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Was it a BUS lane or was it a HOV lane?

You will have to check how a conviction from Ontario will affect you in Quebec:
http://legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/ShowDo ... 20r.%2022/

Of course I am of the opinion most of the time that you should fight everything..

However insurance rates convictions as either MINOR, MAJOR or SERIOUS. Careless is SERIOUS, the same as a DUI and will cause HUGE increases in your insurance. A MINOR is like a speeding ticket... it might cause a small increase over three years (or none at all for ...

I would send the video to your insurance for sure. The other vehicle was turning into the spot then there is a chance they may assign some of the blame to the other vehicle.

Remember though that the insurance determination of who is at fault has absolutely nothing to do with the charges that were laid by police. They are two completely seperate ...

Yes COULD still give you a ticket within 6 months but most likely officer wont be bothered.

Did the officer see you, or did you get the ticket in the mail or delivered to you after the fact? If you got it after the fact, then it might already be a OWNER instead of DRIVER charge.

I would still plead NOT GUILTY and request a trial with the officer present. When you get your notice of trial, you can then ask for disclosure (copy of officers ...

Just wondering whether an officer that is testifying about radar/lidar is giving "opinion evidence" and is considered an "expert witness"?

I have read many caselaws where the JP does not accept the testimony/comments of the defendant as they are not an expert, but in the same trials there does not seem to be any formal process that qualifies the ...

You probably got a SUMMONS? There is a date on it and you need to show up on that date and bring copies of everything showing your license was not suspended at the time.

As far as the $800, I am not sure how you would recover it. I do not agree with these "guilty until proven innocent" tactics as this proves there is a problem with the system. The ...

The officers copy that he submits to court for filing is the Certificate of Offence, which is what the JP will look at. The copy that you get is called the Notice of Offence. Any other copies are irrelevent.

It used to be that the Notice of Offence and Certificate of Offence had to be identical, however my understanding of the case law now is that ...

There is no obligation for police to accept digital version on what they are asking for.

Some might, but they do not have too.

I did see that today as well, but have never seen it before and have not any issues in the past.

In Ontario the courts have allowed officers to reduce tickets at the road side, and if you take it to trial and lose, then they will raise it back up to the higher original rate of speed. This is definitely NOT a defense in Ontario.

So you plead guilty to the speeding ticket (20 over), and got the other two tickets dropped?

This is good news! :) Congratulations.

Although the speeding ticket carries 3 demerits, if you watch your driving this should not be a problem for you. This ticket could affect your insurance by a small amount, but is much less serious than what a ...

This explains it here:
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/ ... .8.1.shtml

There is no interview for G1/G2 drivers. It is automatic suspension.

Surrender your license ASAP to get the 30 days over with.

Therefore, I was going to go to court and ask for both violations to be thrown out based on the false charge and thus lack of credibility of the officers statements. However, I don't want to put forward this motion, if the judge doesn't agree and I'm denied adjourning the trial for the red light ticket. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

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Glad you got it resolved finally. And thanks for sharing the solution.

You should still ask for manual even if they wont give it to you, for appeal purposes.

You can not ever get a reduction in demerit points no matter what. Whatever you are convicted of will have demerits assigned to it, and those are the demerits you will get... there is no after the fact way to reduce them.

But remember that even a 0 demerit point charge can still cause increase in insurance as insurance companies do not care about ...

Just request the "notes of all officers involved" and the "make, model, serial number and manual of speed measuring device used".

They should send you the notes of both, as one officers needs to testify about your speed and about the device used and the other officer needs to testify about identifying you and about writing the ticket.

So the notes you have would be from the officer that saw you then and not the one that gave you the ticket?
Is there any identifying information on the notes that say what the officers name is?
Officers name that wrote ticket should be on the ticket itself. Is it the same or different?

If the notes you have are from the officer that wrote the ...

Why do you think the officer that saw you run red light and the one that gave you the ticket are two different officers?

I recommend that you plead Not Guilty and request a trial with the officer present. Once you get your Notice of Trial, then you can request disclosure (officers notes and information about radar device used).

BAD NEWS
The reasons you give above in (1) and (2) are not helpful to your ticket at all... they are irrelevent.
If you go to trial and LOSE ...

You should ask for disclosure of the notes of BOTH officers. If one saw you and the other gave you the ticket, then they both need to testify.

The only way you can beat this is to NOT testify and NOT take the witness stand and NOT admit to anything and NOT give your side of the story. You have the right to remain silent and the right not to ...

Is your license plate visible in the video going thru intersection?

Explain what you mean by the officer did lose site... Is it just that you are several vehicles ahead with some vehicles in between, or do you go around a corner and out of site, and then the officer takes 45 seconds to get around the corner and get you back in site?

Since you are ...

Your Alberta license would most likely get suspended again. But in reality you probably can't get the suspension lifted until you pay all the fines anyways.

I can not answer your question directly, however since it was against the OWNER it should not show up on your driving record as you were not charged as the DRIVER.

The best way to confirm is go in to drivers license bureau wherever you live and ask for a copy of your 5-year abstract that insurance companies would get.

I would assume yes, but you would have to ask your insurance company to confirm.

Get a letter from your insurance company stating that the car in question (make, model, year, vin) was covered on the day of the ticket, and this should be sufficient to get the charge thrown out. Driving with no insurance is something huge like a $5,000 fine so you definitely want to avoid this if possible.

As for the other ticket, it says this ...

Aviva/Traders General ... I would suggest not giving too many details. Don't lie to your insurance company, but be as vague as possible.

No not a typo... there is a very good chance the officer WILL appear and a very very small chance the officer will not appear.