Careless Driving Traffic Tickets

Careless Driving is one of the most serious traffic tickets in the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario. For most minor offences involving Careless Driving the motorist will face not only the fine on the ticket, but six (6) demerit points and serious insurance implications.

As with all traffic tickets and especially Careless Driving it’s important to call Ontario Traffic Tickets to assist you to fight this traffic ticket. As former Traffic Officers, and experienced court agents, Ontario Traffic Tickets has successfully represented thousands of drivers for Careless Driving offences throughout Ontario.

Ontario Traffic Tickets has on it's staff former Motor Vehicle Accident Investigators from the Toronto Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police. These former traffic officers have received specialized training in accident investigation that results in win after win for our clients.

No other paralegal firm in Ontario has this level of training and qualifications to successfully fight your traffic ticket.

Having written the hundreds of Careless Driving tickets, investigated the accidents and appearing in court who better to fight your traffic ticket you than the former officers of Ontario Traffic Tickets. Call Ontario Traffic Tickets at 1-888-668-8946 to speak with one of our former police officers.

All About Careless Driving

As with most driving offences the fine attached to a Careless Driving ticket is not the only penalty for the offence. A Careless Driving ticket has the following different penalties.

For serious Careless Driving offences the prosecutor can ask for

Case Scenarios

Example 1: the driver lost control of her car on the highway and drove into the ditch. No other vehicle was involved and the damage in the accident was minor. The police attended the scene and charged the driver with Careless Driving. The driver believing she had made a driving mistake paid the Careless Driving ticket. The driver had no other traffic tickets or accidents on her driving record.

Subsequently two months later upon renewal her insurance premium was raised to twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00) per year due only to the Careless Driving charge.

Example 2: the driver was involved in a minor rear end type car accident. The police attended the scene and charged the driver with Careless Driving. The driver took responsibility for the accident and paid the Careless Driving ticket thinking that would be the end of the matter.

Subsequently the insurance company canceled the driver’s insurance due only to the Careless Driving conviction on their driving record.

A conviction for Careless Driving will appear on a driving record for three years from the date of the offence, and many insurance companies may keep a Careless Driving conviction longer.

Careless Driving is defined as,

Every person is guilty of the offence of driving carelessly who drives a vehicle or street car on a highway without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the highway and on conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $200 and not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both, and in addition his or her licence or permit may be suspended for a period of not more than two years

Although Careless Driving may be considered driving recklessly, it also can be defined by the police and courts as not driving carefully, being distracted momentarily, or not paying enough attention to your driving, especially if an accident occurs, "driving without due care and attention".

Or a Careless Driving charge may be defined as, the driver was "driving without consideration for other drivers using the roadway".

As with any traffic ticket the Police and Prosecutor have to prove a Careless Driving charge "beyond a reasonable doubt" to the Justice of the Peace before a conviction can be entered. Meaning the Justice of the Peace must be one hundred percent certain the motorist committed the traffic offence before they can enter a conviction to the charge.

The police are required to prove all the essential elements of careless driving described in section 130 of the Ontario Highway Traffic Act. If the prosecution is not able to prove the charge beyond a reasonable doubt the Justice of the Peace should dismiss the charge.

At trial the police officer will have a government appointed Provincial Prosecutor to assist them as legal counsel. It is equally important that the defendant to be likewise well represented or they risk being convicted and receiving any of the four penalties described above. A driver should not attempt to represent themselves for a Careless Driving charge.

Any driver who attempts to represent themselves in traffic court on a charge of Careless Driving will find that the government has "stacked the cards" against them. A driver should always seek the assistance of Ontario Traffic Tickets by calling 1-888-668-8946.

The Provincial Prosecutors are trained professionals who represents the interests of the municipality/city, their job is to prosecute and convict the driver of the Careless Drivingcharge. Most Prosecutors are extremely fair individuals, however they are not there to help you to win your charge. The Prosecutor is the agent or lawyer for the police and the city. It is their job to register a conviction against the motorist.

Careless Driving charges are serious traffic tickets that you should obtain qualified legal representation from Ontario Traffic Tickets to assist you in court. If you appear in court on your own on a Careless Driving charge you risk being convicted of the charge and face the serious consequences of a conviction. If you do represent yourself and something goes wrong in your case the consequences can be serious and very difficult to correct.

As with any traffic ticket, the prosecutor always has to prove the who, what, when and where of the case. When the driver represents themselves at court they actually help the prosecutor to win the case. By appearing in court the defendant, (person who is charged with the traffic ticket) provides the "who" also known as the identity evidence. All the prosecutor has to do is ask the witness who caused the accident whereupon all they have to do is point at the defendant. By appearing in traffic court the defendant helps to convict himself!

The good news is that Ontario Traffic Tickets has a 99.9% record of having Careless Driving charges dropped in court. The staff at Ontario Traffic Tickets are former police officers who have attended at the accident scenes, investigated the accidents and appeared hundreds of times in traffic court. As such who better to assist you to have your
charges dropped? Consultation is always free and immediate by calling 1-888-668-8946.

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