Pretend your Christian Bale while in court. Take in his escense. Are you taking your ticket to one of these? http://www.trafficpoints.ca/ http://www.hwy-law.com/
pwahahah.. we can't all help but laugh at dan's misfortunes... anyways.. what made you need to speed dan? -detect
hahah come on dan.. be a man.. damn three cops.. lol the odds are against.. 3 cops pulled you over.. hahah.. even if you decide to contest the ticket.. it's gonna take 6-8 months? thats long.. hey maybe you might get lucky.. lol. if you want to play it safe.. I suggest you go hire a lawyer who's good with traffic cases. They'll probably work something out with the judge so at least you won't have a points on your record.. which would mean no increase in insurance. Win Win situation..
lol.. over here they use a team of 20 man to arrest a 14 year old boy from his home.. police just ring on the bell.. parents open the door saying their kid commited a crime.. and then all walk in to take the kid to the police station xD (this serious happened a block away from my home
No point in contesting unless if you've got too much money... Contesting = paying administration fees + possible lawyer fees (to use any type of excuses such as malfunction of speedometers and bla bla bla) + losing time over something you cant win. By contesting, you might get a chance to have the fees lowered but i wouldn't put too much hope on that. Learn your mistake and don't speed in the future.
i dont know if you could even fight this in a small claims court... you don't really have a case... you would just show up, and if the cops didn't show then you'd win, but if they were there then you'd just look like a turd and have to be like 'ok yeah i was speeding'
lol lets put this in other words, your giving money to the police whch would prob be used and then contribute to the economy
@ Dan The 2 possible ways that I heard of that can get rid of demerit points: paying an inside person to remove it or big bucks for a lawyer to build a case for you. If you contest or not, you will still lose the case because radar registered your speed. And yes, it is grim outcome. Another option would be transferring yourself as a secondary driver instead of primary which should help slightly with the insurance fees.
my dad is the owner of the car, and the primary insured. see here's the thing. there were 3 officers (at least) involved. if i take it to court, the three officers MUST be there before i get my ass raped. if one is missing, i will attempt to isolate each officer's role that day, (where one writes the ticket, one pulls people over, and the other uses the laser), if one of them is missing, i will move the case to be dismissed based on lack of proper witnesses, and that the other police officers cannot speak on behalf of the third, due to hearsay. but that is based on one missing officer out of the three. if all three show up, i'm fucked. i wont pretend to think i'm going to win, but that is what i have to do.
court date is really fast in toronto/markham like 3-4months yea go to court not cuz of the money but the point thats very important just hope the cops dont show
What kind of question is this? After reading all the responses in this thread, it doesn't sound like anybody's ever got a speeding ticket before or know of anybody that did. Somebody even suggested hiring a lawyer to negotiate with the judge? Take the lawyer fees into consideration, that shits probably gonna cost poor Dan more than the speeding fees + insurance premium increases [from the demerit points]. Obviously, you're supposed to go to court for a hearing on the violation. Dan, you do not hope that one of of the cops do not show up and then hope to win based on the "lack of witness", the laser gun recording your speed is all the evidence they need. Though, the cops will be defaulted if they don't show up and you automatically win the case, but someone usually does show up. They can basically send any cop to the court, it doesn't have to specifically be those cops who caught you. I would just plead guilty and tell them that you made an honest mistake in not knowing that you were going that fast. Since it's your first time getting a speeding ticket, they usually let you off the hook easy. If you're a new driver, you can tell them that you didn't know better, but if you drove for quite a while already and have a clean record, you can emphasize that you've stayed out of trouble ever since you started driving. I have had several friends who went to court and simply admitted being at fault and they got reduced/no fine + no "demerit points." I live in the States (MA to be exact) and that's how it usually works out. They're not strict toward first time offenders. I'm not saying it will result the same for you in Canada, as I don't know how strict the legal/court system is on speeding.
