If you plan on fighting a traffic and decide to pay over $500 for one of those Ex-Copper type things.
The highway act (not sure which section) states that you must be formally charged with 9 months of the conviction or incident. Now, when you higher one of these guys, all they do is get a date after the 9 months and will just quote that act and you are off. So basically $500 for them to quote an act. This is why they state you will get your money back if they lose, because 99% of the time they will win.
Why does this happen? The courts are so back logged they don’t care about what date is set.
This is all info I got on this which I find interesting.
yah its so true… cops write to many bulslhit tickets the system is messed up… but yah its all a scam i rather go myself and have the date for 8 months later… waste of money and time… and cops never show up anyways because if they did… they would live there…
That’s not always the case. Where I live the Police officer is paid to go to the courthouse. In a larger city like Toronto they don’t always make it but here in Kitchener they do, trust me, I know from experience.
i heard they have a thing going on write so many tickets and you gwet to go home not sure if its true or not but still gay… yeh i know also lol ive had my licence suspended 6 times in 2 years and over 40 tickets. i dont even have to wait in line at the ministry anymore they know me by name. its sad…
and yah for sure some cops do show up but usually they dont
Kevin, the 9 month limit is not set in stone. It’s not statue law, it’s case law, as The Highway Traffic does not state anywhere in it that the trial date has to be 9 months. The limit (which was 8 months at one time, I think 1996) is set because a judge set a precedent in court (case law), not because that law was voted in (statute law). Politicians would be kicking themselves in the ass if they voted that in.
What the “X-Coppers,” do is file a Charter of Rights violation. Currently in Toronto, I think the limit closer to 11 months, but you’d have to find relevant case law. You still have to argue in court that the length of time is in breach of your charter rights. Some judges may buy it, some won’t.
Also, be careful of these traffic ticket specialists. Some of them consider a win when they get the original charge dropped OR REDUCED. More often than not, they go in, and get a 45km/h charge reduced to 25 km/h and they consider it a win. You still get demerit points and your insurance company still knows.
Here in BC, when cops give tickets out, (speeding for example, not sure if its for all tickets) if the cop shows to court and wins the case, then its the cop that gets the money from the ticket.
