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A.K. was charged with Dangerous Driving. It was alleged that while driving back from work during the rush hour, he was trying to switch lanes on the highway but the Complainant didn’t let him in. It was further alleged that A.K. switched a lane to the one where the Complainant was driving and slammed his break in front of the Complainant. Allegedly, that forced the Complainant to drive off the road into the highway shoulder. Afterward, it was alleged that A.K. seemingly allowed the Complainant to drive out of the highway shoulder back into the traffic lane but once the Complainant approached the traffic lane, A.K sped up and the Complainant grazed A.K.’s car. The Crown Attorney was seeking to suspend A.K.s license for a year, to put A.K. on probation for 12 months and to have A.K. pay a $500 fine. Defence Counsel Mariya Protsenko held negotiations with the Crown Attorney and pointed to a number of issues that the Crown Attorney had with the case. Eventually, the Crown Attorney offered to withdraw the Dangerous Driving charge if A.K. were to plead guilty to an unsafe lane change under the Highway Traffic Act. Unlike, a Dangerous Driving charge, unsafe lane change was not a criminal offence and would not have resulted in a criminal record neither would it have resulted in the driver’s license suspension or probation. A.K. pled guilty to an unsafe lane change and the Dangerous Driving charge was withdrawn.
