The defendant was charged with failing to obey a lane sign contrary to section 154(1)(c) of the Highway Traffic Act and careless driving contrary to section 130 of the Highway Traffic Act.
The charges arose from a collision between the defendant's Jeep (towing a trailer) and a cyclist on Lansdowne Avenue in Toronto.
The court dismissed the lane sign charge due to lack of evidence of clearly marked lanes or official signs.
However, the court found the defendant guilty of careless driving, finding that the defendant's aggressive driving behavior, including passing the cyclist on the right, making a sudden stop at a green light, and subsequently driving away while the cyclist was standing beside the vehicle, constituted a departure from the standard of care expected of a reasonable driver.
The court rejected the defendant's credibility and found that the defendant's actions were motivated by road rage rather than legitimate safety concerns.
