ok so Joe Driver does ths U-turn in the midle of the night when their are no other cars close enough to cause a risk of a colision. You stop Joe Driver and find absolutely nothing else wrong that you can write a ticket for so you charge him for fail to obey legal road sign. back to my original question what is an "authorized vehicle"?

this one's a hipothetical question. We've all seenc the no U-turn signs along the 400 series hwys with another sign below it that sais "except authorized vehicles". I've looked and asked around an I can't find a defenition for "authorized vehicle". So let's say mr Joe Driver decides to do a u-turn at one of these turn abouts where a no U-turn sign is display along with an "except authorized vehicle" sign and get's caught and fined for "disobey legal road sign" What's stoping Mr Driver from simply claiming in court that he was in an authorized vehicle. th...

I got a speeding ticket for doing 122 in a 100 zone (ticket not reduced at road side). I'm sure that the radar reading is accurate because I had my cruise set at 120 (which I never would have guessed would be an issue considering I've passed many OPP obviously doing radar, and during my ride alongs the cops I've talked too wouldn't bother doing a traffic stop for that speed) But that day I got stoped and fined. When I look at the ticket the name that shows up is not my full name. Because I now have an EDL my full name (as it appears on my birth certificate) appears on my DL. The officer wrote ...

I won't comment specifically on the charge section used because I'm not that familiar with it but as far as MTO authority to pull over vehicles...section 216.1 of the HTA is a blanket authority for MTO officers to pull over any commercial vehicle for the purpose of establishing compliance with the HTA, CAIA and the DGTA. for this section a commercial vehicle means any commercial motor vehicle (ie. pickup truck, cube van, flat bed, tractor trailer, delivery van ect.) and any motor vehicle pulling a trailer. So a car, SUV or motorcycles are not commercial vehicles. However a car, SUV, or motorcy...