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This didn't happen to be in Burlington, did it? I saw a very similar situation there, I think it was on Wednesday.

No, KW area.

Even on this forum i found a couple of simillar situations.
I expect the officer to help rather than punish every time there's no real harm, intent or danger. The goal was to divert traffic as they were cleaning up the ...

If he's only blocking the left lane, a driver could make the argument that it appeared the officer was only trying to prevent left turns, not all traffic. There's also the wording of subsection 134(3), where it says "intentional disobedience." There appears to be nothing intentional in your actions. Inadvertent, perhaps, but not intentional.

He ...

frost wrote: I would really like to fight it but if I lose then my insurance would most likely go up. I'm not concerned about the points.
Any suggestions would be appretiated.

How did this play out in the end for you?

Found the control devices in question here: https://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/regu/ ... g-599.html
I think the officer didn't properly close the road. I bet that's why i didn't get the ticket.

I came to a red light at an intersection where a police cruiser was blocking the left lane just past the intersection by parking across it. The right lane was still open. 200-300 meteres down the road was what appeared to be an accident.
For some reason i figured I could still go through. So once the light turned green I cautiosly proceeded ...

I also heard that security guards shouldnt touch you if the alarm on the exit went off as they may be charged with assault, wrongful imprisonment or even kidnapping. Thats why I never stop when that happens to me. Although I saw a security guy at LCBO handcuff a guy with booze in his pockets and I see all the time security guards dragging ...

I wonder if they could also use something like impeding the work of an officer or obstruction of justice

I know some states like MD have a law that prohibits flashing headlights.

That's a lot of tickets and a dumb situation altogether.
You could argue the grounds on which you were stopped in the first place.

"The police are stopping motorists on an entirely arbitrary basis to question them and determine if they have been drinking. The police have no grounds to reasonably suspect that the driver has committed, was ...

My son is almost 3 years old now. I was moving to a new place a few weeks ago, and I took the car seat out of the car as i was moving some things in it. Once I was done, I went to pick up my son and forgot to put the seat back in. Luckily no one saw my son in the back seat and reported me. I saw the video below before so I wasn't worried and my son ...

liveontheedge wrote:No need for any form.

So i just show up and claim that I am acting on behalf of my friend?

Make sure it's a legit parking ticket and NOT from one of those shakedown artist!

Yes it is a real ticket, the building manager comes out ones in a while and writes them out to whoever didn't sign in

A friend of mine got a ticket for parking at visitor parking in front of the building where I live (apparently you have to write down your license plates each time you do that). I wanted to go to court for him to dissmiss the ticket.

Is there a sample form that he has to sign so I could represent him?

I went today into court, pleaded guilty with explanation. The judge was the nicest person and she suspended the fine meaning I get my conviction but don't have to pay any fine. So 2 dollars for the parking in front of the court house and 110 dollars in my pocket saved.

It is really interesting to sit in the court just listening to what people have ...

The only one I could find is here:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQdXmjD7Xks[/youtube]

that's a us version as I understand different from the one I've seen but same idea.

So from what I understand the officer takes an estimate then flips the radar on to see the reading. If thte radar is in instant on would it lock the speed? I also ...

For a long time in Europe all the radars have a video screen, no need to prove much, the video recording will show exactly who the laser hit.
you are mentioning 2 different types of units there....which is it?


I've seen the one they have in the car, you get pulled over, they ask you into the police car, show you the video with your plates ...

I would only issue an offence notice if I believe there are grounds for a successful conviction of the charge. I have never issued an offence without grounds, hence never to an innocent person.


If there were a mechanism to check if you are right or not there would be no trials. The longer people do the right thing or the wrong thing the more ...

8. (1) Where the fee prescribed by the regulations for a permit or validated permit for a motor vehicle is calculated with regard to specific limitations or restrictions on the use of a vehicle, the owner of the vehicle shall not drive or cause or permit the vehicle to be driven on a highway except in accordance with the limitations or ...

estimating speed can easily be done at night....have to remember that police do this every single shift (day/night) and that is from day one on the road.
Once you estimate a speed, radar can confirm your observations with a number value.

I obviously don't want you on the stand when I am asking questions))
But it really helps me now.

Again ...

Plead guilty with an explanation is still pleading guilty. What is your permit signed with? Pencil? Usually the cops would let you sign that permit and be done with that.


It wasn't signed at all. Normally they would tell you to sign it at the Ministry, but this time the dealer took care of the paperwork and just gave me the plates and the ...

Failure to sign permit in ink - $110 fine.

I figured pleading not guilty is the same as saying it was signed which is stupid. A friend of mine told me I could plead guilty with explanation and try to get the fine reduced when I come in.

Can anyone comment on this, is this true at all?

You would be correct, how are you going to prove it?


Probably just questioning the officer, if he admits he had his radar on and saw it show 92 then made a u turn and stopped me, than I assume that would be against some instructions they should send me in the disclosure I am willing to request.
If the officer will testify he saw me speeding ...

Are police officers allowed to just drive around with their radar on or there are instructions that an officer must first get a visual estimate and then confirm the speed with a reading? It seems impossible to estimate and then take reading travelling at night in the opposite direction.

Also a quick question, I really want to go through court transcripts for simmilar cases, how can I get access to them? I bet they are not availiable online.

I also found here
http://www.radardetector.net/forums/how-beat-your-ticket/22948-court-win-ma-laserd-doing-75-55-850-feet-2.html

how a radar case was thrown out similar to my cituation, but it was a US court. I think they have moving radars installed on the police cars as there's no way the officer can shoot a laser one while driving, so my ...

Was stoped by an officer going in the other direction allegedly I was going 92 in a 60 zone. Reduced the charge to 75 in a 60, which was nice. Also wrote me 110$ ticket for failing to sign the ownership in ink. Didn't make me sign it though, just gave it back to me (didn't care enough to solve the problem, just wrote the ticket).

The question is ...

hwybear wrote:That is not the average in my area at all...not even close.

What area is it in?
How are you evaluating the speed of the oncoming traffic when travelling in the opposite direction and then have time to shoot him with the radar?
I just wonder how it works, do u just get the oncoming left lane or all the lanes?

...if you yourself just sit on the side of the road watch traffic.....you will see the average vehicles, then all of a sudden....that one there is a lot faster

124 IS AVERAGE and for the left lane it's far below average, I don't believe you can say who goes 110 and who goes 125 just because one goes 40cm/sec faster then the other.

It is almost ...

What about these people who have to travel over 1 hour just to appear in person? Not everyone gets a ticket near their homes.

If I see and target a violator, I will also target others in the area, then return to the target vehicle. This gives me further evidence to support my visualization. (eg... target MV is 124km, passing a T/T at 103, and a pickup in front of the T/T at 111km/hr.....this gives me confirmation of visualization, also further clarifies the speed of ...

Back to my parking ticket))
So on the http://www.toronto.ca/parkingtickets/#poa they I've read the following:

Please be advised that once a court conviction has been recorded against a Parking Infraction Notice, a Notice of Fine and Due Date will be issued to the registered owner with a due date by which to respond. If action is not taken in the ...

Anyway, if you didn't pay enough at the meter then just pay the ticket and next time put an extra 50 cents in. You could request a trial, did you take pictures etc. It's only thirty bucks.

I probably will pay as the place is 100km away from where I live, they work Mon - Fri just like I do, so there's no way I can appear in person to request a ...