OK... I've done more reading and confused myself further... Deemed not to dispute charge 9. (1) A defendant is deemed to not wish to dispute the charge where, (a) at least 15 days have elapsed after the defendant was served with the offence notice and the defendant did not give notice of intention t...

just to clarify the process for a "fatal error"... for the ticket, "Fail to signal for turn. Sect. 142(1)" with no Statute written on ticket justa blank space... you should contest the ticket and request a trial date... and do not appear at the trial... and the JP should find the...

Toronto Municipal Code can be found here...
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/municode/1184_toc.html

but no reference to Chapter 400.

I`m trying to help out my son with fighting 3 tickets he got last week. He did a u-turn in a Toronto construction area, dead-end street, and had a Police Officer race-up behind him in the middle of the u-turn and block his progress to complete the u-turn. 10 p.m., they were the only 2 vehicles in th...

the Cop showed up for court...

I advised the Prosecutor that I was pleading not guilty.

He offered me the lesser charge of "Improper Stop" under 144(5) with an $80 fine and no points. I accepted the lesser charge.

Thanks to everyone that posts here with advice... you were very helpful!

my court case is next week.

Does anyone have any comments on the defense that the cop couldn't see *my* traffic light?... just the one facing him?

or... possible alternate, lesser-charge possibilites to ask the prosecutor for?

thanks!

I screwed up. I'm embarrassed. After a long day at work and while driving home, I came to a full and complete stop at a red traffic light in a four-way intersection. I spaced it, and treated the red light as a four-way-stop and after looking in both directions and determining that there was no traff...