Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Keeping in mind that you should always use common sense and spending the small amount of time to wait for children to cross is always safest, I'm curious what the law says.

If there's a school bus stopped with flashing lights etc. at an intersection, and I am crossing in front of it perpendicularly on the intersecting street (i.e. if the bus is ...

So helpful here :) Thanks.

The end game is to either get it dismissed or reduced substantially. The defense I'll use is; I have a speed warning on my car set at 110MK/h and cruise control was set at 110KM/h. The officer probably targeted me, but at that instant the laser hit another car.



Hypothetically speaking, I don't think this defense ...

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I'll let you know what happened in court when I went in Toronto:

Prosecutor called everyone scheduled for that time slot to come into the court room to check in, so we all lined up to speak to the prosecutor who was at the front of the room. Basically he asked whether we were pleading guilty, not guilty, you can mention you want to see about ...

In my case the prosecutor initially offered me a "fail to stop for amber light" but when I told him that at "turn not in safety" was more appropriate, he was okay with that. So you can always suggest another charge and see if the prosecutor is agreeable to it, but no guarantees. Although he didn't say outright that there wouldn't be a deal next ...

so I didn't receive disclosure until I spoke with the prosecutor today. He wasn't even aware that I had requested it, even though he had my request in front of him...
officer was there, the other driver was not (apparently she was stuck in Egypt for an operation)
The justice was very forthright and helpful in explaining my options, and seemed ...

how common is it for charges to be dismissed because of non-disclosure without submitting a section 7 charter rights argument?

like you said in a previous post, I will state the date that I followed-up on my disclosure and the date that I faxed a second request to the prosecutor's office (with fax receipt) and ask for the charges to be dismissed ...

Quick update: my trial date is tomorrow, I have not yet received disclosure, although I have followed up at least a couple weeks ago (noted the date/time, name of the person I spoke to, and his position in the office), and on the same day I submitted another disclosure request (just faxed my previous one again, while noting on the copy that it was ...

So lets assume that on the trial date they still do not have the disclosure ready for you. In this case, I would NOT ask for adjournment but instead I would state all the dates that you made the requests for disclosure and then ask for the charge to be dismissed. However, most likely it won't be dismissed and the JP will tell the prosecutor that ...

Just call them and ask if it is ready. If you still have not received it by the trial date (or get less than 2 weeks before the trial) then you can ask for an adjournment at the trial and say you want to have time to review the disclosure with a lawyer.

Most Prosecutor Offices will not mail out disclosure packages and you will likely be required ...

I initially received my notice of trial in the mail at then end of October, however I was out of the country at the time so I didn't see it until I returned on November 5th. I then consider getting legal representation, however I thought it best to do that after I had requested disclosure, so that I could provide them with information to decide ...

Disclosure requests are made in advance of the defence and prosecution being able to sit down and discuss the file. The primary purpose of an early resolution meeting is for the two sides of the case to reach a reasonable understanding about how the Court would likely rule on the matter at trial. If the merits of the Prosecutor's case are such ...

To follow-up on what jsherk wrote, yes, Careless Driving is a very serious offence and you may wish to seek out legal representation. It is unfortunate to see self-represented defendants at court having a Careless Driving matter go off the tracks at court and ending up convicted, accepting a plea to lesser offence that is not a good resolution, or ...

Hi all, sorry in advance for the wall of text but I am a bit out of my depth and trying to get more information.

I received a Careless Driving ticket back in August, and received my trial notice for Jan 30th, 2017 in late October.

The incident happened as I was stopped in a major intersection waiting to make a left turn. I can't remember exactly ...