Errors on Ticket – 2012-04-01

Inquiry:  A police officer wrote down my birthday wrong and didn’t write my driver’s license number on the ticket. The only correct information is my name, should I fight the ticket, do i pay for it? Is there anyway they can actually track me down? it was given to me due to a a loud […]

Insecure Load

Inquiry:   I received a ticket for Insecure Load – Sec 111(2). The ticket has all the correct information except that the Driver’s License number is incorrect.  He recorded E59… instead of E95. Is this fatal ? Response:  That will almost certainly not be a fatal error in the matter.  You may however have a more […]

Speeding, Licence, and Insurance Problems

Inquiry:  My friend was speeding (49 over the posted speed limit), yes this is really bad. I’m really interested in law and plan on pursueing it as a career, so he asked me if he could use the fact that the officer wrote he was on lasalle during the incident, but he didn’t put on […]

Suspened Licence Due To Unpaid Fines

Inquiry:  My daughter rec’d a speeding ticket. We called in and was told when it had to be paid and how much. I went online and paid the ticket. She rec’d an email right afterwards and it said pending confirmation and she thought that meant it was paid (she has a learning disability). Aparently the […]

Driving Under Suspension and Jail

Inquiry:  my son has been caught twice driving wth suspened liscence due to unpaid fines. He did not go to either court date. We are traveleing to the US will he have something come up under his passport ? Coud he have warrant for his arrest . How do we find out? Response:  Your son […]

The Wrong Time To Speed

Inquiry:  I recieved a Speeding ticket today, it’s only for 15 over. 105 in a 90. The officer Wrote the wrong time on the ticket. I was pulled over this morning before noon, He wrote the time of the stop as 11:55 pm. Meaning I technically have yet to commit the offense because it is […]

Wrong Street Number

Inquiry:  the police man wrote the wrong street number on the ticket for my address! is there anyway of fighting that? Response:  The street number problem would not be a grounds to have the charge thrown out.  However, with more information we can advise on whether or not there are other grounds to have the […]

Wrong Licence Plate Number On Ticket

Inquiry:  Hello, I received a speeding ticket in Ontario and upon review of the ticket I noticed that the license plate number on the ticket is not my license plate number. Does this void the ticket? Response:  Unfortunately not.  However, we generally do want to be aware of such issues incase any leverage can by […]

Failing To Surrender A Driver’s Licence

Inquiry:  right, so on my way home from work tonight, i got a random stop, and when the cop asked for my licence, i told him i had forgetten it at home. he found no other reason to ticket me, besides for not giving my licence when he asked anything i can do about it? […]

Unpaid Fines and Licence Suspension – 2012-03-17

Inquiry: our daughter has unpaid fines totaling $7300.00 from a car accident and another incident before the accident of having no insurance and a expired plate in Ontario .she left and moved out west doing nothing about the fines . Since then they have been given to a collection company, she is still driving in […]