Ontario Highway Traffic Act

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 ...