fighting a ticket in the 905 area...
 

Guys,

This is my first ticket so I thought I'd get some advise here...

Monday I got a ticket at about 2am...ticket was issued at Woodbine/Hwy7 and the officer gave me a ticket for going 10KM over the speed limit (nice guy eh?)

Ok, on the ticket there is an error with the year of the car..he put 2006 when in fact my car is a 2003.

Also, what is the procedure to fight the ticket, how likely is it that I can have it totally dropped as its my first ticket with a clean abstract. I work a lot of hours and am out of the country at times and wanted to know what the turn around time is for a court date in this region...also...should be asking for the disclosure on this ticket to prolong any pending trial date??

I asked for disclosure on the a speeding ticket in Toronto years back and it never came and the judge subsequently sided with me and threw the ticket out.

I know its no points, but still if I pay the fine I do in essence give the insurance the nod that I did make a mistake right???

Any advice would be appreciated.

The 06 is not the year of your car - it is the year of valtag expiry.

The 10 over ticket - was it really for 10 over, or did it end up being 10 over after it was reduced by the cop from what you were really doing? If so, fighting the ticket can bring the original speed back into play and you can be convicted/fined/demerited for the higher amount.

its has a "r" 85 on the ticket... so there is not an error on the ticket I guess and the r85 means it was really a 25 over that was reduced on the spot...

I have a clean record and dont want a ticket as paying the fine will still give my insurance company an excuse to increase my rate correct?

Any insight?

fight it

You got a 15 kmph discount gift. If you decide to try and fight it, they can introduce the original speed into evidence, and you can find yourself being fined and assigned demerit points based on the original speed. It's happening more and more these days.