Traffic tickets can have a negative effect on your driver’s license. When your demerit points reach certain points, you license may be suspended and your insurance premium could increase significantly.
Although drivers can choose to appear in traffic court without legal representation, but the outcome could be very different. Especially when there are demerit points involved and the offence is more serious.
You should also know:
Speeding
Speeding Even a minor speeding ticket has more penalties than the fine listed on the ticket. Speeding tickets can affect your insurance rates and your ability to drive for many years. Insurance companies are constantly looking at speeding tickets and any traffic ticket as an opportunity to increase the insurance premiums for the driver.
Stunt Driving
Stunt Driving Tickets / Speeding more than 50km/h / Racing
Stunt Driving Tickets have serious penalties that affect your ability to drive, insurance rates and your employment.
Stunt Driving tickets have the following penalties;
Stop Signs
The fine attached to a stop sign ticket is not the only penalty for the offence. A stop sign ticket has four different penalties:
Careless Driving
Careless driving tickets can affect your right to drive and your insurance.
Fail To Remain
The penalty for Fail to Remain under the Highway Traffic Act is;
No Insurance
Fail to Surrender Insurance Permit or No Insurance or False Insurance Under the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act of Ontario the owner of a motor vehicle is responsible for insuring that the vehicle is covered with liability insurance before the vehicle is driven on the roadway. Upon demand from a police officer the driver must produce valid evidence of insurance.
The fine for driving without insurance is five thousand ($5000.00) dollars, plus a surcharge (tax) of approx. twenty percent (20%).
Fully licensed drivers may accumulate fifteen demerit points, but upon reaching nine (9) demerit points the Ministry of Transportation will require an interview to discuss whether the license should be suspended.
If a probationary driver receives any four (4) point traffic ticket the Ministry of Transportation will suspend the licence for thirty (30) days.
If a class G driver reaches fifteen (15) demerit points the Ministry of Transportation will suspend the driver’s licence for thirty (30) days, and six (6) months for any subsequent accumulation of demerit points.
DESCRIPTION OF OFFENCE |
Demerit POINTS |
| Failing to remain at scene of accident | 7 |
| Careless driving | 6 |
| Racing | 7 |
| Stunt Driving – Exceeding speed limit by 50 km/h or more | 7 |
| Speeding: Exceeding speed limit by 50 km/h or more | 6 |
| Speeding: Exceeding speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h | 4 |
| Speeding: Exceeding speed limit by 16 to 29 km/h | 3 |
| Drive in prohibited lane | 3 |
| Driving through, around or under railway crossing barrier | 3 |
| Failing to yield right of way | 3 |
| Failing to obey a stop sign, signal light or railway crossing signal | 3 |
| Failing to obey directions of police constable | 3 |
| Driving or operating a vehicle on a closed highway | 3 |
| Failing to report an accident | 3 |
| Improper Passing | 3 |
| Improper driving where highway divided into lanes | 3 |
| Failing to stop for school bus | 6 |
| Following too closely | 4 |
| Crowding driver’s seat | 3 |
| Drive wrong way – divided highway | 3 |
| Cross divided highway – no proper crossing provided | 3 |
| Wrong way in one way street or highway | 3 |
| Backing on Highway | 2 |
| Seatbelt offences | 2 |
| Pedestrian crossover | 2 |
| Failure to share road | 2 |
| Improper right turn | 2 |
| Improper left turn | 2 |
| Failing to Signal | 2 |
| Unnecessary slow driving | 2 |
| Failing to lower headlamp beam | 2 |
| Improper opening of vehicle door | 2 |
| Prohibited turns | 2 |
| Towing of persons on toboggans, bicycles, skis, etc prohibited | 2 |
| Failing to obey signs prescribed by regulation under section 182 (1) | 2 |
SPEEDING RANGE |
POINTS |
| 0 – 15 kilometers |
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| 16 – 29 kilometers over the limit |
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| 30 – 49 kilometers over the limit |
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| 50 kilometres over the limit |
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| Stunt Driving – Racing – Speeding 50km/h or more |
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