exactly at the start and end of the shift to the minute.
The test times in the notes are 7:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. I know TPS has staggered start times, but I was under the impression the majority of their officers work from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on day shift. That would make the ...

If it was an e-ticket the I would have an issue with the test times being exactly at the start and end of the shift to the minute. I'd love to hear the officers explanation on how the device was tested precisely at that time. If I were a betting man I would guess that the officer always uses the shift start and stop time as the testing time rather ...

Post the notes with your personal info blacked out.