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144(18) - Proceed Before Green - Early Res Question
Hi, and thanks in advance for any help!
This morning I was ticketed in Toronto for 144(18) Red Light - Proceed Before Green while on my bike. I was stopped at a red light, and started to roll through after the cross street light turned red, before my light went green. Seems like being overly picky on a harmless thing, especially when actually dangerous driving happens all the time in the city, but I digress. I broke the letter of the law and I'll own up to that. The officer was clearly waiting to catch people doing this, at a T intersection on a busy bike route, and claims to have the incident on camera, but either way that's not really in doubt.
I was given a ticket with the $325 set fine ($260+fees). The officer advised me that even though my license number was on the ticket, this offence had no demerit points, and showed me that the "vehicle" field had the N/N box ticked, and a "C" printed.
I have two questions:
1. I clearly have no way of getting off on this, so no use fighting it in court. Is it worth filing for an Early Resolution meeting? What amount might I be able to get the fine reduced to?
2. With regards to insurance impacts, I have heard different things with regards to if this will impact my car insurance in any way. Does anyone have experience with this issue.