Hey guys this is my second time posting. A while back actually about 5 month ago I got a ticket for proceeding contrary to sign at intersection 144(9). When the officer was asking me for my insurance and drivers license, i did not have the new insurance slip, 
thus he also gave me a ticket for…
Hello all
(simon or anyone else can feel free to answer)
I requested disclosure of a radar manual in original disclosure request. Didn't get disclosure until trial date, so an adjournment was granted. At that time the Provincial Prosecutor stated that it wasn't his policy to release the manual to…
so last night i was driving home at around 1am
i was going 120 in a 100 when a car started tailgating me (almost bumper to bumper)
i sped up in order to put some distance between us but it wouldnt leave me alone for over 10 minutes.
i was exhausted and not paying attention to my speed guage i ended up…
Hey folks. New forumer here.
Just curious to hear a few opinions on the following video taken at a photo enforced intersection.
As you can see, the light was still yellow for a fraction of a second as the camera-car entered the intersection (crossed the stop line), but it was close.
I drive a Honda Civic and we all know how those are when it comes to theft. On my driveway my brothers car was stolen twice and once broken in to. Also a few other cars have been stolen on my street. I have an alarm and all that. But say my alarm was going off and I ran outside and fought off the…
Hello all, yesterday I received a ticket for parking in a handicapped spot outside of school. I was done classes and had to load up my van with some very heavy and awkward items for transport. I had been parked in the garage across the street for the duration of my classes and decided to bring…
Sometimes I find plain simple English not quite so simple:
Green arrow(14) Every driver approaching a traffic control signal showing one or more green arrow indications only or in combination with a circular red or circular amber indication and facing the indication may proceed only to follow the…
Hi, recently I was driving home around 2:30pm from the bus stop I drive to in order to bus to school. I was traveling down Kennedy just past 19th seatbelt on, doing the speed limit. About one and a half kilometers past the intersection of Kennedy and 19th a fox sprinted across the road. I swerved…
Disobey sign HTA section 182(2) - COURT JULY 22!!
Hello all,
Unfortunate I received a ticket for turning right during the time posted on no right turn sign prohibiting right turns. The sign prohibited turns until 9:30, I turned at 9:13. This sign was located at the southern most point Victoria Park Ave in Toronto. There were several other signs including a stop sign, and various no parking signs, as well as a flashing light all on the same post. I am hoping someone will have some idea of how to fight this?
Thank you,
RightTurnGoneWrong
Re: Disobey sign HTA section 182(2) - COURT JULY 22!!
Probably the only real defence strategy is to hope something is wrong with the sign from a legal perspective. Regulation 615 of the Highway Traffic Act lays out the requirements for signs, how they need to be posted, how far away they need to be visible from, etc.
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/regu/ ... g-615.html
If the sign doesn't comply or is genuinely blocked from view, you have a possible defence. The fact that it was surrounded by other signs however probably won't help.
Edit: There was also some talk a while back of signs needing to be bilingual in designated areas such as Toronto but I don't think it ever got made into case law. Maybe someone else can advise if this is actually still a viable defence.
Re: Disobey sign HTA section 182(2) - COURT JULY 22!!
Bilingual defence was (more or less) quashed on appeal.
IIRC, the argument the city made is that while Toronto is a designated area, that applied only to provincial government services and the city never committed to providing fully bilingual service. Therefore, all MTO signs had to be bilingual (which they are) but city signs did not...
