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I got a camera ticket today. It states that I failed to stop at a red light and I also went through the intersection. In reality, I turned right to corner shop. I had 2 passengers in the car with me that day and I have a receipt from the shop to prove I turned right.

You have to come to a stop to make a right on red.

The images also show my ...

Whether or not the officer was standing on private property is going to be irrelevant. That's an issue (if there is one) between the property owner and the officer.

1. How long will this appear on my drivers abstract should I want to get a car insurance again. I am getting a lot of mixed answers to this (2/3/5 years). I am looking at buying a house in the suburbs in maybe 1 year (2 max), and would probably like to get a car at that point. I can bus it as long as I need to but it would be nice to know when ...

But from what you telling me, people charged with S. 130 HTA walk away without major slap on the wrist for being stupid enough to run a Red light and to hit another motorists. That's a shame, and by me being called to court this ignorant woman is going to try and say she did not do anything... Well this is pretty amazing, man this is unfair of the ...

Can someone explain the primary reason as to why I'm being called to court if the driver was already given a ticket since the report did include a POT#. Or am I missing something here? And in such case does it mean all the other people who gave witness statements to the police will also be called to court? And lastly can the driver attempt to get ...

cburgs wrote:Should this ticket be fought in court for him not writing my current address on my ticket?

No.

I would be in the little/no history category ...

The sense I get, is there is a lot of pressure from other vested parties, politicians etc, to secure convictions for stunt at trial. So I would suspect the bar is quite high, higher than normal for sure, to get the charge dismissed.

That kinda takes away the trial option for those who believe ...

A) is this possible , to plead guilty to the charge without any suspension for a year

A conviction for stunt driving doesn't carry a minimum suspension. Maximum is 2 years. So you could be looking at anything in between.

B) is it worth getting a lawyer or paralegal or should I just take the deal

If you are charged with something that carries ...

How does this affect my driving insurance and stuff

Are you a licensed Ontario driver?

If it's a regular speeding ticket, it'll impact your insurance no different than it would in Ontario. Since there's a reciprocal agreement for this charge, it will show up on your abstract as if it happened in Ontario. Demerit points will be added by the MTO ...

I'm not sure why someone offered a reduced charge of speeding, would choose to proceed to trial. Principle, I guess ...

I'd say it depends on the circumstances. Someone who speeds 50+ (stunt label or not) would probably be silly to not consider any reduced charge that puts them 49-. It's the difference between paying 5% extra on insurance vs 100 ...

-- laws being applied equally would be a pretty strong argument ... that's kinda the nail everything hangs on. -- "Who gets a break", is a decision for courts not an officer. I doubt officers have any significant level of discretion. [/size]

A week ago you were "surprised" the officer wasn't willing to listen to your reasoning at the side of the ...

Question: my insurance is with allstate and after receiving the ticket and this is my first ever offence, I was wondering if I just pay the offence and don't inform insurance, will this all in all affect my insurance I currently have and will my insurance find out about this? Anyone that has allstate too can you advise me on this?

Technically ...

gbs wrote:Trying to determine if, an officer MUST charge stunt, by law, if a vehicle is "50+ over" the posted speed limit.

Let's pretend an officer MUST charge someone (they don't). What's the argument? That no one should get a break?

I've seen people say this over the last couple days here, how it's not "in the spirit" of the charge. The word "racing" then comes up and I guess the assumption is that because there aren't cars battling each other or it doesn't involve a kid in a fart can honda civic that the charge isn't doing what it's meant to be doing.

The regulation can be ...

I'm not even sure what we're arguing here.

If you've committed the offense, what's the difference? You aren't losing anything. You either get a freebie or you don't.

As for the officer being "judge, jury, and executioner", it has nothing to do with him. If you're charged with stunt driving, you get suspended, towed, and impounded. He didn't ...

Is there really a point to requesting my disclosure this close to the trail? (it is in approximately 4 weeks from this post). At first I thought the disclosure problem (receiving the trial notice 10 weeks before my court date, and the letter claiming disclosure needed request minimum 3 months prior to the court date) would be a way to get out of ...

my car is seen turning left in the second picture the first picture is of me at the line

you can see my break lights and my turn signal

I'm going to assume you mean right and not left as you already pointed out you were turning right.

Correct, the first picture will always show you at the line. The point of the first picture is to show your ...

These cameras activate through speed sensors. They activate at something like 20km+ the moment your vehicle is in front of the line. The first photo should be your vehicle right on the line along with red light. The second photo will show your vehicle proceeded through the red. Sometimes your vehicle wont be in the second picture. That's because ...

If an officer has a problem with it, there's nothing stopping him from charging you.

Maybe it glares at certain angles...
It gives off a weird reflection at night with the plate light...
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The plastic is starting to yellow with age...

For the most part though, you're probably ...

Now when somebody is charged as a OWNER instead of a DRIVER then it does NOT show up on your record and does NOT affect your insurance at all. So at the meeting you could ask the prosecutor if they would be willing to charge you as the OWNER instead of the DRIVER. Again the prosecutor does not have to do this, but maybe they are in a good and ...

The only reason I would believe a summons would be issued is if he was charged under 175(19) as the owner. Was the summons issued the same day, or more than 30 days but less than 6 months after the incident? If the summons was issued the same day then as above states, he had to receive a summons for another non-ticketable offense.

It wouldn't ...

1/ Can the prosecutor at this level reduce the ticket to something lesser? I don't care about the points, I care about the charge. [/size]

Handheld device is already falls in the minor bracket when it comes to insurance. There's nothing lower than that. If you're worried about the charge, getting it reduced is probably not going to help you much ...

Short answer is they don't care. If anything, it makes their lives easier not having to explain every little thing to someone who doesn't know what's going on. A JP will not hesitate for a second to recommend you seek out representation.

if you can get the footage from a QEW camera that shows it was not you, then you will win. But getting that video footage will not be easy. Most likely if you ask for it in disclosure they will just say it does not exist.

If you ask them they will ignore you, because disclosure doesn't work that way. They are not using video from these cameras ...

if driver had hit another car and or seriously injured that person, what would have been the repercussions.

i.e. he was NOT insured at the time to drive; with essentially the plates from another car

The repercussions are that you get sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars and everything comes out of your own pocket.

$5000 is also the ...

Officers are allowed to lose sight of a vehicle. To suggest two different vehicles with different body styles made the old switcharoo while he checked his mirrors is grasping. It also happens frequently that an officer will write down black for a blue car or black for a dark brown car. There's a million different paint codes available and this ...

Then how can a speed limit reduction on a 4 lane road be legally enforced?

I'm not sure I follow. How could it not be enforced?

I'd agree with everyone in this thread. Signs only need to be posted on the right side of the road. If there's no signs, follow the default speed limit. There is no requirement for signs on the left side.

I know on ...

Can i use this as my defense in court ?

Short answer is NO. Long answer is below....

There is no such thing as "going with the flow of traffic" when it comes to tickets. You're either speeding or you're not. If you notice drivers moving faster than you, move to the right lane and let them pass on the left instead of trying to keep up. If you ...

Just curious.. is there an official source online or elsewhere that says that owner offences don't show up on an abstract?


The conviction goes against your plates, not your license. If you don't pay, you can't renew your plates. Just like a parking ticket, red light camera, or any other offense where you are charged as the owner.

If you're ...

- If the weather is so bad that you can't make out objects in front of you, the logical thing to do would be to safety pull over and park. This argument comes up quite often on these boards. What you're essentially saying is "I couldn't make out the objects in front of me, so I continued driving blind with no regard for what's in front of me ...