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by murray732
Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:18 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: 149km/h in a 100km/h Zone
Replies: 21
Views: 8979

Ok, i'm just waiting on my trial date to come in the mail so I can request disclosure. Depending on what's in the officer's notes I may fight it or go to the crown prosecutor's office to arrange a plea-bargain.

I'll keep everyone filled in on my progress.
by murray732
Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:07 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: 149km/h in a 100km/h Zone
Replies: 21
Views: 8979

Alright thank you everyone! I now have all of the information I need to fight this ticket.
by murray732
Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:31 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: 149km/h in a 100km/h Zone
Replies: 21
Views: 8979

Alright so it seems my best bet is to plea-bargain. I luckily bumped into an old police officer on my friend's boat yesterday who worked with the crown-attourney and even he told me to file a court date, ask for disclosure, and then plea-bargain it down to 15 or 20 over.

Just a few questions:

Is plea-bargaining something I can request, or something they offer?
If it is requestable, where do I do that?

I vaguely remember the police officer on the boat telling me to go to the crown-attourney's office to talk with her, is this where I go to plea-bargain?
by murray732
Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:22 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: 149km/h in a 100km/h Zone
Replies: 21
Views: 8979

I'm definitly leaning towards taking this to court unless I can get it reduced to a charge of 15 over. The only two reasons I wouldn't want to take this to court is:

1) Have the officer amend the charge back to stunt driving
2) Losing the trial and not receiving a plea-bargain

How likely is it that those occur?

Also, knowing that i'm 18, do you think that they would be less likely to offer me a plea-bargain and more likely to let me defend myself in court?
by murray732
Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:11 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: 149km/h in a 100km/h Zone
Replies: 21
Views: 8979

How do you plea bargaining? I don't see that as any of the options on my ticket. I've read through TicketCombat the past two days and have learned a lot, and will also go watch a few trials weekly to make sure i'm solid if I do decide to fight this. If me saying I thought I was going 35 over is in the officer's notes then I don't have much of a defence in court except to denie that I made that statement (also illegal am i right?). I could try and force a "voir dire" by saying that the officer threatened me into making this statement by threatening to impound my car saying I was going...
by murray732
Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:03 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: 149km/h in a 100km/h Zone
Replies: 21
Views: 8979

If there's no way to beat the ticket, is there any way to get the cost reduced? Am I able to speak to a judge one and one to explain my I realized my faults, and have no intention of doing it again, and then explain my financial situation?

I would preferably like to schedule a trial to take my chances of the officer not showing up. If the officer does show up then I'd like to try and just get the ticket reduced reasonably.
by murray732
Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:21 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: 149km/h in a 100km/h Zone
Replies: 21
Views: 8979

149km/h in a 100km/h Zone

I was just stopped yesterday by a cruiser on the side of a split highway at 9:35pm. I realized I was speeding at around 140km/h (passenger seat agreed) and when I saw the cruiser in front of me I hit the breaks to slow down to 100km/h. As soon as I was near parallel to him (two lanes) he put on the flashers and pulled me over. The officer told me that he had me clocked in at 149km/h then 150km/h then 149km/h jumping back and forth and let me know all of the charges I would face with driving at 150km/h. The officer later came back and gave me a ticket for speeding 149km/h in a 150km/h zone. He ...

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