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Not sure there's much you can do in this particular case.

You can try plea-bargaining or hoping the officer or the witness doesn't show up... but this charge does seem to fit based on your description. Usually for things like "follow too closely" or other charges, we recommend, if nothing else, to plea bargain it down to a lesser charge. But what ...

Agreed.

Even if it is your word vs. that of the Camry driver, if your testimony is believable (which, based on what I'm reading, it is believable), they should believe you and give you the benefit of the doubt. The system is "innocent until proven guilty." If you were already in the lane and he crunched into you, well, he should've been charged ...

I'm assuming she parked in a disabled spot, right?

Were you going to walk out to the disabled parking space after the concert? If so, if you go to court you probably could explain to the Prosecutor the circumstances. However, if your daughter was going to pick you up again and not have you walk out to the car, then if she parked in a disabled spot ...

Just make sure you search this forum for the London v. Young ruling. Gather all of the facts first... the procedure to get the ticket quashed is a bit convoluted. I'm just being lazy and don't have the links right now... but if you search for it, you'll see what can be done to get the ticket thrown out.

File a complaint with the city. No ticket HAS to be issued especially if the ticket issuer doesn't believe an offence has occurred. The manager did this to cover his ass only so that the city didn't have to pay the bill and to leave you on the hook for it (excuse the pun).

I'd be filing a complaint against the manager. The dispute is between the ...

Can you please provide me with a source(s) or case law indicating that Police do NOT require reasonable or probable grounds to search and detain?


See the following link:

R. v. Ladouceur

Rights are not absolute, they are only to the extent that can be justified in a free and democratic society. Specifically, this text from the conclusion ...

Good freaking G*d. You intentionally hit another vehicle so you could get her number? That's criminal dangerous driving, even if it was a slight bump. I won't even deal with the social aspects or what I think of the rest of it. I'm going to shut this down before it gets any more out of control.

Thread locked.

About $185 to $500 fine. But keep in mind: If you get convicted of Careless Driving, your insurance company may terminate your coverage. (Some do, some don't.) They take that very seriously. While, as a licenced driver, you have a right to insurance, you'd then possibly be forced onto facility insurance... which is astronomically expensive ...

If you plea bargain to a lesser charge (and they take it), the question about shoes is gone. If you approach the Prosecutor about seeking a lesser penalty, that's about your best chance here. You did fail to stop. In many cases, pleading down from careless to something like "disobey stop sign" is a fairly common occurrence. The key thing is, you ...

I have a signed letter from my daughter and my daughter's friend with full explanation on how and why they missed the last bus on the way from Toronto (Union) to Niagara Falls. I don't know if it will be any help during the trial.


Already covered above, but it won't. If you admit to speeding, the only defence then is "defence of necessity ...

The careless driving part isn't the shoes. At this point, getting into the footwear in court is not likely to help you... for example:

You: "My shoes weren't unsafe..."
Prosecutor: "So what else made you not stop?"

In other words... opening a can of worms. The fact that you weren't able to control the vehicle is why you were charged with careless ...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/man-caught-driving-with-club-on-his-steering-wheel-1.2564005

Not sure if this got posted earlier... I've had almost 2 yr absence from the forum... anyway...

The driver in this case allegedly was caught on Highway 63 in northern Alberta by the RCMP. He was driving with a Club on his steering wheel. No, it's ...

Not sure you could get an 11B (I'm assuming you're going to trial within 10 months of getting the ticket), especially in a place like Walkerton where the courts tend to hear things fairly quickly. The only thing you really could do is make your disclosure request and see if they fulfill it. As it's been said time and again on this forum, the ...

Go to court, explain that you still haven't received disclosure yet, and show proof that you did, in fact, make a disclosure request.

The JP should grant an adjournment so you can get disclosure.

pickleman357 wrote:How and why could I have gotten this ticket? My permit wasn't expired, and was easily visable.

