The officer noticed the defendant’s truck, which was travelling in Melancthan Township, make a U turn a short distance before reaching the officer’s car.  The officer found this to be suspicious, and followed the truck.  He observed it make an immediate left hand turn “..in kind of a slow fashion”, and then two other left hand turns, which brought the defendant virtually to the same point at which he made the U turn.  The officer did not observe any erratic driving on the part of the defendant, but stopped him nonetheless because he found the defendant’s behaviour suspicious. The officer's only reason for stopping the defendant was to find out what he was doing.  He did not make a traffic stop to investigate a violation of the Highway Traffic Act; nor was he able to articulate any reason for the stop other than his curiosity. The Court concluded that the officer's stop was not objectively reasonable.  There was nothing wrong with the defendant's driving.  He was not stopped because of an infraction of the Highway Traffic Act. He was not being investigated as a result of a specific suspected offence.  He was stopped on a hunch.  Whether that hunch turned out to be a good one or a bad one, it is not sufficient grounds to stop a vehicle. R. v. Hawkins, 2012 ONCJ 419