A few months ago I had a court date for a bogus traffic charge, and represented myself in court and won. It felt awful good to stand up for my rights and not be bullied by a police officer into paying for a driving infraction i didn't commit. The following is another quick story hopefully inspiring people to stand up for themselves and not just pay a ticket when you don't feel you should.
Over the weekend, I received a red-light camera ticket in the mai, $180. First let me say that I totally disagree with these cameras. I understand people say that they reduce accidents, but there's so few of them around nobody EVER thinks about them. They are a blatant tax grab, and I'm totally against them. I refuse to accept a big brother state where we can't live our lives without fear of a camera catching us doing something we aren't supposed to. So after doing a little research and being told 100% there's no way to fight it, don't even bother, i refused to take that for an answer. So I looked up the highway traffic act regarding red-light camera tickets, and near the bottom of the act, it says
"(1) An offence notice issued in a proceeding based on evidence obtained through the use of a red light camera system may be served by sending the offence notice by regular prepaid mail to the person charged within 23 days after the occurrence of the alleged offence. O. Reg. 277/99, s. 4 (1)."
i checked the ticket and the OPP officer took 26 days to certify the picture. I took it into the justice of the peace, and he cancelled the ticket on the spot! I understand that I was in fact quilty of the offence, but it was one of those times when the light turns red as your almost through the intersection..its happened to everyone, so please no bashing about how im a bad driver!
Fight your tickets people!
Over the weekend, I received a red-light camera ticket in the mai, $180. First let me say that I totally disagree with these cameras. I understand people say that they reduce accidents, but there's so few of them around nobody EVER thinks about them. They are a blatant tax grab, and I'm totally against them. I refuse to accept a big brother state where we can't live our lives without fear of a camera catching us doing something we aren't supposed to. So after doing a little research and being told 100% there's no way to fight it, don't even bother, i refused to take that for an answer. So I looked up the highway traffic act regarding red-light camera tickets, and near the bottom of the act, it says
"(1) An offence notice issued in a proceeding based on evidence obtained through the use of a red light camera system may be served by sending the offence notice by regular prepaid mail to the person charged within 23 days after the occurrence of the alleged offence. O. Reg. 277/99, s. 4 (1)."
i checked the ticket and the OPP officer took 26 days to certify the picture. I took it into the justice of the peace, and he cancelled the ticket on the spot! I understand that I was in fact quilty of the offence, but it was one of those times when the light turns red as your almost through the intersection..its happened to everyone, so please no bashing about how im a bad driver!
Fight your tickets people!