Um, wow. What did the ticket say specifically? If it said something like "illegally park in disabled spot," I don't know what to tell you. The only thing I have is what iFly55 and viper1 offered... beyond that I'm stumped...

I don't know... if the cop reduced it to 15 km/h on the spot, unless there was (as iFly55 suggests) a definite fatal error on the ticket, I'd just pay it, especially for something that was reduced and not really significant.

I suppose you could get disclosure and see if they include the relevant parts of the radar manual, and the officer's notes ...

highwaystar wrote:Unfortunately, the FSCO's Dispute Resolution service is limited to Accident Benefit claims.

Ah yes, I should've read the fine print. Thanks for pointing it out.

I work on the enforcement side of things and even I find these seizures troubling. I do not believe a persons vehicle should be seized prior to any finding of guilt. If you are convicted at trial and the Court orders an impoundment, so be it. But until that happens, the property should remain with the defendant. The H.T.A. already provided police ...

On June 27, new penalties take effect in Saskatchewan for traffic offences, including driving while impaired, speeding/racing and talking on the cellphone. Here they are:

Use of hand-held electronic device while driving

First offence: Ticket.
Second offence within a year: Immediate, 7-day impoundment of the vehicle at the roadside.

And you ...

Actually, believe it or not, that IS something that the police do in Michigan when they ticket an out-of-state motorist. The only place they have reciprocity with is Ontario. Generally when the Michigan police stop an out-of-state motorist, they can do one of three things:

1. Take the licence to a police station, where you will show up and then ...

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You can try to get them to strike out the conviction and have the matter re-opened. The majority of JPs are sympathetic, as long as you are rational and professional about it.

Also just wanted to clarify... was your wife charged with anything?

Has your insurance company determined she was at fault? They will get the police report, (hopefully) take her statement into account as well and make their determination. But, like any other organization private or public, they'll likely take the easy road and just go with what ...

If I were you, I'd try to plead it down to "fail to turn left to avoid collision" or something like that. That seems like your best option here.

The other driver probably had a few screws loose, but it sounds like you should've backed off. The fact that he wasn't charged sucks, but that does happen... next time some bonehead tries that, back way ...

These kind of posts are generally done to increase the position of the poster's Google Search. The search algorithms take into account how many links point back to their website so they just make a neutral comment and include a link back to the site they are promoting. If the moderator just strips the link from their posting, it removes any value ...

Well regardless... I feel that you did a really good job of putting your evidence together. You had photographs, measurements, and other information to prove what you were claiming. You built a rock-solid case on facts and information, and then did a good job in court. You deserved to win.

Worst comes to worst he would bring it to court, you can argue there were no visible damage to his car and he was speeding.

The Fault Determination Rules place the OP at fault. If anyone wanted to try as you suggested, my response is: Good luck with that. Just because another vehicle was, in your personal opinion, exceeding the posted speed ...

First of all, you want to get an adjournment of the trial. 2 days is not enough time to adequately prepare a defence. Be polite but firm when asking for the adjournment, and insist that you did not receive the disclosure in a timely manner. The JP might adjourn with no penalty, or might charge it to the Prosecutor... anyway, worth a try. It's ...

The cameras snap two pictures, one showing you crossing the stop line, the other showing you proceeding through the intersection. If you'd basically stopped on the crosswalk, they might let it go, although I wouldn't count on it. The rental car company will get the fine and bill your credit card. If you were to contest this, you'd have to notify ...

If you were to appeal, the first issue is that arguing that the "secretary" (actually she's the Clerk) had no right to remove you is incorrect. If you try to appeal, they will obtain the transcripts which will show you were ordered out for not shutting your phone off. "I looked at it for 5 seconds" is not shutting your phone off.

Unless the ...

- when i spoke to the court about requesting trial, they told me there would be a "one letter code" on the ticket that would indicate if the officer had reduced the actual speed from the one initially clocked on radar. this code is nowhere present.


Agree with Stanton. I'd probably wait until the day of trial and see if the officer shows up. (He ...