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Hi Simon :


If you go to court but plead guilty, you will be convicted of 15 k/h over, the fine will go up to $47.00 plus court cost and victim surcharge for a total payable of $60.00 .

15 over = $37.50 + $10 victim surcharge + $5 court cost = $52.50

Your calculation is based on Schedule B of the HTA Set Fines:
a) 1-19 kilometres per hour ...

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Hi ejeffay :

March 17th (st. patricks day)

i got a 32km/hr reduced to 15km/h and chose to fight it ...this was hwy 406 northbound st. catharines

set total payable $52.50 for HTA 128


Got court date of October 18th, 2010
I was sent back disclosure containing:

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-2 pages with 2 pages photocopied each of officer notes
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-Charge screening ...

Simon Borys wrote:In summary, POA reform...great idea!

Thanks Simon. I'm sorry I misspelled you name switching the Y and the I.

Cheers.

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Hi Mr. Peabody :


THIS IS MY OPINION AND NOT LEGAL ADVICE

... Charged with a red light offence 144/18 ($325.00 + 3 points). Plead guilty to ignoring lane light 144/10, which I don't really understand ($115.00, no points). I think I made the right choice.

I believe you did make the right choice. If unrepresented and without court ...

Biron: That's an interesting development... Keep me posted...

Sure; I will.

You can read the entire POA Consultation Paper at:
http://www.lco-cdo.org/en/provincial-offences-consultation-paper

And you can give feedback and let them know how you feel about it at the following link:
http://www.lco-cdo.org/content/tell-us-what-you-think

Maybe we ...

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Hi ashley_10

Just wanted to update:

I just got home and I had a letter from toronto courts saying I was convicted and I have till july 9th to pay a $60 fine , this confuses and scares me as I did file to get a court date and they stamped my ticket approving the filing and the ticket it self says wait 6 months for a date to be mailed, it has ...

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Hi Wilchris :

---> this is an opinion and NOT legal advice <---

I am guessing and assuming that you are referring to the intersection of Queen St. and Airport Rd. in Brampton .

If my assumption is correct, Airport Rd., northbound approaching Queen St., has 6 lanes; counting from left to right:

Lanes #1 and #2 are left turning lanes.
Lanes ...

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It might be a little too late in replying but this is an interesting issue.

Respectfully, I tend to agree with Epad and xjonathan . There are many reasons why someone didn't or couldn't pay a fine. Some of them are cover under the re-opening procedure. Others are not and yet they may have a logical and reasonable explanation.

The issue of ...

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Hi Mr. Peabody :

...a JP who allows officers to rewrite tickets right in court during trial.
...a conviction under a rewritten ticket like that would be quashed with prejudice on appeal.

The key words are ' rewrite tickets '. If it is an amendment under s. 34 of the HTA, it can lawfully done under certain circumstances. In the case of ...

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Hi Radar :

...try to plea-bargain to a by-law infraction. That's probably your best choice. The Prosecutor will likely offer you a deal before the trial starts.

By-law infractions aren't HTA. Many cities have by-laws relating to traffic, for example Ottawa has things like "disobey traffic signal" and "disobey official sign," which officers ...

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Hi mmqureshi

THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. IT IS MERELY AN OPINION [/color].


... Suddenly another cop car pulled over and there was a lady officer and she asked us that is she pregnant? How many months she is due now & when the due date is. I told her everything that she is 6 months already and almost 3 more to go.
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Anyways, after 5 more ...

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Hi Peabody

I'm refuting a ticket where the officer claims I should have been able to stop a car going 50 km/h in 10 to 15 feet.

Is it a Careless Driving ticket?

If there was a motor vehicle collision, it sounds like following too closely .

The table in section 3 of the HTA, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 587, indicates that at 20 miles/hour (32.18 ...

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Hey Asyrol I took a look at Google streetview and there is indeed a sign on the North West corner of the intersection, but it was like Where's Waldo trying to see it, especially at the time when I was just trying to figure out where I was and not get run over. It's not in the usual sort of place you'd look for signs pertaining to a turn you're ...

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Radar Identified wrote:Just to add...

If it was a ticket originated from a red light camera, there will also be NO insurance increase. Same effect as a parking ticket.

