Speeding ticket! Help

[Joekerr]

Originally Posted by OnerDriver

Been pulled over 3 times but only got 1 ticket for speeding while I had my cruise control on on highway 1...

I am so surprised how lenient Ontario is.
Super cheap ticket and Grumpy said the first doesn't affect your rate... lost 2 points here on my first, paid 100 bucks for insurance and lost my bonus lol

Yeah, it can be lenient (depends a lot on who you get and your attitude though) for sure. Mostly, it just feels like they want your money with as little fuss as possible, so as long as you are polite and you weren't going extremely quickly, most officers just write things down to 15 over right at the side of the road so that there are no points and no real reason for you to fight it (because you can't get it reduced further - so your only option is win or lose...and do you really take a day off work to argue about a ticket that costs less than $100.

Fairly smart of them I'd say. All bets are off if you are doing 51km/h over though...at that point you can just reasonably expect to wait for Mr. Tow Truck driver to show up.

[xander_g]

Originally Posted by nirvanabob

Hi there, I leave in Toronto and I just got a speeding ticket of $118, 75km in a 50km zone, any recommendations of company or guys that is able to dismiss it and don't going to rip me off? No more that $200/250!

PM me

[Grumpy Old Man]

Originally Posted by OnerDriver

Is this serious? LOL it cost you more posting it here than just paying it up.

Never knew fines were so cheap in ON.

Also, what's with the bad advice most gave lol

The fines go up really quickly for higher speeds. 50 KMH over the limit can net you a $10K fine get your car seized and licence suspended.

[Gbtr6]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Americans, you'll never understand how insane that looks written down. no, we don't need to keep two hands on the wheel 'cos our cops are not nervous and trigger happy because they know 99.9% of the time there's no fucking gun.

Unbelievable.

It’s common sense and common courtesy.

Perry

[stbm5]

so here is a strategy:
if you get a ticket fight it. last time i did that i think i had to call the court and get a trial date. when you set the date ask how to change the date in case of emergency. at last possible minute change your court date to a late friday afternoon, if possible ask for the last slot in the day. this will result in you having scheduled your hearing at the time most likely that the officer will not show up. this worked twice for me...

had a cop friend that told me this strategy. i can't remember all the reasons he said but for traffic cops fri afternoon is one of the busiest times for an officer, plus its TGIF.

[catcher22]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Americans, you'll never understand how insane that looks written down. no, we don't need to keep two hands on the wheel 'cos our cops are not nervous and trigger happy because they know 99.9% of the time there's no fucking gun.

Unbelievable.

Makes complete sense here. In the US, you can pretty much assume everybody has a gun. Now put yourself in a police officer's shoes...you would probably be pretty nervous too.

It's in everybody's best interest here to always be cognizant of their actions, especially when around an armed officer. I often don't blame them for being so defensive. Just the reality of the world we live.

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by catcher22

It's in everybody's best interest here to always be cognizant of their actions, especially when around an armed officer. I often don't blame them for being so defensive. Just the reality of the world we live.

100% agree, though i'd change we to you.