Hi, I had my court date today and I lost and had to pay the fine. The judge agreed with the prosecution that the officer paced me at 122km/h. He also had a Genesis something saying 122km/h, officer said his spedometer was close within a few kms of 122. Thing is I thought it would go my way based on no calibration record for either the spedometer or propoper maintance procedures on the Genesis, and the officer having no recollection of when either of them were calibrated/maintained. As well I made a note that I didn't believe he had an independant recolection due to the officer seeming like he ...

As well I am guessing from your website that the 401 would have some by-law to make it so it can go 100km/h and not 80km/h... since I was caught in a posted 100km/h zone, would they have to show that it was a 100km/h zone? As well as show me the by-law if I request full disclosure? No by-law required. It should be covered under Reg 619 . If you successfully argued no by-law, then the default speed limit applies, which is 80. Your fine and demerit points will increase. You don't want to go down that road. Ah ok... for some reason you made it sound like the case would get thrown out because of ...

Thank you Ticket Combat, Well I haven't picked option 3 yet. I am busy with exams and projects right now, and have to travel from St. Catharines to Whitby to go to the office to hand in my decision to fight this. I have selected next Monday to do this. I guess the first thing after that would be to try and get full disclosure. From your website it seems like the timescales for everything will be quite far apart. So 1 thing at a time. P.S. Too bad this is an absolute liability charge... :(, so I get your point any of this story only incriminates myself, so focus on the accuracy of how the offic...

Thanks, I will mention this to my cousins next time I see them.

I thought it weird that HTA was not enforceable on the 407.

Well first of all about truckers, since my father is one I can say a few comments. Yes my dad has been pulled over so the officer could inspect his druck. Actually if the officer passes my dad's truck, my dad gets an additional 100$ from his work for doing so. Lots of officers in the Eastern Ontario region are aware of this ROFF Logistics policy. And they like it, it encourages their drivers to make sure their load is safe, and they properly do their safety checks, and encourage the police to check them so they can make more money. As well my fathers work, also pays each trucker 1$/hour more t...

I know it is the responsibility of merging traffic to find a place to merge in. But as a courtesy if you can merge over to let them merge in, if it is safe, then it is advised to do so. Truck drivers do it all the time. Remember my dad is a truck driver, I have learned these sort of things. If you see a person who will be merging, and you think you will be at the same place as him as he wants to merge in, if you can merge to the lane to the left, so he can then merge onto the highway safely. Instead of staying in the right lane no matter what, and making him slow down or speed up to merge on. ...

Bear - agreed on all counts but the sensor. The advanced driver training should be enough, and I don't want to pay extra for my car because others can't drive. An additional point should be to have zero tolerance enforcement for all parts of the HTA, not just speeding. Adopt ECE speedometer standards so that under-reporting is not allowed; no need for a 'grace zone' for the shiny new limits. 401Driver, I don't know how to approach your ticket in court, but a few things about your post - your post makes it sound like you want to drive slower, but feel that 100 km/h is too dangerous within Toro...

I have just heard this argument from my 2 cousins, which are both taking Criminology in Ottawa and training to be police officers. They told me that the HTA does not apply to private property. Now you may say, yeah no point in it applying to a Wal-Mart, but what about the 407? The 407 is PRIVATE PROPERTY!!! It is owned by a corporation, and therefore they told me for that reason the HTA does not apply on the 407. She also told me she discussed this with police in North York, and they said it was true, that police really can only go on it if there is an accident, but can't stop anybody speeding...

Any help concerning my situation hwybear? I mean if everybody was doing 100, I would too, but it just isn't reality. Also what should I have done differently in this situation? I could not merge into the center lane and slow down, slowing down in my lane would cause danger from being rear ended and impede the flow of traffic in the lane, I did not increase my speed. I was aware of everything around me as shown from my statements above. For the future, I just don't know what to do... I've tried 100 km/h, but you have cars all around you zooming by and tailgating as tdrive2 states. I have probab...

Hi, I am new to the forum. I have been trying to get information off of here and www.ticketcombat.com for my case. I was given a ticket for going 122km/h in a posted 100km/h zone at Hwy 401 east at Thickson Rd in Whitby ON on April 10th, 2009. I find this absolutely absurd, since I was in the left most lane of the 401 approximately(within 5km/h) following the speed of traffic in my lane. The guy in front of me was within 2 to 3 chevrons, or 6 to 9 vehicle lengths, a safe distance according to the Chevron program in Whitby which states that you should leave at least 2 chevrons between you and t...