Fail To Surrender Licence and Speeding – What Can Be Done?
Question: I received a ticket today for not having my license on me. I forgot my wallet at home, I was 5 minutes from home. My partner offer to go and get it but the police officer refused and gave me a ticket for not having my license plus a speeding ticket. can i fight […]
Parking Ticket Problems!
Question: I was parked on the street where there aren’t any signs stating that you cannot park there. I got a ticket for parking more than 3 hours. The street address on the ticket gives the address for the south side of the road, not the north side which I was parked on. It says […]
Appealing A Conviction – 2010-08-16
Question: Hi, I was convicted under section 159.2 and would like to appeal. I believe I had a good case, but my witness was too nervous to come up to the stand (he’s esl) and the other was witness was out of town.. how can I file an appeal? Answer: Good morning. It sounds like […]
Appealing A Disobey Stop Sign Conviction
Question: I was charged with failing to stop at a stop sign. The sign was about 10 m from the intersection, and while I did stop, i didn’t stop at the intersection. Under one HTA, if there is no line at the stop sign, you must stop at the inersection. Most people don’t know that, […]
Change Lane Not In Safety – HTA 142(1)
Question: Today I got into an accident with another vehicle, i was travelling south in the right hand lane of a 3 lane roadway, the southbound being a double lane. I was intending to turn left across the two remaining lanes, and signalled my intent, checked my mirrors, and proceeded to turn. Unfortunatley, there was […]
Speeding And Expired Insurance Slip
Question: I got a speeding ticket in Windsor on Dougall PKY at 6th concession. I was fined for doing 110km in an 80km zone. I was stopped just feet away from where the speed limit increased to 100km/h. I told the officer I had set my cruise to 100 just prior to the sign. I […]
Error On Ticket – Expired Vehicle Registration
Question: My son was driving a vehicle registered under my name. I had forgotten to pay the registration renewal. He was pulled over and given a $400 ticket due to the unpaid registration. The vehicle on the ticket is clearly not the car he was driving, wrong make, wrong model, wrong reg #. Is this enough […]
Seatbelt Charge
Question: An officer demanded that I pull over and that she needed to talk to me, because someone called the police and said I was weaving in and out of traffic. The officer gave me a fine for not wearing a seat belt. Answer: It can be difficult for a Prosecutor to prove that a […]
Multiple Licences
Question: I am from Toronto, and was living in Montreal for years. I switched my Ontario licence to a Quebec licence. While in quebec i got some tickets, and my licence expired. I am now back in Toronto, and my G class licence is still valid until dec. 2010 but is cancelled due to the […]
Left-Turn Collision At Intersection
Question: A family friend has been charged pursuant to Section 141(5) of the HTA. He was waiting to make a left turn. An oncoming vehicle was stopped and was not proceeding through the intersection. My friend waited and waited and then the oncoming vehicle flashed his lights. My friend commenced his left turn and was […]