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I recall reading about a strategy of not requesting disclosure at all! Trial by ambush I think they called it. Then ask for dismissal if ALL relevant documents aren't produced by the crown at trial. Any thoughts?

Fact is, I don't know how much alcohol intake in how much time will produce 0.04% blood/alcohol level. I am a fairly typical Canadian who rewards myself with a cold beer after cutting the lawn, cleaning the shop, washing the car, etc., etc. Then I'm apt to have another one while barbecuing some burgers. If I run out of BBQ sauce, I'm hoppin' in the ...

The officer COULD have educated you about all these issues by explaining the laws then issuing a warning to correct the deficiencies. Unfortunately, this modern era of policing seems to associate performance with number of tickets written.

I, too, liked to display my personal sense of "cool" by modifying my vehicles, when I was younger. Jacked-up ...

Scan your ticket and keep it safe. You never know when you'll lose the paper copy. If you have all of your documents scanned, you can at least reprint whatever's missing.

Yah! And then you can link it to a traffic forum and canvas the members to send lots and lots of money to pay for the team of high-priced lawyers you've hired (hint, hint ...

She just doesn't understand how freeway driving works. It happened to me once. I was coming down on on-ramp to enter the 400. I'm just about to put the boots to it (454cu.in.!) when I see a car ahead stopped in the acceleration lane. I decided to pull off to the right and reverse up the ramp a ways, and wait. I know reversing on a public highway is ...

If everyone drove at 100km/hr or even 120km (hey I'll give you that for arguement sake right now) Or better yet the gov't speed govenor at 105km/hr and not 1km faster or slower....no one would catch anyone, no one would pass, and traffic would just flow consistently.


We didn't successfully evolve in to our current status as the most advanced ...

liveontheedge wrote:Here it is, R. v. Sandhu:

http://www.canlii.org/en/on/oncj/doc/20 ... ncj77.html

Very interesting decision. So the officer's word alone is not necessarily enough to win a conviction.

Squishy wrote:Yellow Sunfire? Sure it wasn't a red Cavalier?

Somehow, I NEW that was coming, LOL!!
(now my itty bitty feelings are hurt again )

Squishy wrote:So when I drive 80 or 90 km/h on a two-lane highway, I'm being a problem?

WAIT! Let me clarify...

If there's a long line of cars all packed up behind you...

FiReSTaRT wrote:My insurance rates went up 20% because of a 10 over ticket and a 5 over ticket in a 3 year period.

You MONSTER!

I keep telling my wife the next traffic stop, I'm not saying ANYTHING! Just to see what happens. Well, I was stopped last month with most of my family in the car with me. The only word I said through the whole stop was, "Yes", when asked if I was the registered owner. I'm still mad I even said that, LOL.

I think complete silence would be viewed as ...

WOW...if you think of the ole measuring tape, get this...

It's called a Robotic Total Station. One man survey crew!!! No more whiny instrument man to take up valuable front seat space in the truck, LOL.

Word of advice to young'ns: Always learn the toughest, most technical part of any job at any company. The lazy one's who just want to put in ...

The Opposite! LOL
(sorry, just HAD to)

Clever!

That WAS awesome! Cops have all the fun.

At the very least, I would call the Crown and try to plea bargain down to a lesser offence.

You could also call a ticket fighting company in Ottawa and have them represent you.

Great. Now I clicked YOURS, too!

Bear, that's funny AND sad at the same time. this is a prime example of where lawmakers had good intentions but failed to predict the inevitable consequences of people not understanding the headlight system in modern cars. The factories did their job, but who taught all the naive drivers out there about the new system.

Our van has cryptic symbols ...

I found several threads on the muffler topic, but no one follows up with the results, LOL. Here's one thread that might offer a little info on the subject:
http://forum.neoncanada.com/index.php?showtopic=64742
It's possible the Crown might entertain an offer to plead guilty to the muffler if he drops the Racing. Doubt it, but might be worth trying ...

You really don't want to risk a 172 conviction by relying solely on comments from members of a traffic forum (as knowledgeable as some of them are). I have no doubt that most of the members here sympathize with you and suspect the officer was somewhat out of line. But you're going to have to cough up the $400 or so to get solid advice and ...

Bookm wrote:ASCII version http://www3.sympatico.ca/sean.kathy/Clo ... ments3.txt

Anything will open this. I've amended my original post to use this ASCII.

you trying to confuse people? that is from the US (citation, discovery, sec 36, etc..)

Yah, I was a complete "newb" when I wrote that. Pretty-much just discovered the internet and forums around that time. Nothing but American sites on traffic back then.

Definitely should visit Ticketcombats site for "proper" terms and procedures.
www ...

We always rode in the back of buddy's pickup. I understood the law to say it was legal as long as all cab seats were occupied and seatbelted in. If it's changed, I didn't hear of it.

Wow, lucky break! I thought maybe you just wrote a typo in your thread.

The ticket is the charging document. It has to be sufficient on its own to describe the offence. The wrong section number is a fatal error. It can't be amended by the JP.

1) Plead not guilty on back of ticket
2) Deliver to court house (address on back)
3) Wait for trial
4 ...

I bet hwybear cant wait to get his hands on him, that or get right behind in his cruiser with the lights on!!

Naw... He knows Cam cured me! ;)

3 more impoundments over the last week in my area. (2) speeding along an industrial corridor and (1) motorcycle poppin a wheely.

In your case, what pops to mind with my own experience is the fact that ...

I wrote out a defense for a stop sign ticket I got a few years back. I had to plea bargain to get two others dropped, though, so I didn't get to try it out in court. But you might pick up a couple tips from it.

General questioning (cross examination) http://www3.sympatico.ca/sean.kathy/1stStop.pdf
Closing statement http://www3.sympatico.ca/sean ...

No laws or stiff penalties will fix our problems on the open road. The only hope we have for a safer and more efficient driving experience is to alter the "philosophy" of driving from one of rules and regulations to one of respect and consideration for our fellow motorists.

Those who drive with little or no respect for those behind them are real ...

My driver's ed consisted of driving from one garage sale to the next. Never left the city limits. Never drove above 55kph. At 16, my first car was a slow Astre (Vega). At 17, I bought by first V8 (1969 Ranchero, 351W, 4-spd). I took it out on the 401 for the first time and thought I had found heaven!!!

I'm going to put my daughter through drivers ...

There is no doubt in my mind that the most dangerous scenarios I face on the 400 series highways is that sudden wall of brake lights ahead that seam to appear for no reason... that is until you get a little further along and see the cruisers running a blitz. The gentle flow of traffic (irregardless of speed) gets thrown completely out of whack and ...

To be honest though, I'm not real good with the sight of blood. And the first aid course I took over 10 years ago is virtually useless to me now. So there's no way I was rollin' in there to take control of the entire situation. But I think there's several things fellow citizens CAN do at "fresh" accident scene such as keeping an eye out for ...