About This Resource
About Traffic Tickets Ontario
Traffic Tickets Ontario is an independent, plain-language information hub built to help Ontario drivers understand how the province’s traffic-ticket system actually works — from the offence on the ticket to what happens to a licence afterward.
Ryan Manilla
Site Manager, BA, JD
- Bachelor of Arts & Juris Doctor
- Member of the Ontario Bar — 15+ years
- Oversees this site’s content and publishing
What this site is
This site exists to translate Ontario’s traffic-ticket rules — the Highway Traffic Act, the demerit-point schedule, licensing requirements for G1, G2, and full G drivers, and the court process that follows a ticket — into plain language that doesn’t require a legal background to follow. Articles cover common offences (speeding, careless driving, distracted driving, stunt driving, and others), how demerit points are assigned and how long they stay on a record, how licence suspensions and reinstatements work, and what the steps look like once a ticket has been issued, from paying or disputing it through to a court date.
The content is organized as reference material rather than as a blog: pages are meant to be found through a search engine when someone has a specific question, read quickly, and trusted to reflect the current rules as closely as an independent, non-official source reasonably can.
Who manages this site
This site is managed by Ryan Manilla (BA, JD), who has been a member of the Ontario Bar for 15+ years. That is the extent of what this page currently verifies and publishes about him.
Editorial note: the details below are placeholders pending verified information, not published claims. This site does not state a Law Society of Ontario licence or registration number, a specific call-to-the-bar year, a firm or practice affiliation, professional memberships, or certifications for Mr. Manilla, and does not assert that he personally writes, edits, or reviews specific articles on this site (day-to-day content work is credited to this site's Editorial Team, as noted on individual pages). Any of that information will be added here, with sourcing, once it has been supplied and verified — not before.
If you are a reader trying to verify a legal credential referenced anywhere on this site, the Law Society of Ontario maintains a public lawyer and paralegal directory that can confirm licensing status directly; we encourage using it rather than relying solely on what's stated here.
Our editorial approach
Content is written in plain language, cross-checked against official Ontario legislation and government resources where they exist, and dated so a reader can see when a page was last reviewed. Where information could not be independently verified against an official source at the time of writing, that page says so rather than presenting an unverified figure as settled fact. Rules, fines, and procedures change, and this site is updated when a change is identified — but a page’s “last reviewed” date is always the most reliable signal of how current it is. Full detail on how research, writing, and review work is set out in our Editorial Policy, and what happens when an error is found is set out in our Corrections Policy.
Questions or corrections
Readers who spot something that looks outdated or incorrect, or who have a general question about the site, can reach us through the Contact page. We can’t respond to requests for legal advice about a specific ticket, but we do want to know about errors so they can be fixed.