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Originally Posted by JackIsBack
Well then, I think you may want to get out a dictionary and/or legal guide and simply look through it.
I'm not trying to be an ass here - but I think I probably do at least one thing a day that if the right situation occurs, could be negligent on my part - I think it's safe to say that we all do.
This is why we have insurance on our house and cars, any why a big component of that coverage is to cover us against our own negligence. Alberta is a fault province - where one party, or a proportion of the fault is assigned to both parties involved, they are assigning negligence. Should every accident be consider a crime, where someone is charged and criminally responsible? In fact, that's what the ticket is, it's the police officer criminally charging you for doing something wrong, but what if you simply slipped into the car in front of you because is was icy - you are just negligent.
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Criminal charges are not initiated by serving a ticket (offence notice). Those are regulatory offences under the Highway Traffic Act. They are not criminal offences under the Criminal Code of Canada. They are an entirely different type of offence and the vast majority might be described as offences of "negligence" (in the sense that the accused may avoid conviction by proving due diligence [ie, non-negligence]).