habsfan9

Hello,

I have 2 speeding tickets..
1st is 55 in a 40.
2nd is 65 in a 50 (but in brackets the officer put "Original Speed 71km/h")

1st one occurred as I was turning left (E) off Blackcreek (70km/h is the speed limit) onto Trethewey. Just West of Blackcreek, Trethwey is 50km/h. And the 40 sign is about 20 yards East from intersection and the cop was about 250 yards from the intersection.

Is it considered wreckless driving to be travelling at 55km/h while turning onto Trethewey (It's not a 90 degree turn off Blackcreek onto Trethewey.. It's more of a 130 degree turn.)

What's a reasonable amount of time/space you should be allowed to slow down?

The 2nd ticket was 65 in a 50 (original speed 70.)

Heading south on Keele (speed limit 60 km/h) and a decline there's a sign saying 50 ahead (about 50 yards into the decline) and about 250 yards from the start of the decline, is where I'm supposed to turn right. The officer was sitting there waiting to make a right off the street where I'm supposed to turn into.He wasn't standing outside. He was sitting in his car, and he turned right and was on his merry way, but made a U turn and turned back into St Georges (street where I was turning into and he was turning out of) and gave me a ticket.

I honestly don't believe I was diong 71. Don't get me wrong, I do my share of speeding, but that particular day (Day where we lost an hour to daylight savings time.)

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First one, going around a tight 130 degree turn at 55 could be considered reckless, but you weren't charged with that. You got nailed because you were not doing the speed limit when you passed the 40 kmph sign. There is no "grace" period following a speed limit sign - you must be at the posted speed from the point of the sign onward.

The second ticket where he reduced it from 71 to 65 in a 50, you could fight it. Be aware though that the amount on the ticket is the "out of court" settlement. If you go to court, you could end up being convicted of speeding anyways and then be fined the amount applicable for 71 kmph, along with the extra demerit points.

In any case, you have two tickets right now with no points attached to them, so you don't have to worry about license suspension over these. Assuming you have your fuull G license and no previous tickets in the last three years, most insurance companies also let you have two tickets "free" before they start penalizing you, so there is unlikely to be any impact on your insurance rates .

You could go and fight the tickets, even pay someone to fight them for you, but these days hoping for a no-show cop is getting harder and harder to count on. If the cop does show, and they mostly do these days, the cop's word will carry a lot more weight in court than you saying "I honestly don't believe I was diong 71. Don't get me wrong, I do my share of speeding, but that particular day...". You would likely still end up convicted plus out the additional time and money spent to fight the tickets.

Better bet, and more sustainable in the long run - just slow down. You might want to play Mario Andretti on the streets, but it's better done at home on the Playstation.