Hello Everyone, RE: Careless Driving - 6 Demerit Points I would appreciate ANY help I can get for my daughter. She was just involved in a 1 car crash. It was this past Thursday on Richmond St. by Western Road. Roads were VERY bad. It was 6:20am and she was driving to work. We live out in Lucan and when she got into London (as usual) the roads were horrible. She pretty much slowed down to just over 30km / hr. She ended up fish-tailing and thought she had gained controlled but ended up going over the curb (round ones not square) and hitting a KM (speed-limit) sign. She ended up bending it over and did damage to her car. Muffler and driver side door. $2500 worth of damage for just over 30 km/hr. Anyway we are going to talk to a Ticket Specialist tomorrow but want to know if this is possible to fight the ticket ourselves. She only works part time and can't afford her deductible, ticket and hiring a Traffic Ticket Specialist. She is only 20 years old - G Driver and first accident. I have researched that we should do the following: 1. Plead not guilty 2. Get a full disclosure for the police report. Questions I have: ---------------------- 1. Has anyone had success with this type of ticket? 2. How did you fight it? 3. Would it be better to go and try to get it reduced in the courthouse? 4. If the courthouse reduced it what would it be reduced to? 5. What are the chances that this could be dismissed with a Traffic Specialist? 6. IF the Police Office didn't show up in court would the charge be dismissed? THANKS for looking and I'd (my 20 year old daughter) would be greatly appreciative if you could provide ANY HELP at all!!!