Fighting a Traffic Ticket
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Burning Brakes
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$600 paralegal fee, cash, but mostly due to increased travel time since he had to travel 3hrs one way to Parry Sound to fight it for me...
+100 donation = 700... In my mind, keeping it off my record is priceless (to a certain extent)... plus I didn't want to risk fighting it myself... who knows perhaps one day I'll try it.
+100 donation = 700... In my mind, keeping it off my record is priceless (to a certain extent)... plus I didn't want to risk fighting it myself... who knows perhaps one day I'll try it.
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Burning Brakes
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NO - for as long as you're prepared to lose the demerit points and pay the higher fine if you lose as it will be bumped back up to 83 in a 60 at trial. As far as insurance is concerned, they both (equally) count as a minor infraction. And, seeing as it has already been reduced by the officer, chances are that paralegals that usually only plead down most tickets will not take it on, so you'd need to pony up for a proper lawyer that can try to outsmart the officer on the stand.
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If the cop is there then you will have to decide if you want to cut your losses and accept the 5kph over with the Crown, or go to trial, at which point the original speed will likely be reinstated, since that speed is noted in the Constable's notebook.
BTW, I said "generally" if the cop doesn't show then you win, and that is true for 99% of the tickets, however I did experience an exception myself on a radar detector charge some 12 years ago, there was an error in paperwork so I showed up on the day of the trial notice, but the court room did not have my case listed, the OPP who got me wasn't there either, the court rescheduled to a second trial date.
On that second trial date, the OPP constable was absent because he got called last minute to attend a training course, the trial date was delayed to a third date despite my strong objection.
The third trial date the OPP was there, I lost the case, and the RD.
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Burning Brakes
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Challenge and go to court, if the cop is absent then you win, generally.
If the cop is there then you will have to decide if you want to cut your losses and accept the 5kph over with the Crown, or go to trial, at which point the original speed will likely be reinstated, since that speed is noted in the Constable's notebook.
BTW, I said "generally" if the cop doesn't show then you win, and that is true for 99% of the tickets, however I did experience an exception myself on a radar detector charge some 12 years ago, there was an error in paperwork so I showed up on the day of the trial notice, but the court room did not have my case listed, the OPP who got me wasn't there either, the court rescheduled to a second trial date.
On that second trial date, the OPP constable was absent because he got called last minute to attend a training course, the trial date was delayed to a third date despite my strong objection.
The third trial date the OPP was there, I lost the case, and the RD.
If the cop is there then you will have to decide if you want to cut your losses and accept the 5kph over with the Crown, or go to trial, at which point the original speed will likely be reinstated, since that speed is noted in the Constable's notebook.
BTW, I said "generally" if the cop doesn't show then you win, and that is true for 99% of the tickets, however I did experience an exception myself on a radar detector charge some 12 years ago, there was an error in paperwork so I showed up on the day of the trial notice, but the court room did not have my case listed, the OPP who got me wasn't there either, the court rescheduled to a second trial date.
On that second trial date, the OPP constable was absent because he got called last minute to attend a training course, the trial date was delayed to a third date despite my strong objection.
The third trial date the OPP was there, I lost the case, and the RD.
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You will have an R on your ticket in a box which means reduced and as pointed out the crown will notice this.
