Careless Driving Ticket

In some places around the globe, driving privileges are a luxury to many. Without that, people can survive and, indeed, progress in all their endeavors. This is not the case here. Your driving license is a lifeline that you need to survive. You must safeguard it with all the tools at your disposal.

If you have a ticket from a police officer, your most effective tool is to contact Oppong Wiafe, Hon. B.A. M.A. to fight on your behalf to ensure your driving record and privileges are protected from license suspension, criminal record and demerit point, which will lead to high insurance premiums. Let Oppong Wiafe Legal Firm help you to save your time, driving privileges and money. We can help you fight your ticket or get your fines reduced. But it is risky to go alone or plead guilty before asking a judge to reduce the fines or your demerit points.

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CARELESS DRIVING TICKETS

The undefined blanket charge of careless driving is one of the worst in the laws governing road safety in Ontario, really, in terms of its broad tentacles that can hook on to literally any charge of driving infraction on the road, giving the police and the prosecutor enormous power when one is unlucky to fall in their radar. For instance, Section 130 of the Highway Traffic Act gives meaning to careless driving by defining it 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 $400 and not more than $2,000 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.  2009, c. 5, s. 41.”

Consider these four phrases: without due care, without attention, without reasonable consideration. If your action on the road exhibits any one of these four vague sub-titles, you may be liable to a fine between $400.00 and $2,000.00., lose your license for two years and with a possibility of serving a jail term for six months to become a convict. How easy is that? Aside the broad spectrum of the phrases that describe your infraction, considering the range of the fines, you will appreciate the fact that a police officer can charge you with anything from just removing one hand from the wheel to the radio button to turning your head towards another passenger for any reason, simply because you are not paying attention on the road. The next part is the judge. The judge also has a vast territory to place you; she or he can fine you at a range between $400.00 to $2,000.00 at her or his own discretion.

The Hidden Effects if convicted of Careless Driving

1. Six demerit points accumulation
2. Higher insurance premium
3. Higher chances of license suspension by the ministry
4. Inability to obtain insurance coverage
5. Up to 10 years imprisonment, if charged with dangerous driving which resulted in injury of another person; and up to 14 years if there was death of another person as a result of the careless driving conviction.*