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zoomsay wrote:As for fighting the speeding ticket, pay up, prosecutors are in no mood right now to make deals on 50 over the limit speeding tickets under HTA 128.

Doesn't hurt to try and see if you can get a paralegal to knock the speeding ticket down a bit too.

Oh and how would you suggest that I best document my whereabouts at that time? Iv never tried to be caught somewhere on purpose lol. I'd hate to have drag someone with me to court, any other suggestions on how to prove where I was?

Thanks
Wes
Got any shopping you need to do that's out of town? Plenty of receipts are time or at least date stamped ...

You might get your disclosure package in time, but if you don't you can just explain to the Justice that you didn't know about disclosure and that you need time to review it in order to defend yourself and the Justice should grant you an adjournment.

As for your other questions, YES it is possible that an officer could pull two people over and get ...

what is the fine and demerit points for overcrowding your car, for e.g driving with 10 people in a 7 passenger van.

a follow up question what if the said van gets in an accident and it takes a while for the cops to get to the scene and the driver lies about the number of occupants in the van and says there were only 7 in the car, and at a later ...

Recently in my town (suburbs of Ottawa) one of our busier 40km/h zones got bumped up to a 50km/h zone (yes it actually happened :D ). Down the road a little bit there is a high school and then an elementary school a little further along. The elementary school zone has community safety zone signs but remains a 50km/h speed limit. Before the ...

Seems like a long time to have not been given any kind of notice so far. It's possible I suppose that your request was improperly filed at the court and your daughter was found guilty for not disputing the charges within 15 days (unlikely but it could happen). In which case because you obviously didn't pay the fine her license would currently be ...

I believe I was a hazzard and was not staying with the flow of the traffic. I believe I put my own life in danger as well as fellow motorists because I was not keeping up with the flow of the traffic.

LOL. Sounds like a smart move to me :roll:

It's one thing to be oblivious to the fact that your slow driving is dangerous...but doing it ...

Contrary to common belief "the man" really isn't out to get you

guideman wrote:Did the cop just show up to get overtime pay?

Typically officers have many tickets scheduled on the same day in order to maximize the number of cases they can actually testify in.

Also I just want to add in case you weren't aware that a ticket on a bicycle has no impact on your driving record + car insurance rates.

Those "no u-turn" zones are actually no uturn, authorized vehicles exempt. Police cars would fall into that category so he's fine being there. From my experience police love to use a "turnaround" or to be just behind a bridge when it comes to speed enforcement.

For a "warning" ticket (one which has a payable fine of $) I understand that they have no affect on your driving record directly. However, if you are pulled over at a later date will that officer be able to see that you have gotten a warning in the system or is it registered anywhere at all? If it is registered how long would something like this ...

I live in Ottawa and I just checked the tickets I have filed (1 warning for fail to surrender insurance and 1 for follow too close which has since been withdrawn) and the officer signed neither of them in the box that states "Issuing Officer (signature) de l'agent". All that is present is the officer's name in a standard typed font (I would guess ...

Having a dirty plate isn't a criminal offense (no criminal record associated with it obviously) so therefore it is not a crime. Yeah that's basically the definition of a crime: something that the government deems to be a criminal offense.

Well I did my course just yesterday and I have to say it was well worth the $395. I'd say I probably learnt a lot more useful things in that one day that I did in my numerous days of standard drivers education. I'm going to try sending off the certificate to my insurance company and we'll see if they do anything for me.

Request disclosure first this will give you a clear idea of their perspective and how they will be trying to get your convicted. From the sound of things it seems that there are two officers involved and BOTH will need to attend court or else you will win. If one officer allegedly spotted you and then flagged the other to pull you over then both ...

In the past three days going to work I have seen at least one cruiser on each occasion in this section of road. Day 1 the cruiser was parked at the U-turn at the Palladium road bridge and on days 2 and 3 there was a cruiser hiding in the bushes right before the Palladium off ramp (marked by a lightpost on the righthand side) tagging cars going ...

that's all? She would just have had to get her glasses and she could drive again? That seems like a surprisingly light punishment and somewhat scary to me. I know I really wouldn't want to drive without glasses/contacts for my own sake and the sake of others.

My girlfriend isn't really the best driver (has hit a few stationary items in her driving career yet has managed to stay away from any ticket/insurance increase). Now today she hit somebody in a parking lot and wasn't wearing her glasses. The man she hit said not to worry about the damage. My question is how much trouble can you get in for not ...

Okay so I went this afternoon and got all the details. My assumptions were wrong that they would be sending me to young drivers (which would have cost $330), they are actually asking me to go to a specialized driver's course that specializes in skid control and accident avoidance. The total price to me should be around $400. Also as this seems to ...

Most driver ed courses are held on weekends, and consist of 4 in-class lessons (25 hours altogether) and 10 driving lessons, which you can schedule with the instructor according to your schedule. I took one. Helps insurance rates...

A quick question: how old are you? If you are a younger driver (<25), your insurance might actually decrease.
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Just got a call from the prosecutor and she tells me that the only thing she'll offer me tomorrow is to withdraw the charges if I enroll and complete a driver's education program. In all honesty I think I'm going to go with it seeing as how I can schedule the program around my work schedule and it basically makes everything go away. $110 ticket ...

I'm pretty sure somewhere on your ticket there is a note that the offense was on a bicycle and you shouldn't receive any points from it/it won't go on your actual driving record. Bicycle related offenses just carry the fines unless I've been getting incorrect information from people I know who have gotten tickets on bikes.

I'd still advise you to ...

I'm getting closer to my date to meet with the prosecutor and I've got a couple of questions that I would appreciate answers to if anybody knows the answers:

If I were to bargain down to a defective brakes ticket do insurance companies still count this as a minor offense? In my mind it's not on the same level as many other traffic tickets but I ...

He let you off with 2 warning tickets so in the end you really can't complain about anything at all. To my knowledge the 416 is not federal a highway but rather a provincial highway (I'm not even sure there are two separate categories so to be honest my useful input to this thread ended already). I had also thought the same as you though, that you ...

Radar Identified wrote: However... it could also prove that you were driving an unsafe vehicle. Might depend on how aggressive the Prosecutor is.

Well the defective brakes ticket doesn't carry demerit points unlike the follow too close.

Now today I had my car brought in to have it safetied and e-tested as I'm looking to sell it and I hear back that the brake lines have a break in them. I got a new car soon after the ticket was issued and the car I was driving has rarely been driven since the issuing of the ticket. My question is, can this be used in my defense or to try and talk ...

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/
1. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.

33. (1) Parliament or the legislature of a province may expressly declare in an Act of ...

Also, "following too closely" requires that the police identify an affected driver (the person you allegedly followed too closely) in order to get a conviction. Usually the only way to do this is if a collision occurred. If they do not have an affected driver to present, the chances of a conviction are very low. The officer cannot be the ...

Thanks for the responses. Out of curiosity, since it was a speed trap and there were two officers on site at the time even though only the one issued the ticket do both have to show in court if I can't get this bargained down?