Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Please keep topics to one thread.

As for the OTT chances, they have a database on which officer shows up to court or not. My guess is they have 10 cases with that officer, he missed court 6 times, and showed up 4 times, or something along those lines. They actually won't go for a full trial (not to my knowledge) because they get paid no matter ...

I also called OTT-Legal and they told me that there is a 60% chance they can get it dismissed and a 40% chance they can get it reduced. What do you guys think?

It doesn't work like that.

You aren't "keeping a clean record" by cancelling your insurance for a couple years. All you're doing is avoiding any surcharge they charge you for the next little while.

Also, you can't do insurance math to predict the future. Is your insurance provider planning on keeping the same rates years from now? You plan on ...

Ontarioracer91 wrote:Zappa, I have tried him once and fired him mid case. I use MG Legal Services. They are a smaller firm, but at least you can build a relationship with them, and know whose going to be helping you. Its a really personalized approach. http://www.mglegalservices.com

Why did you fire zappa?

Okay, so as you guys can see in my previous thread, I got a ticket for "Red Light - Failed to stop". The ticket i got was in Scarborough. What paralegal/lawyers would you guys recommend I go with. Cost isn't really an issue, but I would really like to get this ticket dismissed.

So far the ones I've been suggested are:
- OTT Legal
- Benny Zappia ...

Also i have another question, how does a ticket's effect on insurance rates work. I'll use this example someone used to explain to me to ask the question.

So someone on this forum previously explained to me that:
Let's say you get a 10% discount when you turn 25 and let's assume your insurance currently costs : $2000.

At 25, you would get the 10 ...

If this is your first ticket then the insurance hit shouldn't be too extreme. Another one would be significant however.

Yes but the thing is I don't even drive much.
I'm 21 years old currently, turning 22 this year.

The whole reason my dad is paying for my insurance is because he wants it so by the time i turn 25, i get a cheap insurance. This ...

After you speak with the prosecutor, don't leave.
Enter court with everyone else.
When they call your name, you go up and you will deal with whatever transpired with the prosecutor.
If you end up adjourning it, the judge will ask you why and you just say you need some time to get legal representation.
If this is your first court date, they will ...

Mind if i ask, how did he manage to get the community service deal?
Also, was the deal that if he does community service, the ticket would be dropped or he just wouldn't have to pay the fee?

I'm not an expert, but this is what i would do.

On the day of court, you usually get an opportunity to speak with the prosecutor before session starts, so make sure you arrive early.
Speak, to the prosecutor and plead your case. eg) first timer, concerned about insurance, young driver, etc ....
You will get a sense from the prosecutor what their ...

Also lets say he does show up to court and i do end up getting convicted of the ticket, is there anything i can do to avoid this making my insurance spike up.
Since a ticket last's on your record for 3-years, I was thinking about cancelling the insurance policy for 3 years, until the ticket no longer exists and then getting insurance back after ...

There's no point going to trial because the officer will testify you went through on red (or else he wouldn't have issued the ticket and you can't testify or else you have to say the same thing or purjure yourself.

Yes but what about the possibility he doesn't show up to court?
Also even if he does show up to court, can't I adjourn it to another ...

There's no secret to making tickets just disappear.

There's two points in your post that get confusing. You say the light turned red before you crossed the line but yet you argue with the officer the light was yellow? I'm not sure I follow the reasoning there.

Amber doesn't mean "speed up and beat the light". Even had managed to race and beat ...

EDIT: I mean to also say, what are the chances i will get this ticket dropped?

Hey, i recently got a ticket for failing to stop a red light (Section 114(18)).
I was travelling south, the cop was travelling north. He was on the other side of the intersection then me, my light turned yellow and i tried running it but it turned red before i could cross the line. I was going too fast to be able to stomp the break so i had to run ...