by Street Justice Paralegal | Mar 30, 2022 | Criminal, Traffic
Driving While Disqualified Criminal Code of Canada Section 259 Driving while disqualified and prohibited from driving is a criminal charge that can result in a jail sentence or substantial fine. Where the licence suspension is from a criminal driving conviction....
by Street Justice Paralegal | Mar 30, 2022 | Criminal
Flight From Police 249.1 (1) Everyone commits an offence who, operating a motor vehicle while being pursued by a peace officer operating a motor vehicle, fails, without reasonable excuse and in order to evade the peace officer, to stop the vehicle as soon as is...
by Street Justice Paralegal | Mar 30, 2022 | Traffic
Following Too Closely Sec 158(1) Section 158(1) of the Highway Traffic Act, RSO 1990, c H.8 states: “If you follow a vehicle more closely than is reasonable without having due regard for the speed of the vehicle, the traffic on the roadway and the...
by Street Justice Paralegal | Mar 30, 2022 | Traffic
Failure To Yield to A Pedestrian Sec 144(7) Drivers including cyclists must stop and yield the entire width of the roadway (wait for pedestrians to clear the road) at: pedestrian crossovers school crossings locations where there is a crossing guard Only when...
by Street Justice Paralegal | Mar 30, 2022 | Traffic
Failure To Yield Sec 136 (1)(b) Fail to Yield to Traffic on Through Highway When entering an intersection or roadway the driver must yield the way to traffic lawfully using the roadway. Definition of Fail to Yield Under the Highway Traffic Act of...