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I guess everyone missed my point. Drinking & driving offences are decreasing. Courts are backlogged. The Jordan decision made it clear that unless there's something out of the ordinary, 18 months is the cut off for summary offences (i.e. over 80) on a 11(b) application. Yet our government is...

According to the most recent & available Statistics Canada, impaired driving has been decreasing steadily over the years. Here's the link. Despite the notorious court backlogs, the Federal Minister of Justice wants to decrease the EtOH limit from 80 mg/ml to 50 mg/ml. Here's a link. I...

You are missing my point. Here's one example reported by CBC a year ago. In that example, guy paid his ticket 8 years before, but the City had no record of it and he was forced to repay it again. The point is that the City makes mistakes sometimes. If the person was found guilty in absentia...

Content below is not legal advice. See a lawyer or paralegal for legal help. OP, against all the advice you received here, I'd say, tell your colleague's son to fight the 20 year-old ticket. Ask them to reopen the file and seek disclosure. If the son had a valid excuse, he may be able to...

Lots of helpful tips here about how to fight the ticket. Just so you know, some officers have a sense of humor and do not show up in their uniform, for trial. Instead, they can be in a suit. The reason I am saying this is because often times, ppl will look for uniform officers and if they...

Anyone have recent experience on the 11b, in light of Jordan for HTA violations? I have to agree with the people commenting on the disclosure request. I had a minor HTA offence a number of years ago (fine was $110, no demerit points), but decided to exercise my rights to a trial. I sent a...

THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. GO SEE A LAWYER FOR YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. BELOW IT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS. There's a plethora of personal injury lawyers who will love to take your case. There are strings attached to the "lawyer doesn't get paid until the client does." Typically for each $1 you settle...

I think one of the issues is the "administrative suspension" that's left on one's driver's license, forever. IIRC, insurance companies are not supposed to penalize a person who has an admin. susp. for less than or equal to 90 days. I could be wrong. They're only suppose to look at suspensions...

According to CBC, starting August 28, 2017, if you get a parking ticket in Toronto, there is no more court process. You will be heard by a screening officer at City Hall. If you don't like the decision, you can appeal to a hearing officer. After that, there's no more right of appeal. I...

Not necessarily. Hypothetically, if the peeps took the GoPro cams before the cops showed up and locked them in either the glove compartment, or the front trunk, then I do not believe the police would have right to search those, not if they were pulled over for stunting. I mean, sure they could...

I agree with Jayv's comments that evidence is still required to prove stunt driving. Also, the media has been all over this and they finally found some footage. See here. Go to 1:25 to 1:40. If that is the extent of video they have on these stunt drivers, then the Crown, I reckon, will have...

@blackcamaro: Well that might well be true, but it's going to be the word of the witnesses vs. the accused. Again, there was no mention of police officers eye-witnessing the event. Also, the bike riders from last summer were actually video taped. So maybe some of the witnesses had dash cams...

I don't know if people saw the story from yesterday when a dozen or so drivers who lost temporarily their licenses and high-end vehicles for allegedly stunt driving on Hwy 400. What I do not understand is how they could be charged when there was no police officer in sight to witness them drive...

I saw a handicap permit today on what looked like a contractor's white van, complete with tools & materials. I have no clue how handicap permits are given out. Noob question, but does the person have to have a physical handicap, or could it be a mental one? 'Cause otherwise, how could a...

I think this news article ties in well to this thread: possible by-law movement in Montreal (not enacted yet) allowing cyclists to run stop signs. Seriously?

I don't think it should be a problem, not at least, if I understood the Insurance Bureau of Canada website right: http://www.ibc.ca/on/auto/risk-management/lending-a-car

Thanks, folks. I'm still not clear on the answer. I sometimes do what some of the posters above said, but I'm not sure if it's proper, pursuant to the HTA. Anecdotally, a few years ago, I was in a cage at a corner with no bike lane, about to make a right turn, after coming to a full stop at...

At a corner (dwntwn T.O.), making a right-hand turn, on a green light. People are crossing, right of way on the same green light, as me. I am waiting for pedestrians, to finish crossing. IF there is a bike lane between my right-hand lane and the sidewalk and a cyclist comes from behind me...

You can park your bike at the corner of Bond & Gould St. So, if you're riding eastbound on Dundas St, pass Yonge, Victoria and then turn left onto Bond St. North-West corner of Bond & Gould is your target. Google Map it, if you need to.

Thanks for the info. So does the three strikes also apply if you successfully fight each and every parking ticket in court? As in, can the parking lot operator tow away your car/bike the third time, regardless if the other tickets were thrown out? I think I may have brought this point under...