Zookie

My Lawyer/Paralegal reduced my "Street Racing Ticket" back in teh summer of 2006. If anyone needs his number pm me.... known him for 5 years

911 Rod

Hmmm. Never thought of that. Nah.

old man neri

Hey, I got pinched as well this morning. I can't wait until I move out of this ridiculous province.

Mark Lue

Yup they have tightened up speed enforcement accross the board. It will take time for the majority of us who are used to stretching the speed limit a bit to slow down.

Rinty

Justin:

The Multa Nova conviction is against the registered owner of the vehicle, not the driver, so there are no points. I've been told by my traffic guy that the insurance companies don't like this, and they're trying to restrict the practise of the Crowns pleading down points violations to non points ones, but have not been successful so far. Multa Nova tickets, being a big cash cow, are a hot button political item, so I think the government is reluctant to mess with them.

I think most insurance companies here will allow you three (low grade)moving violations, before they jack up your rates.

I've read that the traffic enforcement scene in Ontario is really tough, so you have our sympathy.

Rinty

jumper5836

I just got dismissed for a 45 over, took them 15 months to get my day in court.

justinsrx7

Nice one Jumper. Did you get off because of your right to a speedy trial or something else. Please share.

Shemmer

Ya jumper what was it cause I have a ticket coming up but havn't received my court date yet.
Please share!!

BTW does anyone know for sure how long a ticket stays on your abstract and furthermore how long on the insurance companies records?

Brian 162

The info on your abstract stays on your record 2 years from the date of conviction.

I think insurance companies it's 3 years.

jumper5836

Actually they failed to produce evidence for a conviction. I wasn't there, went through Jack. Sounds like the Cop didn't show up.

911 Rod

Update.
Went to the court ofice to set a trial date.
Turns out you have 45 days to go in. So I'll be back in 30 days.
At that point I have an opportunity to talk to the crown for a plea before setting a date.
What do you think he is going to say when I tell him the ticket must go away, no plea bargin?
I'll offer to trade it for a $215 parking ticket.
Let's drag this out!

Crazy Canuck

not illegal to pass on a double line.

amaist

In theory that's a good idea. But why do they keep the speed limits so absurdly low?

How come people in France are able to have 130 km/h limits on highways and don't end up dying at a higher rate on them? Our American friends on this site like to make fun of the French but somehow they have more pleasant roads to drive on without the feeling of being in a police state.

Even the Spanish are able to have 120 km/h limits. Theoretically that should be a disaster according to the nanny state proponents from Ontario.

Are Europeans somehow superior human beings to Canadians and Americans in terms of hand-eye coordination and intelligence? From my limited experience I think they are about the same.

Note, that I am not using the unlimited autobahn in this discussion.

110 in 80 is not that dangerous. Considering the fact that the same road in Quebec would have a 90 km/h limit. So that is 20 over, not 30. Does that mean it is safer to go 110 km/h on the same kind of road if you are in Quebec?

Maybe we should let speed limits be set by engineers and not governments together with police unions and insurance companies.

So fight the stupid ticket. It's a money racket anyway. If it was really about safety you wouldn't be able to find so many loopholes around it.

picus

I wouldn't even talk to them when you set your date - they will almost never throw it out and rarely reduce, it's more of a scare tactic. Set your date, then a month before the date call them and have it moved. In some areas you can do this over the phone, in others you need to go back to the courthouse. The idea is (not sure if this is true, but it's worked for me) that the police officer has all his tickets for a period of time set to go to court on the date they give you. Move it a couple days back and there is a better chance he won't show.

Either way, get your date, get your disclosure (have them mail or fax it, not e-mail, that way if it doesn't arrive you'll have some sort of paper trail evidence, lack of a delivery signature or fax receipt), if they do send it get ready to fight. Lots of ways to argue the radar wasn't calibrated/he couldn't pace you, etc, but deal with that if you get the disclosure.

old man neri

You could always ask if you can plea for not wearing a seat belt ticket or something. They might be content with any sort of conviction and it shouldn't affect your insurance.....I think.