Distracted By Sudden Snow Conditions! Any Hope For Me?
Speeding Ticket: Jan. 8, 13 in Nova Scotia
Trial: July 23, 13 - I appeared, Police Officer was on vacation.
Trial: Nov. 9, 13 - I appeared, there were 6 people their for trial. No trials done.
Trial: Dec. 30, 13 - Yet to take place.
On Jan. 8, 13 I was drove into my first snow of the year. Localized to the area of the ticket, high gusts of wind and snow covered my side of the road. I made a conscious decision to have my eyes only on the road. Since it was the first snow, it was a little terrifying.
When I got the speeding ticket I told the officer that I had been driving through snow I could not look at my speedometer. I just want to get through it as safely as I knew how.
1. Could the right to speedy trial be used and how?
2. Would a letter from the business I was at testifying to the high winds and drifting be accepted by the court of weather evidence?
3. Can I use the weather as evidence that I had no intent to speed, if in fact I was?
4. Would the weather prove that I had no intent to speed if I was?
5. The fact that I had to watch the road and not able to look at my instrument panel because of severe weather and road conditions. I justify it to myself by the fact that I did not loose control of my vehicle. If I had of looked at my instruments, I could have lost control and smashed into the police officer.
Thank You for any Help or Hope! Kevin