Sorry friend you don't have may options other than to go to court and dispute the charge. I would hire a paralegal to try and get it dismissed because novice+ticket+at fault accident = bus.
This is why you should never give up right of way. The other driver might have thought they were doing you a favor yet here you are with as a novice driver ...
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- Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:39 am
- Forum: Improper left turn
- Topic: Improper left turn?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3343
- Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:21 am
- Forum: Traffic Offences Outside Ontario
- Topic: Unpaid speeding ticket in Iowa - consequences?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3308
Re: Unpaid speeding ticket in Iowa - consequences?
I would pay the ticket and move on. Keep in mind that the law and they type of information that is in databases can and will change over time. Who is to say that one day an immigration officer doesn't see that and use it as a reason for being inadmissible or that a cooperation agreement is enacted between states to collect unpaid fines and you ...
- Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:29 am
- Forum: Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act
- Topic: Accident without insurance - Being dealt with after the fact
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2923
Re: Accident without insurance - Being dealt with after the fact
I would just pay it and chalk it up to life experience. It would still be cheaper than a driving without insurance charge. Remember he's the one doing you a HUGE favor.
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 10:01 am
- Forum: Careless Driving
- Topic: Careless Driving for crossing impeded traffic at 140km/hr on the 404, by taking the right solid lined lane
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3202
Re: Careless Driving for crossing impeded traffic at 140km/hr on the 404, by taking the right solid lined lane
If I am understanding you correctly, you passed someone from the right and crossed a solid white line separating the 2 lanes while travelling at 140 kph? I don't think careless is an unreasonable charge. Your driving does not need to result in an accident in order to support a conviction, and saying you knew what you were doing and did it anyway ...
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:30 pm
- Forum: Improper left turn
- Topic: left turn ticket under the highway traffic act
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5051
Re: left turn ticket under the highway traffic act
Sorry to hear about your accident, but what is your question?
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:28 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: officer's notes / narrative include some very substantive errors
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2792
Re: officer's notes / narrative include some very substantive errors
The officer's notes are there to refresh the officers memory for when they give evidence to the court. If the officer says something in their testimony that you know to be untrue, make sure you ask them if they are absolutely sure about that, you can then introduce your own evidence that proves their version of events are unreliable. Make sure you ...
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:58 pm
- Forum: Courts and Procedure
- Topic: Suspended licence due to unpaid fines, case was 14yrs ago
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5616
Re: Suspended licence due to unpaid fines, case was 14yrs ago
What seems to be happening now is that cash-strapped municipalities who administer the courts are going after unpaid fines and asking the MTO to suspend licences of people who owe money for HTA infractions. An administrative suspension for nonpayment of a fine is treated differently than a suspension of your licence as punishment for an offence in ...
- Tue Oct 02, 2018 4:45 pm
- Forum: Red Light Camera Ticket
- Topic: how to fight erroneous red light camera ticket or to get additional disclosure
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4770
Re: how to fight erroneous red light camera ticket or to get additional disclosure
Unless you have a green arrow then you are required to stop at the red light marker then proceed to make your right turn.
If you request a trial they will have a huge picture for you to examine if you meet with the prosecutor before the trial.
If you request a trial they will have a huge picture for you to examine if you meet with the prosecutor before the trial.
- Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:26 am
- Forum: Hand-held devices
- Topic: Ticket for holding handheld device while I truely didn't
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3266
Re: Ticket for holding handheld device while I truely didn't
Review all the evidence in the disclosure before finalizing your defence. Post it here if you want us to review it.
If you did not commit any offence then you are going to have to go to trial and testify to that. It would be helpful if you could testify that you NEVER have your phone in your hand while not parked in your car as you are aware of ...
If you did not commit any offence then you are going to have to go to trial and testify to that. It would be helpful if you could testify that you NEVER have your phone in your hand while not parked in your car as you are aware of ...
- Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:54 am
- Forum: Hand-held devices
- Topic: Cellphone use ticket, using hand held device ticket
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4463
Re: Cellphone use ticket, using hand held device ticket
If you truly feel then the officer is mistaken because the phone is ALWAYS mounted and NEVER used in a non-hands free capacity, then I would proceed to trial (never lie in court). However if you know that you periodically hold your phone in your hands (even without using it) while not legally parked and you just cant remember if you did it before ...
