Thanks Pepsi, Seems your colleague at TicketCombat was right about nothing to lose and everything to gain by requesting a trial, regardless of one's final intentions. I checked option 3 but, instead of receiving a trial date, got a form letter from the court stating that the ticket was being dismissed because the police did not file in-time! The last sentence however was somewhat of a kill-joy: "The officer has the option to relay this charge". What exactly does this mean and can it affect me? Thanks again to you & other helpful posters for the insight & guidance. Cheers rayi...

Thanks Pepsi and previous helpful Posters, BTW and though I haven't ordered an MTO Abstract yet, it seems my Insurance probably counted my 2010 minor prior (which seemingly got thrown out as I got my entire paid fine refunded) simply because I made a claim through them for the repairs to my vehicle. Besides, as daggx advised, they (Insurance) may have have counted the matter by-default (rear car in rear-ender generally = guilty) despite the case seemingly being thrown out. Based on the unexpected ticket throw-out and the subsequent possible avoidance of being counted by my Insurance, I will, i...

Thanks R.I. Hopefully you &/or your collegues can help solve another mystery of mine as it involves a prior minor traffic offense I was charged with in 2010, and which will, because of its "recentness", likely get cited by the prosecutor who will be rebutting my "previously good driving record" defence (hoping to prove to JP of low risk to re-offend). 2 Days before Christmas 2010 (talk about timing) I was rear-vehicle in a low-speed rear-ender on the QEW. Based on such little damage to the other driver's vehicle, I initially offered to pay out of pocket however, when he...

This may not be directly on-topic with your situ but the 40 kph speed zone I was recently ticketed in is notably absent of any "Reduced Speed Ahead" (RSA) signs on its approaches. A poster guided me to the HTA section dealing with signs and, alas, no mention of such. Here in Barrie it seems (from being sensitized & aware as I drive around) that every other reduced speed zone in-town (except for the one I got caught in) has such warning signs. I find it hard to imagine the City would have spent money & time installing these signs without being obligated to and, indeed, if they...

Dear helpful posters, I realize now that I can only request disclosure after initially choosing Option 3 and subsequently receiving a court appearance date. Questions: 1. Does a violation that is eventually withdrawn by the prosecution (i.e. issuing officer doesn't show etc) stay on the offender's driving record, for any definite period of time (that-is-to-say, the record which a then-prosecutor would see if such offender were to end up back in traffic court weeks/months/years later)? 2. On a roadside-reduced speeding ticket, will my record still show (i.e. will a prosecutor see) what the init...

Thanks R.I. and Pepsi Being 7 days away from my 15-days-to-respond deadline, do you recommend I now forget mailing in and just go in-person to the Prov Off Court offices listed on my ticket? Will I be able to fill out any forms ahead of time (i.e. Disclosure form Pepsi pointed me to) to avoid having to re-queue when I'm there etc or do I just have to spend the time it takes filling everything in-situ? Thanks Pepsi for the tip on attending Traffic Court as a bystander, to get insight. Most people wouldn't bother and, even if they wanted to, many more wouldn't have the luxury of time (fortunatel...

Thanks Stanton, Ok so my car might achieve 66 kph in 150m from a near-standing start, if I absolutely burry the throttle. If the judge/JP buys my claim that I was coming from the store's parking lot en-route to receiving my ticket, and even though he/she knows its unlikely I was hard-accelerating all the way to the beginning of the 40 kph zone, how can I convince him/her of that? This argument comes up all the time, "I drive "X" car and therefore can can't be speeding", or "My car can't accelerate that fast be cause it is a (fill in the blank)". You say you were ...

Thanks Stanton, How do I request disclosure? Will this info be available to me before I go to Traffic Court? If the issuing officer did not record the Lidar distance stamp in his notes, are my chances any better of raising sufficient reasonable doubt regarding whether he acquired my speed inside the 40 zone? If I can't use Streetview imagery to prove line of sight beyond the boundaries of the 40 zone, would the City of Barrie interactive map info (which has a distance measurement tool) likely be disallowed as-well? I have to say I'm also a bit sceptical of how the officer new exactly how far t...

I was recently ticketed in Barrie in a pemanently-posted 40 kph zone. It is possibly the only permanently-posted 40 kph zone in the entire jurisdiction (the rest being time-of-day enforced around schools etc) so, not surprisingly, its also a posted CSZ. The reading was taken with a LIDAR measurement device and I was shown the device display 1st thing upon stopping road-side. Upon running my numbers, the officer would have seen that my 30+ year-old driving record is very good and DEFINITELY not-indicative of habitual speeding and/or reckless driving. He none the less issued a ticket, seemingly ...