I got a ticket a few months back in Toronto coming off of the Gardiner [90km limit] onto Lakeshore [60km limit] in the Beaches near the DVP split. The officer was on a sidestreet and I'm SURE he clocked me going 105 kms/hr when I was still on the offramp (which is still 90km limit). He gave me the ticket and didn't set a COURT DATE or summons . He said he would reduce it but he didn't want to because I could just go into the court to reduce it there. I decided to plead NOT GUILTY as even though I agree I was going 15kms over (going too fast on the off ramp), I wasn't doing it in the 60 zone. Questions: 1. Shouldn't 45 over automatically require a court date set? And doesn't the fact that the officer did not set it point to the fact that he didn't think it was valid? 2. Is it a good idea if I take a picture from the street he was on showing the visibility of the ramp to show the court when I go fight my ticket - or is picture taking like this usually futile?

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Ticket going 45 over - instead of 15

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Re: Ticket going 45 over - instead of 15

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Re: Ticket going 45 over - instead of 15

I just drove by that spot today. At 60km/h it takes about 2.5 seconds to reach Logan from the sign (about 42 metres). At 105 km/h it would be about 1.4 seconds which is the amount of time he has to aim and take a reading. Acquisition time is usually around 0.38 seconds for lidar plus he's also got to pull the trigger. Way too tight. Plus the angles are extreme to get an accurate reading.

I just drove by that spot today. At 60km/h it takes about 2.5 seconds to reach Logan from the sign (about 42 metres). At 105 km/h it would be about 1.4 seconds which is the amount of time he has to aim and take a reading. Acquisition time is usually around 0.38 seconds for lidar plus he's also got to pull the trigger. Way too tight. Plus the angles are extreme to get an accurate reading.

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