Friend got snagged 140km in a 60 zone
 

Needless to say friend was doing 140km in a 60 zone (no kids around and etc) and blew by a competly undercover minivan with three dudes in it.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...r/DSC02091.jpg

Can you say.. EXTREMLY LUCKY!...btw his license was suspended two days prior.

As you can see the cop quickly scribbled 140 at the top of the ticket for some reason.

oh man!!! ****ing mississauga. never again lol

I got pulled over for doing 140km/h in a 70 zone and he let me go. I know how he feels now.....lol....sorta!

he let you go?!

you're extremely lucky freddy

The 140 at the top, is so if your friend takes it to court, it matches the cops notes and they can refuse the knocked down speed and the judge can make his own knowing the true speed was 140.

75 in a 60, thats damn lucky, consider 50 over is automatic court, large fine, points....and a bad day.

60+ is impound and arrest. Your saying since it says 140 at the top the judge can go by that?...:haha:. The only thing they can do is give him the 15 over and thats it.

No, not quite. The actual HTA section charge on the ticket is speeding plain and simple, not speed x km in a y zone or anything like that, but just speeding. There is no HTA charge called speeding x km in a y km zone.

The set fine on the ticket is an out of court settlement amount, and not a specification of how fast you were actually going to warrant getting the ticket.

If you contest the ticket, the whole basket comes with you to court, including how fast you were really going, and the original out-of-court set-fine settlement offer can be taken off the table.

If evidence (and the amount of speed shown on your ticket is not considered evidence) shows that you were going faster, then that faster speed is what you can be convicted and fined for.

It's happening more and more these days. Saw it happen again in court just yesterday.

Exactly, I know a cop and he gave a guy a huge break too like this one, the idiot took it to court and the judge, not happy he wasted the courts time, gave the guy the full original ticket, which was a huge fine. Just because the cop knocks it down, dosen't mean the judge has to accept that. Also, just because a Justice of the Peace knocks it down, dosen't mean the judge has to accept that either, although usually they accept both police and JP's discretion. :swords:

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thats a nice bit of info.
marker, do you work in a court or something?

Let's just say that I am quite familiar with the surroundings.

yea yea.. i would never fight the ticket man. lol i'm just going to pay it for sure! lol