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I found out today that they moved the speed limit sign down the road about 300 meters.

What happens now? Is the case dismissed? :mrgreen:

Is the charge for violating the speed limit sign in the old position still valid? Does one continue the good fight?

If the speed limit sign in the old position is invalid, how does one go about the charge ...

How often does it happen?

Not as often as it sounds. Officers can't simply not show up on a whim. If an officer doesn't show up, there's usually good reasoning behind it (eg. they've transferred somewhere else).

I assume if you opt for trial and he shows up you can't plea bargain down as you could have with a prosecutor meet (option 2)
in ...

What are peoples opinions on:

A) early resolution meeting with the prosecutor

OR

B) plead not guilty and request a trial

In your situation (speeding that i'd assumed hasn't already been reduced), you'll almost always be offered a plea deal right before your trial anyways. Requesting a trial keeps all your options open, which is why anyone ...

Are these actual tickets written by a municipality or those tickets issued by a private company made to look like real tickets?

In all fairness, you haven't had a chance to go over disclosure and are making a case out of assumptions.

You don't know where, when, or how your speed was calculated. Perhaps you should wait till the appropriate information is made available to you and start from there.

Also, speeding is an absolute liability offense. You were either speeding or ...

As Stanton pointed out, a slight bend in the road would benefit the driver anyways.

Stanton pretty much summed it up. Bring in your paperwork showing everything was valid at the time of the stop. They will most likely drop them if you plead guilty to the sign violation.

As for the sign being new, it's going to be irrelevant.

holiday_mazda wrote:does anyone else have any info in this? I see some posts referring to mailed disclosures..

Sometimes they will just mail it, other times they will have it available for pickup at the courthouse.

Quite frankly, the prosecutor and JP are right to be annoyed.

The plate is either expired or it isn't. That's it. You didn't need another court date to review your disclosure because there's nothing to review. Your statements are irrelevant. It doesn't matter if it's your friends car because you're the driver, not your friend.

Prosecutor doesn't ...

iFly55 wrote:Police don't necessarily assign fault for collisions, they're already pre-determined through 'Fault Determination Rules' under the Insurance Act.

Agreed. Whether or not the officer decides to lay charges on an individual doesn't determine the outcome of your insurance claim.

In Ontario, yellow lines or yellow signs are just cautions/guidelines/warnings or whatever you want to call them. There's nothing that stops you from crossing a solid yellow line as long as it is safe to do so.

Cones around vehicles are for the personal safety of the workers who have to use the vehicle and its doors frequently for tools, supplies, etc so they don't get hit/pinned/killed when they are around the vehicle. They are not required for you as some sort of incentive to not hit other vehicles unless you are trying to say you hit an open door. I'm ...

I may stand corrected on this one. While there may be another ticket more suitable here, failure to obey the posted sign may not be one of them.

The yellow signs are indeed just cautionary signs, as are all yellow markings. Maybe the officer could have come up with a more suitable charge for what you did before the sign, or even keep the same ...

When did you get your Notice of Trial?

I was at the dotted lane. The sign that reads "right lane exit " was ahead of me. That is when I turned my signals to move to the left lane.

You sat in the right turn only lane with your left turn signal waiting for someone to finally let you in. You were completely oblivious to the fact that you are creating a traffic jam behind you of people ...

farisimo wrote:How far away from the intersection you have to be in order to legally change lanes?

The problem is not that you are changing lanes. The problem is that you are impeding traffic in a lane that is signed for right lane only.

farisimo wrote:I feel that I was doing the right thing

The right thing is to continue straight and make the right turn as directed by the signage, not to impede traffic. The officer was correct.

Vasile wrote: One Question:
Can I get my G full before my court date?
I can get my G Full on October 5th I believe.

You can still get your G license.

Since this incident occurred in *almost* rush hour in downtown Toronto, I have been told that hopefully I should be able to fight/win it with proper reasoning.

Whomever told you this gave you bad advice. Speeding is what's called an absolute liability offense. What that means is you were either speeding or you weren't. There's NO in between ...

The charges aren't going away. Your goal will be to walk out with the least amount of damage possible knowing full well the charges aren't going to disappear. You'll need to find someone to represent you who will do all the talking.

Careless Driving - Mandatory $400-$2000 fine, possibility of up to 6 months in jail, mandatory 6 demerit points ...

1. Can she just go ahead and pay the original fine (ie. this option isn't void because we've been and have granted an adjournment to future date) so that they can't increase it to the 130 as clocked/noted in disclosure?

You can do all this at the next trial date. You can still plead guilty to the original ticket, but chances are they'll still ...

1> As it's convictions which count (on insurance) not demerits, how likly with a clean record will they go down to the next level of speeding as opposed to only removing the demerit points, which is just a waste of time?
OR are the demerit points linked to the specfic offense if that makes sense?

Clean record isn't going to change much ...

There's nothing unreasonable about having the disclosure request available for pickup at the court house. Sure, it may be unreasonable for you because of your location, but it's not going to be seen as their problem.

If you don't pick it up, your trial will continue as usual. JP is going to view your disclosure request as fulfilled. Prosecutor ...

Do I hire paralegal, or professional help. Please help/advice.

This is one of those situations where you're probably better off dealing with the ticket yourself instead of hiring a representative. They aren't going to offer any solutions or do any amount of work that's going to be worth their cost.

There's no where to really go with this ticket ...

For something this serious, get an actual lawyer. Fighting a speeding ticket by yourself is one thing, fighting a stunt driving charge is way more serious and should require professional help.

Also, to all the people saying no way you can beat this - it appears you guys are just on this site to shame other people rather than help. He can ...

hawaii wrote:Get that in writing from the lyin monkey at your insurance company that made that B.S. statement. Your rates are going up a minimum 10%.

It's not uncommon for an insurance company to offer first time "ticket forgiveness" on what would normally be considered a minor conviction. It depends on the provider.

Hello Members,

I was driving to Windsor from Toronto and set my cruise control's speed to around 120km/h. I was under the impression that you only get tickets when you exceed 120km/h.

lol

But, now I want to fight it in court. What are my next steps?

You request a trial. When you get your Notice of Trial in the mail, you can request ...

My husband was pulled over and accused of using his cell phone. He wasn't and the cop even looked at his call log to see if there were any recent calls, which there weren't. He was still ticketed. What are his options?

Unfortunately, a call log doesn't amount to anything. The law prohibits you from using your phone, whether you're making a call ...

So I got this ticket back in march, and I have a scheduled appointment this week to discuss the fine. I have been going to this church for over 10 years, and never once had an issue. This was the first time I parked in this spot since the whole parking lot was full and had absolutely no idea it was a fire route (there were other cars parked in ...

A pedistrian got hit at the crosswalk when i was taking a right turn i tried to take pictures of the scene but was stopped by the police. Do they have a right to do this?

The officers priority is the well being of the individual whom you hit. While the act of taking pictures isn't a crime, being in the way can be. They have a responsibility to ...