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That is going to be a tough one to prove. You and your passenger can both take the stand and testify to that effect and see if you can offer more convincing testimony then the officer. Also when you cross examine the officer you can see if you can get him to admit that there were other cars there that he might have picked up instead of you. Between ...

What items did you put in your disclosure request?

o a full copy of the police officers notes;
o a copy of both sides of the officers copy of the ticket (Notice of Offence);
o a typed version of any hand written notes;
o witness will say statements;
o witness statements;
o any statements made by the defendant;
o copies of the original notes of ...

Unfortunately most speed measuring devises don't generate a written or visual record so the only thing you will get is what the officer wrote down by hand in his notes.

The fatal error defence only works if the charge as written on the ticket doesn't match the set fine or total payable written on the ticket. In this case the charge written on the ticket and the fines written on the ticket match so the fatal error defence that rodwarriors.ca is talking about won't work. What you are arguing is that you did not ...

If all you want is the construction zone enhancement taken away, you might be able to plea bargain for that at an early resolution meeting with the prosecutor. I think your plan of doing the initial filing for trial and requesting disclosure your self is a good one. You can then look over the notes and see if there is an obvious defence. If there ...

That is annoying because you probably could have beaten it. However it would have likely involved 2 trips into Toronto, one to file your Notice of Intention to Appear and another to show up in court. Sadly you are probably right that it wouldn't be worth the time off work to argue it.

Yup both Montreal and Vancouver have by-laws against leaving your car door unlocked while parked on public streets.

It's actually an offence anywhere in Quebec, it falls under their version of the Highway Traffic Act.

381. No person may leave unattended a road vehicle that is in his custody without previously removing the ignition key and ...

bobajob wrote:"Apparantly, leaving your car door unlocked is against the law"

WTF !

Yup both Montreal and Vancouver have by-laws against leaving your car door unlocked while parked on public streets. It is an attempt to cut down on car theft, although it does seem more like punishing the victim.

I would still probably file for a court date and request disclosure so you can see the officers notes. Once you have that it will be easier to see if there is something to use to build a case. Also even if they have you dead to rights, you can still probably plea bargain to get a reduced penalty. While I can't guarantee what the prosecutor will do ...

One of the traffic officers who frequent this board might know better, but my guess would be that the two times mentioned at the top of these notes (815 and 1835) are the times the officer tested the radar unit. The notes don't say what the outcome of those tests were but I would imagine the officer will testify on the stand that the tests showed ...

Aside form suspending his licence, the fine will be treated like an unpaid bill. The city can put it against his credit rating and use civil collection methods such as collection agencies garnishments etc. Also some cities will add unpaid tickets to the offenders property tax bill. However an unpaid ticket will not result in any jail time. The only ...

It looks like the notes are saying that the laser devise was tested once at 725am and again at 346pm. Both tests show the device was working properly. I agree that they probably won't reduce the ticket any further so unless you can see a way to win outright you are probably better to plead guilty.

You should check the box saying that you want the officer to attend. This will meen that the officer has to take the witness stand and testify. That will give you a chance to ask him questions and poke holes in his testimony if you take this to trial. It also means that if the officer fails to show up your ticket will very likely be withdrawn. For ...

Usually you will get a chance to talk with them when you sign in on the day of your trial. Often they will approach you and offer some type of deal, if they don't you can pull them aside before things get started and have talk with them.

Plead not guilty. This will set a date for trial, you can then talk to the prosecutor before your trial begins and work out a plea deal.

It is probably too late to get in touch with them today, but you can almost certainly talk to them before court tomorrow. Prosecutors will very often talk to people before court starts and work out deals where people agree to plead guilty in exchange for a lower fine.

I wouldn't just ignore them. If you do that a number of things could happen. Potentially a warrant could be issued for your arrest if you don't show up in court or they could decide to proceed to trial without you in which case you will almost certainly be convicted of everything. If you are convicted in absentia you will be responsible for what ...

Looking through the officer's notes it isn't entirely clear to me how the turn lane was marked. Were there any black and white vertical signs indicating that this was a left turn only lane or was it just the lines and arrows painted on the ground? Do you remember one way or the other?

also as the OP went through a well gone red, should that be dangerous/careless driving as well?

This depends on the situation. If the indecent occurred at 3am and there were no other drivers around then no, careless or dangerous would not apply. On the other hand if the driver went through the red, ran over a group of school children in the ...

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Jumping a red light, IMHO is FAR more dangerous than speeding or possibly any other offense. Because your blasting through an intersection, when another flow of traffic
is going. the OP said it was a good half a minute.. so he just "didnt" miss it it was well hard on. If you jump a light like that, I personally think ...

I would say go ahead and file your disclosure request now, that way it should be ready for you to review before your meeting.

For the Ontario Attorney General you want to fax it to the Constitutional Law Branch at 416-326-4015. The other number you have is the general inquiries number, where as you want to send your 4F specifically to the Constitutional Law Branch with in the Ministry.
I couldn't find the fax number for the Ontario Regional office for the Attorney ...

No, red light camera tickets never appear on your driver's abstract. You can freely attend an early resolution meeting or take the ticket to trial secure in the knowledge that no mater what it will never appear on your driving record and your insurance company will never hear about it.

Was the ticket an electronic ticket or hand written? Electronic tickets don't need a signature, whereas I believe hand written ones do.

Thank you Stanton! I am disputing the ticket. This is my first ever experience and I couldn't find any info on Google. Can I mail my ticket with Option 3 selected or do I have to show up in person to dispute it and request a trial date? Also, if I can mail it, do I mail the original or a copy and keep the original with me?

Thanks again!

This ...

I've never heard of them taking someone's license for making an illegal move during the driver's test. As far as I know the only thing that would happen is that the driver would fail the test and have to retake it at a later date. The only thing I can think of is that maybe his license was close to expiring? If his G2 license expired then he would ...

There is a charge for allowing a person under 16 to drive a car.

Highway Traffic Act Section 37 (2) says "No person shall employ or permit anyone under the age of sixteen years to drive or operate a motor vehicle, street car, road-building machine, self-propelled implement of husbandry or farm tractor on a highway."

There is no set fine for ...

flyingfree234 wrote:Hey what happened to your ticket? I got a similar ticket but I already asked for court date. It says "speeding" that's it and reduced ticket costing me $90 - she said I was going 70/h in 50 verbally but there's nothing to indicate that on the ticket. Does that mean I get no demerit points?

What city were you ticketed in?

I think ignoring your ticket is the fastest route to victory. If I were you I would wait for 30 days and then if you haven't heard anything by then call the court house and ask about the status of your ticket.
If it has been quashed they will tell you, at which point your case is over and you have won. When the quash a ticket they do not send out ...

But around a week ago I got a letter from MTO saying my license is suspended for a year starting early october, even though the judge had told me it would not be suspended.
A conviction for a criminal code driving offence gets you an automatic 1 year licence suspension in Ontario. The courts should know this, but sometimes they are not as up to ...