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Speeding is what they call an "absolute liability offence."

Anything other than "I was not speeding" wont be taken into consideration.

In terms of note taking, these are average/above average.

As for as calibration goes, from what I remember, it's a one and done thing when they're new or if they've been repaired.

If you're talking about testing, they are usually tested before and after a shift by an officer, which is noted in your disclosure. In the old days, they'd do this with ...

Duty of drivers when school bus stopped

(11) Every driver or street car operator, when meeting on a highway, other than a highway with a median strip, a stopped school bus that has its overhead red signal-lights flashing, shall stop before reaching the bus and shall not proceed until the bus moves or the overhead red signal-lights have stopped ...

It's legal, although not usually practical considering the potential for foot traffic.

The laws regarding school buses always use the term "when meeting" for vehicles travelling in the opposite direction or "when approaching" for drivers coming from the rear.

Your vehicles never "meet," therefore it's legal.

Your option is to live your life.

If they ever plan on charging you, the owner of the vehicle, which may or may not be you, will receive the ticket since they don't know who was driving.

When you're charged as the owner and not the driver, it's a glorified parking ticket.

In terms of insurance, offenses are placed into three separate brackets. There's "minor," "major," and "serious."

All offenses are divided into these categories and are treated the same.

Careless driving and stunting both fall under the serious bracket. In terms of insurance, there's going to be no difference whatsoever.

The absolute ideal offer ...

The government provides school bus drivers with a form they can fill out for illegal passing of a school bus. If there is enough information for a charge, an officer will write up a ticket and deliver it to the residence of the registered owner.

The registered owner of the vehicle, which may or may not have been the driver during the incident in ...

Didn't you have this same situation less than a year ago?

If I'm understanding correctly, you made a right while another vehicle was making a left and instead of them staying in the left lane while completing their turn, they moved to the right and hit you?

The issue is usually that most people here are looking to enter the plaza directly to the ...

This can get confusing because I think a lot of people watch YouTube videos from the USA and assume probable cause is an element for a traffic stop in Ontario.

It isn't.

Police in Ontario can stop any vehicle at any time to check for:

* License, registration, insurance.
* Fitness of vehicle
* Sobriety, which since 2018, now includes a breath ...

1> At the traffic light who has right of way ?

Left turn, at intersection
(6) Where a driver or operator of a vehicle intends to turn to the left into an intersecting highway, he or she shall, where the highway on which he or she is driving has marked lanes for traffic, approach the intersection within the left-hand lane provided for the use ...

When did you receive your Notice of Trial?

You requested disclosure 1-2 months before your court date. It's not exactly what they'd consider an ample amount of time for turnaround on your request.

What will likely happen is they'll offer you a copy on your court date.

They'll probably push to proceed, you'll argue that you need time to prepare ...

Probably should invest in a dashcam after this one.

This is one of those situations where you're probably more likely to have this case dismissed based on a witness not showing up than anything else.

Wouldn't exactly be a bad thing to request a trial and go from there.

Remember, the charge under the highway traffic act and your insurance ...

Any updates?

Any unpaid fines against your license would've almost certainly resulted in an automatic license suspension.

Unpaid parking tickets maybe? Usually, they wont let you renew your plates until you pay the outstanding fine.

You can purchase an abstract directly online that will show any convictions from the last three years.

Do you have some more information regarding your ticket?

It's quite unusual that someone would want to prove their windows are tinted.

Did you receive a ticket for the rear windows or all windows? Tint laws apply to the windshield and the front driver and passenger windows. They do not apply to any backseat or rear window.

It's not a legal ...

If an officer didn't pull you over at the scene, you will be charged as the owner of the vehicle and not the driver.

Whomever the vehicle is registered to will receive the ticket. The ticket follows your license plate rather than your drivers license. Just because you may happen to own that vehicle, it doesn't prove you were driving at the time of ...

There are a couple reasons in Ontario where an officer can pull you over without cause.

Those can be:

(a) To check your driving related documentation.
(b) inspect the mechanical fitness of your vehicle and/or
(c) to check your sobriety

A sobriety check would, best case scenario, require you to roll down your window.

I'd recommend doing whatever you're comfortable with.

If you want to request an early resolution, you can do that. If you don't like what you hear, you still have an opportunity to request a trial.

You can also request a trial and hope for some lucky break along the way. Note, you'll also go through the early resolution process when you appear ...

Speeding is what they call an "absolute liability offense."

In short, this means you were either travelling the speed limit or you weren't. They are not going to consider whether you were driving 110, 120 or 130. There's no in-between here.

"I was driving 120, not 134" would mean you'd be found guilty and you provided the evidence to boot.

I don ...

I don't think they'd have much to offer you at an early resolution meeting. There's not much they can do to reduce this particular charge.

Police dashcams in Ontario aren't as common as you might think. The majority of cases will not have video evidence simply because there isn't any.

If you do want to see any evidence, you'll have to make what ...

This is normal.

I'm assuming the speed limit was 100km.

If so, the offer will likely be something like 15 or 29km over.

You can accept it or not. If not, you'll continue with your trial.

"Witness" would be if, lets say, you were in an accident and the police arrived after the fact. The charge would likely rely on witness statements from those who were there. In the case of your ticket, the officer was involved beginning to end. Regardless, it's not really a big deal if it were marked yes or no even if it was in error. You'd still ...

If there's video evidence, it will be provided upon request.

More times than not, there isn't any.

If not, you'll likely just receive a copy of the offers notes.

You should probably worry about reopening your case as soon as possible. I believe you have 15 days to do so. (Might be 30 but I believe it's 15 for reopening, 30 for appeal)

As far as unreasonable delays go, you did receive your ticket during a global pandemic.

Good luck.

Just to add, you can always call your insurance provider anonymously and ask them the same question for piece of mind.

In terms of insurance, they'd both be considered minor.

Insurance will split all convictions into three categories. Those are minor, major, serious.

Typically, these are how speeding convictions are split.

Minor - Speeding - any type, except when listed as major or serious .

Major - Improper passing/speeding in a school or playground zone.

Serious - Speeding 50 kph or more over the speed limit.

The ...

They'll likely already know whether or not the officer will be available by the time you show up. They may make you an offer regardless or choose not to proceed.

Both options will get the job done. They have "early resolutions" on trial days also.

If there's an offer to be made, they'll make one before proceeding with a trial right in the courtroom. Let's say they schedule trials in 2 hour blocks. They'll schedule something like 20+ people to appear in that block. Everyone will line up and they'll make ...

Short answer, yes.

There are weight and length limits. I believe they're 23 metres and 4,600 kg.

Here's the part most people get confused on...

You cannot tow more than one trailer behind non-commercial vehicles.

Pickup trucks, regardless if they're for personal use, are considered "commercial vehicles" for highway traffic purposes. An easy way ...

Novice Sanctions are automatically applied by the Ministry of Transportation once they receive your conviction. Whomever ends up dealing with your charge, it's out of their hands. Nothing you can really do there. They can only reduce the charge which in turn would come with a lesser penalty.

Trial dates are booked on a first come, first served ...