Exactly!
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Hi vickfan43 .
Hello.
I was recently driving Northbound on Kipling, just south of Eglington. As I went through the intersection a black, undercover police cruiser turned its lights on and pulled me over. I believed I had been going approx. 80 - 85.

I was polite, but I could not fully understand the officer because of an accent, but from ...

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Munsta :

... traffic cam saw the car .5 seconds before the light turned and it was red 1.5 seconds before "i drove through" but i remember it captured the plate while i was in the last part of the intersection...

do i really have any defense here or should i fork out the 325 and eat my 3 points

If by traffic cam you mean red light camera ...

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The sergent said he "had to charge me with something" and gave me a ticket for failing to slow down and leave room for an emergency vehicle.

It would be helpful if you posted the section number under which you were charged.

Probably is s. 159 (2), formerly 159.1 (1)

Slow down on approaching stopped emergency vehicle

159. (2) Upon ...

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Hi Bear :

Kudos to you! Not everyone knows this stuff.

Under 199 (3) of the HTA, a police officer has to forward an MVC report to the Registrar. How do you do that? By what means?

HTA OREG 339/94
5. (1) If a person convicted of an offence set out in Column 1 of the Table appeals the conviction and notice of the appeal is served on the ...

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No doubt that some people within the Crown Prosecutor's office (and possibly the Ministry of the Attorney General) had a cow when the JP ruled in mdevo's favour...

I agree.

In this case it would be the city prosecutor bringing the appeal, under the Transfer Agreement , and not the Crown.

However, you would not believe the amount of ...

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I answered that I wanted to go to trial, thinking that I'll ask for an adjournment, and she gives me a surprised look, and in a surprised voice, asks,

"You want to go to trial without disclosure?? Or do you want to ask for another date?" This is the first question I have -- if I'd suspected that the officer was absent, what should I have ...

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As a qualified licensed paralegal with a background in hit and run accidents, I would have approached this case with my client in an entirely different manner to win it.

You see, you stated that you would have approached this case with your client in an entirely different manner to win it.

But then you do not tell us what is that ...

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... Hey Radar, don't bother. Thanks anyway.

You know, this is one of the reasons paralegals were regulated. Too many of them just f....g around. You would have thought that now paralegals are real professionals who follow an strict code of ethics.

Every single post you've made today basically says "you need to hire a paralegal, you need ...

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Hey Radar :

Without getting into too many details, it seemed to me that Biron was trying to poll the group for interest's sake rather than to
seek advice... but I could be wrong.

I started this topic on June 2, 2010. The case was dealt with on November 05, 2009.

And I started this topic exactly for the reasons you stated.

Incidentally ...

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........................ Are you serious?
........................ You didn't read the entire thread, did you?



You are representing a "Client" and your asking for advice on a forum????

Doesn't sound to me that you should be representing anyone. Are you a licensed paralegal? You have to be licensed by the Law Society of Upper Canada to ...

If I remember correctly (have not used the above device in 9yrs, currently only use Laser Atlanta), the testing for that unit mentioned above is:
- display integrity test (ensures all LED digits are functioning)
- scope alignment test (horizontal and vertical tests to ensure aiming device is accurate)
- fixed distance test
there also might be a ...

Hi Bear :

The normal tests are the direction test, which is performed by aiming to a vertical object, a light pole for instance, and moving the aim from side to side at which time the device should report the distance differences.

The second test is to aim the device to an object at a known distance and verify that the device reports that ...

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Hi george :

ALSO , as I was stopped after hitting the car in front of me, 2 seconds later the vehicle traveling behind me hit me and squeezed between me and the center barrier and cause almost $8 000 worth of damage ! She received to charge or ticket whatsoever. [/color]

yeah sorry I meant to say she received NO charge whatsoever

I can ...

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Hi george

george wrote:...She received to charge or ticket whatsoever.

Do you mean:"She received no charge or ticket whatsoever." ?
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alright so i got my disclosure and i noticed an error in it. The police statements say they observed a silver van motor vehicle at a very high rate of speed. However i was driving a green vehicle its green and always has been green. The vehicle registration even says my vehicle is green.

Will this help me at all?

It should help to raise a ...

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...Like I said, it's a weak charge and it could most likely be beat in court (and I hope that it is being fought) but I don't necessarily fault the officer for laying the ticket. That's the point I was trying to get across in my earlier statements.

I still think the charges should have not been made. Notwithstanding, I think you make a ...