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The officer did not charge you with DUI, Alert means that the breathalyzer said that your breath reading was between 50mgs and under 100mgs. When they get the Alert reading they just caution you and suspended your drivers licence for 3 days. To get your drivers licence back you have to go to the MTO, pay 150 dollars and they will reinstate ...

Usually if you get the licence plates renewed, and then go to the court and show that you got everything fixed the prosecutor will drop the charges.

Do option #2 on the back of the ticket, to have a meeting with the prosecutor, bring the ownership with the renewal sticker on it, or the receipt showing that the fee was paid.

99% of the time the ...

The officer gave you "summons" because the fines for these offences are over 500 dollars each.

The tickets each have a fine of a thousand dollars, failing to report has 3 demerit points, Failing to remain has 6 demerit points, and Careless Driving has 6 demerit points. You ARE NOT at risk of going to jail for this.

If any of these ticket go on ...

I agree with poster daggx, if you do nothing they will give a fine of 1000 dollars, additional 6 months suspension, and the judge can give 6 months in Jail. If you do come back to Ontario you could be arrested and taken directly to jail. You can call the Ontario courts and pay the fine over the phone, then have a paralegal or friend appear in court ...

As a former Toronto and Ontario Provincial Police Officer, Level 2 Accident investigator, with 28 years experience, and 10 years as a paralegal. My opinion is that it's on private property. The Highway Traffic Act unless specifically specified does not apply to private property and the charge should not have been laid.

Your welcome to listen to ...

Careless Driving is a Highway Traffic Act offense, the charge has to occur on the roadway. If the charge should be dismissed. The officer shouldn't have given your daughter the ticket in the first place.

Sounds to me like its not careless driving but unsafe passing, HTA 148, a 2 point ticket instead of 6 points, and dramatically different affect on insurance...

Careless Driving is the only charge that fits in that situation,

"Driving without due care and attention"

The bus driver has an obligation to ensure it is safe to make the turn, before they turn, even if someone is going to drive through a red or amber light . The bus driver should have awaited, made sure that the vehicle coming the other way was going to stop, and THEN when it was safe to turn, complete his turn.

The bus driver could have been ...

Careless Driving is a serious charge that if convicted will dramatically affect the insurance rates, and some insurance companies will cancel the insurance policy for a Careless Driving conviction. As well there are 6 demerit points, and commercial drivers are usually considered high risk to be a professional driver with 6 points.

You can always ...

I agree with Simon,

If you go to the court and show that you had valid insurance on the court date the prosecutor will drop the charge.

Just go to the court about 1/2 hour early, wait for the prosecutor to arrive, when they do approach them and tell them you are here for your case. Have the ticket ready to show them.

Explain to them that you ...

The disclosure doesn't specify that the radar was tested before and after setup to the manufactures specifications, including the testing times.

Speeding ticket trials are won on legal technicalities properly presented to the court. If you do not know the legal technicalities, or how to properly present them to the court you need someone who does ...

The fine for a second offense for driving without insurance, under the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act is a 10,000 dollar fine.

They will not send you to jail. Plus they will add a victim fine surcharge of 2,500 dollars (tax).

So the only thing your facing is a 12,500 fine - no jail.

Sounds like your representative didnt appear and get you a new court date.

You should go to the court ask to do a reopening to get a new court date for your first ticket, by explaining what happened. You have a reasonable explanation as to what happened and the Justice should reopen the case.

Then once your case is reopened then you need to go to ...

The ticket has to have the right location or street.

It doesn't have to be the exact location on that street, e.g Dundas St W, west of King St. It just has to say Dundas St. W.

The officer may have recorded you speeding on the street mentioned, but didn't stop until you were driving on the other street.

For a speeding trial you will have to ...

I agree with Simon,

The question is now that you have the testing information, do you know what to do with it?

The stopping distance and whether you were able to stop is not relevant to the charge.

The only thing the court will be interested in is "were you speeding on that date".

What happened after you were caught speeding is not relevant to a speeding ticket charge.

Speeding ticket trial are won on legal technicalities properly presented to the court ...

Speeding Ticket trials are won on the legal technicalities.

Like the above post, the officer has to prove that the offense was committed with a "Motor Vehicle".

If you don't know the legal technicalities then you miss many opportunities to win your case.

Here are a few of the legal technicalities to win speeding tickets

Has the case taken too ...

You have no grounds for an appeal, In my opinion you're wasting your money.

There are only 2 reasons to do an appeal,

1. The Justice of the Peace made an error in law, or
2. The Justice of the Peace made an error in judgment

An appeal does not give you a second chance for your case to be heard, it only gives a higher court judge a chance to ...

It was the "sign" on the side of the road that said "Speed Limit 80".

Thats the sign that was disobeyed.

WHEW!!

Hey sorry I didn't think you guys would get so hot about this, sorry to offend you by asking a question.

I thought it was a forum to discuss traffic tickets, where you could post "comments" and ask "questions"....

Bryon started off by saying he was "representing a client". By HIS posting this would suggest that he was getting paid to ...

Well I wouldnt want this guy representing me, doesn't sound to me like he knew what he was doing.

You dont know why the charge was dropped, probably the officer or witness didn't come to court. I don't think he did anything, certainly he was not qualified to represent anyone at a trial.

Certainly Byron is not forthcoming as to why the charge was ...

Your bicycle is considered a vehicle on the roadway and has to follow the same rules as a car does. So if your going to pass another vehicle you have to follow the rules of the Highway Traffic Act.

If you get a licensed paralegal to represent you in court you should be able to have this ticket dropped.

If you pay the ticket it will go on your ...

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 be representing people in court.

The charge of Fail to Report accident can occur anywhere. If involved in an accident that ...

Sounds to me like the officer had moving radar with in the police car, especially if its a unmarked car in Toronto which usually does have this type of radar.

The radar works by giving a reading of traffic coming towards the police car or approaching it, and the officer can watch the speed going up or down and then lock it in at the highest speed ...

Just an FYI

The ticket has 2 demerit points on it, if you pay the ticket it will go on your driving record and to your insurance for 3 years. You should make sure that dispute the ticket in traffic court.

My opinion is that the officer has laid the wrong ticket and that if you hire a paralegal that knows about accident investigation that you should be able to have the charge dropped completely.

The charge has 4 demerit points on it, and if you pay the ticket it will on your driving record for 3 years, and together with being deemed at fault in the ...

When your involved in any accident you have to,

1. Stop or remain at the scene of the accident
2. Render any assistance that maybe required
3. Upon request give your name, address, insurance information to the other driver.

If the damage is apparently over 1000 dollars or there is personal injury the accident must be reported to the police ...

The penalty for driving under suspension is, 1000 fine and an additional 6 months suspension. As well if your convicted of this offence your insurance will increase dramatically.

The speeding ticket has 4 demerit points on it, and the other tickets are just fines. Its a case that you might be able to do yourself, but if something goes wrong, your ...