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:07 am
- Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
- Topic: Requesting a STAY on my trial under section 7 - last minute disclosure received
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3948
Re: Requesting a STAY on my trial under section 7 - last minute disclosure received
Ask for a stay, if the JP refuses then ask for more time so that you can prepare your defense because the prosecutor took so long to provide disclosure. With any luck that will put you into 11b territory.
- Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:38 am
- Forum: Failing to obey signs
- Topic: Commercial vehicles and a Licence
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3199
Re: Commercial vehicles and a Licence
As long as the actual weight, GVW (manufacturers sticker on inside of the door panel) and the GVRW (weight registered on the plate portion of the ownership) you can drive it with a G with up to about 24000 lbs.
Note your vehicle will be considered a commercial vehicle and you will still be responsible for annual safety sticker, pre trip ...
Note your vehicle will be considered a commercial vehicle and you will still be responsible for annual safety sticker, pre trip ...
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 4:18 pm
- Forum: Careless Driving
- Topic: careless driving because pedestrian claims my car hit her
- Replies: 86
- Views: 60015
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 8:28 am
- Forum: Stunt Driving
- Topic: Stunt Driving - Perform stunt- cause tires to lose traction
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6442
Re: Stunt Driving - Perform stunt- cause tires to lose traction
I believe that to support a conviction the prosecution has to establish intent, and that is hard to do based on a 2 second observation. Having traction control may also aid your case. Hopefully you have photos of the salt or sand. All that being said the consequences of being convicted are very harsh from an insurance perspective. So if you get a ...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:47 am
- Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
- Topic: Two tickets one not signed picture attached
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4666
Re: Two tickets one not signed picture attached
I believe that the one that is not signed is a fatal error. There are a few ways you can go about this but I would be inclined to fight the plate ticket but let the speeding ticket go into the default judgement process where it should be quashed. You could also challenge both tickets and deal with the fatal error issue in court. I'm pretty sure ...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 4:31 pm
- Forum: Hand-held devices
- Topic: Hand Held Communication Device Court date tomorrow 04/04
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4574
Re: Hand Held Communication Device Court date tomorrow 04/04
The fine could increase to $1000 if you fight it and lose it's really up to the JP. The thing is, if you really didn't do it your only opportunity to contest the charge is by going to trial. If you present your side of the story without being belligerent the court is less likely to impose high fines even if you are convicted. You are going to have ...
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:16 am
- Forum: Failing to obey signs
- Topic: Disobey lane sign
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5139
Re: Disobey lane sign
If the date is clearly 2017, then you can try to force a fatal error by not responding to the ticket. The JP should quash it, if not you appeal. There is a lot of info available on this.
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:11 am
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: (Photo Radar) Bill 65-Safer School Zones Act
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4231
Re: (Photo Radar) Bill 65-Safer School Zones Act
Sorry but this legislation was not passed secretly, it was done so in an open forum like all other laws, and it was reported on by the press. It authorizes the use of automated speed enforcement in school zones and community safety zones where the limit is 80 or below, so at this point you will not see minivans parked on the side of the 400 series ...
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:43 am
- Forum: Improper passing
- Topic: Passing the streetcar
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8407
Re: Passing the streetcar
You are required to come to a stop and stay 2 metres behind an open streetcar door, if you cannot stop in time to leave the space then do not stop. The trouble is that (unlike a school bus) there is no way to know for sure if a streetcar door is going to open at a stop to let someone on or off as drivers are not given any real warning other than ...
- Sat Jan 06, 2018 12:55 pm
- Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
- Topic: Need advice about ticket and what the cop did
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3166
Re: Need advice about ticket and what the cop did
Sometimes is just easier to hire a professional and let them worry about all the nitty gritty, if there's a way to get you out of it or reduce the charge, they should be able to handle it.
If you want to try handling it on your own you simply request a trial, when you get your court date you then request disclosure. Make sure that you request that ...
If you want to try handling it on your own you simply request a trial, when you get your court date you then request disclosure. Make sure that you request that ...
- Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Expired sticker ticket
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10092
Re: Expired sticker ticket
I would not expect that it be impounded for an expired sticker. He could pull the plates off the vehicle if there is a problem with it mechanically. Personally if I were you I'd either stop driving it or borrow the money to fix it right away, paying 3 tickets along with the large insurance hike associated with them is going to cost you a lot more ...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:03 am
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: bicycle fails to trip green light sensor coil
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4149
Re: bicycle fails to trip green light sensor coil
What if he's turning onto a 1 way street from a 1 way street? 
- Thu Aug 10, 2017 10:13 am
- Forum: Stunt Driving
- Topic: STUNT DRIVING 183 in 70 KM - Was NOT speeding
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6679
Re: STUNT DRIVING 183 in 70 KM - WAS NOT SPEEDING
Yes the system can suck for a person who is wrongly accused, but that is what trials are for. I'm afraid if you want help you are going to have avoid ranting and ask specific questions as they pertain to your situation. Likely the best outcome is going to be to plead it down to 49 over but seeing how the officer believes you were going much faster ...
- Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:45 pm
- Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
- Topic: Major Defect in comm. Veh. HTA 107 (11)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 17357
Re: Major Defect in comm. Veh. HTA 107 (11)
It would be nice to know how the test was conducted. Some officers idea of a test is to have the driver activate the parking brake then put the vehicle in gear to see if the parking brake is able to hold the vehicle in place at idle. Others will do the same except they instruct the driver to accelerate. One is the right way, one is the wrong way ...
- Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:05 am
- Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
- Topic: Major Defect in comm. Veh. HTA 107 (11)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 17357
Re: Major Defect in comm. Veh. HTA 107 (11)
If the page of the pre-trip inspection was seized you will get a copy of it when you request disclosure.
Drivers mistakenly assume that if pulled over for inspection they cannot face prosecution for any defects discovered, arguing that they were not present when they completed the pre-trip.
The charge you mentioned is based on the driver ...
Drivers mistakenly assume that if pulled over for inspection they cannot face prosecution for any defects discovered, arguing that they were not present when they completed the pre-trip.
The charge you mentioned is based on the driver ...
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:03 am
- Forum: Failing to stop for a school bus
- Topic: Prosecutors are backtracking on disclosure of dash cam video
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3343
Re: Prosecutors are backtracking on disclosure of dash cam v
The video can do nothing, add evidence of you guilt, or exonerate you.
If two officers offer strong testimony against your weak testimony (especially one that contains an admission of guilt) then that would be enough to convince a JP that you are guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
However, one way or another if you exercise all of your legal ...
If two officers offer strong testimony against your weak testimony (especially one that contains an admission of guilt) then that would be enough to convince a JP that you are guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
However, one way or another if you exercise all of your legal ...
- Sun May 14, 2017 8:15 am
- Forum: Other Ontario Provincial Acts Related to Traffic
- Topic: Used car seller liability
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2282
Re: Used car seller liability
You have done everything that you can do. The buyer is responsible for making the transfer into his name.
Keep an electronic copy of the records of sale and move on with your life.
Keep an electronic copy of the records of sale and move on with your life.
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 8:43 am
- Forum: Failing to obey signs
- Topic: Disobey Sign & Interfere with Traffic?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5362
Re: Disobey Sign & Interfere with Traffic?
I believe that the interfere with traffic charge is for when you stopped and waited so that you could safely make your left turn.
Request a trial and ask for disclosure, it comes all together. Most likely you'll plead guilty to the lesser charge and the other one will be dropped.
Request a trial and ask for disclosure, it comes all together. Most likely you'll plead guilty to the lesser charge and the other one will be dropped.
- Fri Apr 21, 2017 12:07 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Red light ticket, CVOR
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4724
Re: Red light ticket, CVOR
The ticket does not go on the CVOR it is issued to the owner of the plate. In much the same way that there is no way to ticket the driver with a camera, there is no way for them to know with certainty what CVOR # you were operating under as CVOR, ownership of vehicles and licence plates are not linked.
- Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:56 pm
- Forum: Improper left turn
- Topic: Question about fault: Failure to avoid a collision?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4762
Re: Question about fault: Failure to avoid a collision?
Was this private property? (parking lot)