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by jsherk
Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:32 am
Forum: Careless Driving
Topic: Careless Driving. Suspension. Demerit Points Explanation
Replies: 14
Views: 5061

Re: Careless Driving. Suspension. Demerit Points Explanation

Pretty sure you can not do anything about the charge now.
When you are found guilty of a charge you never knew about, you can get it re-opened when you find out about it, but this does not apply to you.
When you are found guilty of charge that you do know about, you have 30 days to file for an appeal, but you are long past this point.

I believe ...
by jsherk
Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:28 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: No validated permit HTA (7) (1) (a)
Replies: 11
Views: 7103

Re: No validated permit HTA (7) (1) (a)

Okay so given that the disclosure does not appear to have any evidence of the one charge, makes it easy to beat. If the prosecutor offers to drop it if you plead guilty to the other one, then I would not accept that as there is no evidence anyways so they will have to drop it regardless.
by jsherk
Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:08 pm
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Officers statement at the location
Replies: 4
Views: 2473

Re: Officers statement at the location

Let's assume you can actually get the officer to admit (while on the stand) that he said there was a camera in the car even though he knew there really was not actually one... I don't think it will make a difference. The JP gets to "weigh" all the evidence given, so although this may look negative towards the officer, it will not have much weight ...
by jsherk
Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:59 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: No validated permit HTA (7) (1) (a)
Replies: 11
Views: 7103

Re: No validated permit HTA (7) (1) (a)

If there are two seperate charges, then I would have made two seperate disclosure requests, one for each charge. Did you just make one disclosure request? If you only made one, then they could possibly have missed that it was for the two charges and only seen the one request.
by jsherk
Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:47 pm
Forum: Failing to signal
Topic: unsafe lane change
Replies: 2
Views: 3497

Re: unsafe lane change

Yes they have up to 6 months to charge you under the Highway Traffic Act.

What was the charge (name and section number)?

Does it say NOTICE OF OFFENCE at the top of the ticket or SUMMONS?

I recommend you plead Not Guilty and request a Trial with officer present. Once you get your notice of trial with the trial date, then you can request ...
by jsherk
Sun Feb 07, 2016 11:46 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Speeding ticket 15km/h over, what to do now?
Replies: 22
Views: 7122

Re: Speeding ticket 15km/h over, what to do now?

You could also make another disclosure request and specifically ask if the officer has other notes (electronic or hand written) besides what was provided to you.
by jsherk
Sat Feb 06, 2016 3:57 pm
Forum: Criminal Offences
Topic: Questions Re Potential Dangerous Driving Charge
Replies: 4
Views: 3195

Re: Questions Re Potential Dangerous Driving Charge

If you are charged, then the driver of the truck (or another witness) would need to show up at court to testify against you. You would then have an opportunity to cross-examine this person and ask them about all the other events and you would try to get them to admit what they did and try to get them to admit that you went by slowly.

After you ...
by jsherk
Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:55 pm
Forum: Failing to obey the directions of a police officer
Topic: Failure To Obey Officer Directing Traffic Sitting In Car
Replies: 5
Views: 5588

Re: Failure To Obey Officer Directing Traffic Sitting In Car

Even a 0 demerit point conviction will affect your insurance. Demerit points and insurance companies are two deffirent things. Inusrance companies do not look at and do not care about demerit points. For example, if you get a speeding ticket, all your insurance company only sees a SPEEDING CONVICTION and how much over is irrelevent. They do not ...
by jsherk
Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:30 pm
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Failure to Stop at Red Light
Replies: 3
Views: 2355

Re: Failure to Stop at Red Light

You have already gotten your Notice of Trial? You should now send a letter and ask for Disclosure (officers notes).

At the trial, you must ask the officer all those questions while the officer is still on the stand. This is called cross-examination.

The officer will take the stand and then the prosecutor will ask for the officers side of the ...
by jsherk
Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:55 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Speeding ticket 15km/h over, what to do now?
Replies: 22
Views: 7122

Re: Speeding ticket 15km/h over, what to do now?

You can pay it anytime before the trial and the trial will be cancelled.

You can go to trial and plead guilty and ask for a reduced fine by telling the JP your sob story about how financially hard up you are. Note that the demerits (if any) will not be reduced and it will still affect your insurance.
by jsherk
Thu Feb 04, 2016 4:09 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Speeding ticket 15km/h over, what to do now?
Replies: 22
Views: 7122

Re: Speeding ticket 15km/h over, what to do now?

So the notes look pretty good (as in good for the officer, not good for you).

Now if you take it trial to fight, they will raise it up to 19 over at the trial which means 3 demerits and a slightly larger fine. But remember demerits really don't mean much unless you already have 6 or more accumulated. And a 15 over ticket with 0 demerits will still ...
by jsherk
Wed Feb 03, 2016 12:31 pm
Forum: Failing to remain at the scene of a collision
Topic: 3 charges and court summons
Replies: 10
Views: 5047

Re: 3 charges and court summons

Ah yes... there is a disctinction as to whether they are charging you as the OWNER of the vehicle or the DRIVER of the vehicle.

If they are charging you as the OWNER then (if convicted) the charge does NOT show on your driving record and does NOT affect your insurance. But I think they would still need a witness at the trial to identify the vehicle.
by jsherk
Tue Feb 02, 2016 8:22 pm
Forum: Failing to remain at the scene of a collision
Topic: 3 charges and court summons
Replies: 10
Views: 5047

Re: 3 charges and court summons

Did you actually answer the questions that officer asked you? You realize that you did not have to answer any questions and that anything you said can be used against you!

Did you get a SUMMONS for all three of these offences, all with the March 23rd date? Or do any of the tickets say NOTICE OF OFFENCE on them instead of SUMMONS? The date on the ...
by jsherk
Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:53 pm
Forum: Failing to yield the right-of-way
Topic: 136(1)(b). Charged, but unscathed
Replies: 6
Views: 3267

Re: 136(1)(b). Charged, but unscathed

Remember that even if you take a plea deal down to a 0 demerit point charge, it can still affect your insurance.