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Here's my two cents:

During your disclosure request (where you will ask for the officer's notes) ask for an explanation & clarification of the charge. The E & C is trying to see if the Crown figures out that they need to give you a certified copy of the by-law that erected the sign. This is required. If the Crown does not provide you with the ...

Didn't the article mention that he was charged with driving without insurance? I thought that carried a minimum $10K fine all on its own, with the JP having the discretion to drop it a bit if your sob story is good enough.


It did. First offence for drive without insurance is minimum $5000, max $20 000, but you're right with the JP having ...

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.

That makes things a little more interesting. You were following another vehicle at the posted speed limit who suddenly braked. You then did not hit the vehicle while your car had defective brakes ...

The notes also enable a person to understand exactly how they were caught, or other things that they may not have considered or noticed. It may cause the defendant to plead guilty, or may help their defence. Example: Defendant is driving on a sidestreet. Defendant sees police car behind him. Upon spotting police car, defendant takes careful note to ...

The photos are one piece of the puzzle. If the by-law requires the sign to be present, it might cause the Prosecutor to withdraw the charge if presented with photographs. All depends on municipality.

Were his passengers wearing T-shirts that said "I'M WITH STUPID"?

Think you're right, Squishy & viper1. Fire route is governed by municipal by-law. As viper1 was mentioning... which city did this occur in?

Jenne: Take some photographs of the area with a time-date stamp on it showing that there are no signs indicating that it was a fire route. Be forewarned, though, that whoever takes the photograph will be ...

Think the Tories previously mused about raising the limit to 120 when Mike Harris was Premier.

On top of that, they forgot to include a certified copy of the by-law that erected the STOP sign. That's also grounds for staying the trial based on improper disclosure. In your next disclosure package, ask them for an explanation and clarification of the charge, but don't specifically ask for the by-law. See if they figure it out.

If they try to ...

noah1977, racer is right in that no signature is a fatal error. If the ticket is an electronically-generated one, then looks like Squishy is right, it isn't a fatal error... but it sounds like yours wasn't electronically-generated.

I think admin gave you some solid advice right here, following your original line of thinking:

From what I would ...

Squishy....had that similiar thing about 7yrs ago......went to a possible impaired driver call, driver lost it and went into a soybean field (spring time no crop), so driver i sitting there spinning the tires, turning the steering wheel, I knock on the window....looks at me, rolls down window and tells me..."I'll never catch up" and guns it....mud ...

Correct, bilingual defence applies. Take a photograph of the sign with a time-date stamp on it to provide proof that it is not bilingual. (Be forewarned: Whoever takes the photograph has to be present for the court appearance.) Ticketcombat's website also provides a thorough explanation of how and when to use bilingual defence, if you haven't ...

Yeah... not really...

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And then, "look ma, no brains":

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Or you could be like these guys. Check for police officers before doing a standing burnout on a public road. :roll:

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There is also that group of drivers who think the left lane is the 'passing lane', the centre lane is the 'travel lane', and the right lane is the 'merge lane'.

Think that Reflections & FiReSTaRT covered why a lot of people think that way. If I see traffic merging ahead, I just change one lane to the left, let them on, then move back to the ...

Not sure about setting official time with respect to how accurate the police have to be. But, it's likely that they'll consider the officer's version of events as more reliable.

There are several ways of fighting it, though. The timing issue is, I would think, more of a "last resort" defence than anything should it go to trial. There are other ...

You can't link to your site... but I can.

http://www.ticketcombat.com/step5/bilingual.php

Reflections wrote:And I stand corrected.

As do I.

Short answer: No. There has to be a very serious error on the ticket for it to be voided. All of the mistakes can be fixed/amended unless they're something like missing offence date, missing defendant name, missing offence, or something like that.

There are other ways to fight this, however. What city did the offence occur in and was the sign ...

Couple of points: Be careful about "explaining" yourself to the Prosecutor. Some people in First Attendance meetings admit that they were speeding or whatever, the Prosecutor immediately stops all attempts to accept a bargain and goes right to court, then uses that statement against them! Not saying you would make that error, but it has happened ...

Just today, there was an EMT Tahoe followed by a fire truck coming in the opposite direction from me. There was a concrete median and heavy traffic on my side, so I put on my four-ways but didn't stop (was watching for any indication that they would jump the median). Some guy in the opposite direction (same as the EMT) just stopped in the middle ...

As for "option 4: speaking to the Prosecutor," I can't say for sure if it is First Attendance or not. (Probably is.) Technically speaking, it wouldn't be so much a case of the Prosecutor "finding you guilty" as refusing to accept your offer. May be worthwhile placing a phone call and finding out what the option means.

Were there multiple officers ...

tdrive2: I think, based on his previous posts and conversations, Squishy probably keeps right more than anyone else on this forum.

Nicely said, racer.

Although one update: The York Region Police are now recommending to the Crown that they drop the charge against the 15-year-old boy who punched the bully in the face. That kid should never have been charged in the first place. The school board also really screwed that one up.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/630369

On a side note, think the OPP's Cessna 206H has a cruising speed of about 140 knots true airspeed (about 260 km/h). Someone trying to run would really have to floor it for a long period of time!

Aerial surveillance is an excellent way of keeping the subjects in sight without putting other officers/civilians at risk. Even crotch rockets can't really outrun the OPP's C-206. On the subject of fleeing, apparently there was a police pursuit that began in York Region and ended on the 401 near Avenue Road after police initially spotted what ...

Here is Ohio State Police answer to "crotch rockets". They have utilized a seized (from a drug dealer) Suzuki Hayabusa.



Ha ha ha, trooper on a crotch rocket! :lol:

EDIT: Wanted to insert this to clarify my second paragraph as a response to:

I mean its one thing to catch a criminal but if you need some kinda vehicle like this to catch ...

Reflections started this one... and the correct answer is: GTA. HOWEVER, I used to live in Windsor, so my knowledge of Windsor speed traps is reflective of roughly 2 yrs of living in the city. I have in-laws who live there and visit every 2-3 months or so. Will also be heading down to the area in a couple of weeks.

I figured this section was ...

If this does get repealed this will make big time news. Well if its gets changed i heard Fantino's time is up soon as this would for sure cook his bacon along with him trying to get rid of a Jury member in his case with those 2 cops. So if this makes news and we find out this law was unconstitutional, etc and the impoundment on the stop was ...

Now you have to admit, the driver in this case was nuttier than a fruitcake.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Teen+ ... story.html

Let's see how many guesses it gets...