nigmafrost

Hello all,

I need some advice as I have gone to the court and choose the 3rd option which is a trial. I have not received any notice from the court yet re: the summon. But here is what happened.

I merged onto the highway, and I was doing 130 km/h, as the people on the highway when I was merging were doing the same. So I merged and went into the very left lane right away and cruised at 130 km/h for about 200 meters. Now, behind me about 100 meters were the cars. I then went into the middle lane after about 200 meters with a speed of 125 km/h and then into the very right lane with a speed of 119 km/h, as I was taking the next exit off. I looked into my mirror and their was a cruiser which then turned its lights on. This was all within 1 exit to the other. Which normally takes 2 minutes to cover. The cop said that he got me driving at 133 km/h and that he reduced the ticket to 129 km/h so that I fall into the 3 points catagory.

My first question is, will 3 points effect my insurance much?

Second, If I go to court, any suggestions?

Third, Sould I get a x copper? Will they really help?

Thanks,

Gallagher

1) yes
2) where in hamilton did this happen?
3) didn't they go out of business?

ol Dusty

iTrader: (2)

X copper went under. check your pm.

k_r_a_c_k_e_r

iTrader: (3)

x copper went bankrupt.. WITH MY ****ING MONEY!!.. lol

thrill_house

No way, they went out of buisiness??!! I have used them so many times, they were great!

nigmafrost

happened in between fruitland qew heading towards cenntenial qew.

DumbasSi

Demerit points do not effect your insurance, only the type of infraction. In this case speeding. Points are used by the MTO to determine driving privlages. Get 9 and you lose your licence.

nigmafrost

Oh so, my insurance wont go sky rocket? lol

nigmafrost

testing something, dont mind...

DumbasSi

Depending on your insurance company and policy, maybe or maybe not. My company allows 1 ticket every 2 years before my rates would go up. You could hire someone to help you fight the ticket, but often they just get it reduced, so it will still be on your record. I know a guy from St Catharines who is a ticket figher. He has helped me before. Pm me if you want his contact info.

spike

just go to court, plead gilty, and say yes that you will pay the ticket, but ask to have the points droped..

nigmafrost

I was told never to plead guilty, because it ruins the point of going to court. Doesn't it? I was told to talk to the prosecutor and say... "I am not sure what to say here, because I was simply merging onto the highway and I was doing the same speed as everyone else and I was singled out. I am sorry that I was following everyone else at the speed limit which was over. I would greatly appreciate it if I did not get charged any points"

What do you guys think?

FiveO

You merged onto the highway, shot over 3 lanes to the far left lane fairly quickly, then back over to the right lane just as quickly because your 1-exit down the road was coming up.

Then you say you had to do 130 because everyone else was doing so. If everyone else was doing so, why did you have to shoot over to the left lane?

Your exit was only 2 minutes down the road from where you got on in the first place. Why wouldn't you have stayed in the right hand lane given that short distance, unless of course you went to the left in order to pass a whack of traffic that was doing, shall we say, somewhere nearer the speed limit?

Your story makes no sense. If anything, it cofirms that you were tavelling much faster than at least 2 lanes of traffic and perhaps even faster than the other traffic in the far left lane.

By the way, the argument that "everyone else was going that fast too" means nothing. The cop will pick someone out of the crowd. Given your faster ramp to left back to ramp maneuver, I can understand why he would have picked you. So will a JP or prosecutor once they hear the cop's testimony.

nigmafrost

So any suggestions as to what I can say in my defense?

FiveO

You don't have a defense. If anything, you should count your lucky stars the cop didn't slap you with a stunting charge for your back and forth rapid lane changes around traffic that was already going well enough above the limit.

jdesouz

court is a waste of time .... wasted a whole afternoon only to be told by the prosecuter that he will put the cop on the stand and tell his side which will likely stand and because he reduced the ticket he would fight for it to be raised. Now, wth am i to say to that, its my word against the cops, and 99% chance im going to lose and therefore get a higher fine and from 0 pts to 3 pts ... i said to hell with this all i did was delay paying the 50$ lol what a waste ... in all honestly pay it be done with move on ... ur delaying something that your going to end up paying for ANYWAYS... especially if the cop reduced it, he will show up to court due to the new rules where they have the cop come in for like 5 tickets at once and he will think ur ungrateful for not taking the reduced speed and he'll bump it back up! But again, its your time your money lol, and ultimately your word against his...sucks but thats life

btw: i didnt go to court for this till 2-3 months after the ticket was issued lol. Reason being is the process is slow and now its even slower cuz they schedule the cops to show up to court for any tickets they have that ppl are fighting. My cousin is a cop for toronto and he said cops werent showing up and tickets were getting thrown out so in order to keep a balance they schedule the cop in on a certain day and in that day he may have 4-5 ppl that are fighting tickets he wrote.

Ireland460

Yea man you gotta be carful i live out in winona. every morning on the way to work when i merge on the qew at 50 road towards toronto theres a couple opp cruisers sitting under the bridge. and then again at fruitland. They like to sit at the bottom of the skyway both ways too. + the truck stop before 50 exit going niagra. Sucks you got a ticket

cr8tive_leo

It's an R18 man! how do you make it go so fast!?

J/K, seriously, pay the fine, and just be thankful he reduced it. Don't be doing that again, especially just to get to the next exit.

Hatorade

Delete your responses in this thread and go see Forch at REDLINE Legal Services :: Provincial Offences Specialists with Traffic Ticket Defence Strategies Dufferin office.

He'll straighten this out for you.



Also, as others mentioned above, convictions, any conviction, will be a red flag on your insurance profile. You could have rolled through a stop sign during a snow storm in Churchill Ontario and you'd still get dinged by insurance.

Trust the professionals. If you pay the ticket (around $150?) and insurance goes up (maybe $400/year) there's your ticket fighting $$$ right there!

nigmafrost

Alright, thanks guys.

Now I got like 3 different telephone numbers for offense specialists, but I've already put my form towards the option 3 and pending for a letter to be received from the court. If I get this service will this effect my summon date or day? Or will they take care of it?