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Then he has an excellent chance of Chapter 7 defence - Improper disclosure. Advise your friend not to take ANYTHING from the prosecutor on the day of trial - he can slip the disclosure, one of the dirty tactics employed by crown prosecutors we have heard about.

There is a way of testing the device internally... Quartz crystals oscillate at perfect 27 MHz, when placed under a specific voltage (not all that important), if it is cut to a specific shapes (much more important than voltage being 10% off, which would produce no change in the resulting frequency of oscillation), and that can be used to determine ...

Traffic Law wrote:Seems like a wrong charge. You approached the intersection on red and "stopped". In my opinion a correct charge would have been Red Light - proceed before green.

Police video may help you to mount a defense.

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If the police video is missing from disclosure, all the more ammo to have the ticket stayed.

If there are oncoming vehicles, you may cross the line prior to making the left turn and wait until the turn can be done in safety. If the light changes, oncoming vehicles are supposed to stop, and you should be able to complete the turn in the 3 seconds or so while there is a red facing both ways. If you ran an amber, that is a slightly different ...

ManlyMinute wrote:Should have studied French in school like I was supposed to.

Shouldn't they have the information in English? Courts are supposed to be bi-lingual across the country.

See my previous post. You might also ask for the typed copy of officer's notes in case that the photocopy is unreadable.

All offences that carry demerit points are listed in our Demerit Points System Table

No points for that offence.

Hmmm, well to elaborate on your forgetting idea.

It's called Ebbinghaus's Forgetting Curve. Hermann Ebbinghaus was a memory scientist and did studies back in 1885 on memory retention. It's been continuously proven that Police training does not improve memory retention necessarily.

So for example, without any conscious review, every average ...

That is not to say that you cannot get the ticket get thrown out on a technicality, like the exact fine being wrong, any other major mistakes on the ticket, and proper paperwork filed by the cop and the prosecution, or even a delay between now and the date of court can all play in your favour.

Where's mayfield?

When you file the ticket with "not guilty", the time "stops" until the court date.

You "collect" points, not lose them. 9 would "award" you an interview with the MTO regarding your driving record. Points come off your record after 2 years of date of offence.

You are right that you should not primarily concern yourself with ...

Would the before and after the short test be considered the standard check-up procedure?

Bear will know more about the specific model of the radar. Lidar makes a fairly small cone of light. Bear writes here: I start observing vehicles about 1km away (through scope) monitor, then hit the vehicle with lidar around 700m. Then again around 550m. Then my final hit is around 500m-100m. This allows a visual observation, confirmed targetting ...

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I would ask for:

Officer's notes
Copy of the by-law that designated that spot as a no-parking zone if applicable


Is there anything else to the case? Knowing more will help us determine what you might ask for in the disclosure. Expired coin-parking, distance from no-parking sign, no parking during specified times ...

As usual, request the disclosure, see what he wrote. You do not have to signal if you are the only car on the road, but it is recommended to do so anyway. If the cop's notes say that there was no traffic, you can easily beat him on his own notes. Chances are the cop won't even show up once you request the notes and he realises that he goofed up.

Congrats on an easy ticket win!

Shows that fighting your tickets are always a worthy cause. Good job on being prepared even when the cop did not show up.

You can always use www.OHTA.ca as a convenient shorthand recommending us to your friend too!

If you are moving the trial to a later day by yourself, you are basically waving your right to a speedy trial, so that is not a good idea. If the prosecution causes the delay, that does not count against you. I think that a day late with the holiday being the reason for lateness should not disqualify your 11B application.

There are many generic strategies you need to look at to have the ticket dismissed/stayed. First step is to file "Not guilty" with "Officer Present". Can't win if you don't fight

There are many cases listed here, all you have to do is read some!

I would still apply for it, one day late or not, and see what happens.

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Glad to hear that you have won your ticket, and it is always great to hear that we have helped! Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Remember to refer us to your friends in need - you can always use www.ohta.ca as a short web site name too!

First attendance is meeting with the prosecutor. He/she can offer you a lower charge. It is NOT a trial date, it is before the trial though, and you have a few dates during which you can go to see him/her. Basically you are agreeing to plead guilty without a fight and the prosecutor cuts you a deal in terms of penalty/actual charge you are agreeing ...

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I am glad that you find the board informative and unique enough to help you best. Remember to recommend it to your friends as well!

Lets just say that if you are convicted of "Careless Driving", that alone might be reason enough for your insurer to drop you, even if there is no collision involved. Not every insurer will drop you, of course, but your rates will go up regardless of what insurer you are with at the time. Not one insurer will forgive a "Careless Driving".

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Take some pictures, refer to guidelines: http://www.ontariohighwaytrafficact.com/topic1765.html

You want to show that the tree is obstructing the view of the sign. It is the responsibility of the city to make sure that the signs are visible.

Well, for now at least, file to fight the charge. The charge will not affect you immediately, at least not until you are convicted. Read over similar cases on forum here, you can get more ideas.

What to do: make notes now, file with "option 3" and "officer present", make a photocopy of your ticket. When you are presenting evidence, be as clear ...

For any sign that goes up, you need to have a by-law that has authorised that sign, so it is municipality's responsibility to put them up (the actual signs are usually erected by sub-contractors on order from municipality). You should ask for a copy of the by-law that put that sign up in its place.

The prudent option would be to call the dealership and tell them that their plate covers are too thick on the bottom and caused you trouble. Hopefully they get the message and order some thinner ones for their next customers.

22 over can be dropped to 15 over, as soon as he tells the prosecutor that he didn't receive the disclosure. Not getting disclosure = another day in court for all 3 (your friend, prosecutor, cop). Plea-bargain might be the best way to go.

Now, it does not hurt to apply for 11b because 10 months should be a long enough delay. And he better do it ...

To these prosecutors, every ticket against them counts against them. That's why many will offer a reduced penalty if there is a prospect of them loosing. Doing one's job properly is a great motivator. Whoever said that a lawyer was a devil's advocate was right - there are criminal lawyers that make possible letting people go free from a murder trial.

The guy (like most every average person) was not aware of his right to disclosure, until he had a conversation with me with only 4 weeks left. But 4 weeks seems plenty to provide a few photocopies.....

Sounds almost exactly as I said lol.

As for your friend, I would ask the court to dismiss the charge due to not receiving disclosure, and try to ...

Use online quotes, too. They give a great estimate.

Also, you can "add" tickets to the blank quote and see how much each one increases your premiums.