Possible Incorrect Dates
Inquiry: I got pulled over in December 2010 but my court date on my tickets are dated February 2010 and have two different times. What can I do about it? Response: I’m a little unclear about the date/times from your question. If you have a Court appearance listed on your offence notice, then it sounds […]
NB Speeding – Court Error?
Question: ticket paid right away because the officer that stopped me on eastbound 17 initially claimed that I was following his cruiser with 116! he reduced it then because he realized that a transport truck can’t even go that fast (speed limiter – 105kmh) ! -so, he reduced the initial claim to 15 over (90kmh […]
Speeding – Error On Ticket
Inquiry: I received a speeding ticket. Officer wrote that I was travelling west bound on the street. I was actually travelling eastbound and can prove I was going eastbound. Do I have a case to fight the ticket? Response: That issue in and of itself will not be a sufficient grounds to have the charge […]
Time Travelling Tickets (aka – Wrong date)
Question: My fiance got a ticket for failing to stop.. The date on the ticket is for October of this year, but it is only August. Is this a cause for a dissmisal? When i tried to pay the ticket online two weeks after fact it says ticket not found?? Answer: It is possible that […]
Error On Ticket – Expired Vehicle Registration
Question: My son was driving a vehicle registered under my name. I had forgotten to pay the registration renewal. He was pulled over and given a $400 ticket due to the unpaid registration. The vehicle on the ticket is clearly not the car he was driving, wrong make, wrong model, wrong reg #. Is this enough […]
Wrong Gender On Ticket- 2010-07-11
Question: i got a ticket this weekend and i noticed on the ticket the cop had marked down that my sex was Male when i am actually a girl. will my ticket now be invalid? Answer: Unfortunately that will not be a fatal error on the ticket. The driver’s licence number recorded on the ticket […]
Error On Ticket – Mispelled Offence
Question: I received a ticket for failure to yeild to right of way. but on the ticket the officer wrote Field to yield to right of way. Does that make any difference? Answer: Unfortunately the error would almost certainly be ammendable at Court and would not be a fatal error. There may however be a […]
Seatbelt Charge – Error On Ticket
Question: I got a charge on 14 April this year. Failing to wear seat belt in Kitchener. After looking over the ticket and looking and the section and sub section number written on the ticket I noticed that the office had written the wrong sub section. He had written 106 (3) Response: HTA 106(3) is […]
U -Turn @ Railway/Crossing
Question: I was going east on Lakeshore Blvd., and at the Carlaw Ave. intersection traffic light FLASHING, so I made a U-Turn heading west. Stopped by police and charged under HTA 143(b) Fine $ 110 and 2 merit points taken There no ” NO TURN ” sign that was posted all the way back to […]
Code On The Ticket
Question: Does the officer had to put the careless driving code of the offense on the ticket in the little box that says code? Answer: The ‘code’ box is not a mandatory field. It is only there for informational purposes. There may however be other issues with your charge that can be used to have […]