SDDep

Judges love that argument...I was only driving with the flow of the traffic..

Reminds of an Irish joke...

Officer pulls paddy over: He says to Paddy, you were driving at 100 mph..

Paddy replies, I absolutely was not..

Officer says, yes you were..

Paddy says, I absolutely was not, but I passed a bugger doing at least that..

Good luck to him all the same...he's not paddy is he?

dbd33

No. He was guilty of DWA. I don't think he'll get anywhere, neither does he, but he's going to try it on. I expect he'll do better than our office manager though, "he only stopped me because I'm Jewish" was never going to fly.

SDDep

hahaha...thats a good one

If he's very lucky the officer might not show up...

If not, then you throw yourself on the mercy of the court and beg and plead..that can work too..

bobthedog

Make sure the ticket is written accurately. I got nailed for 70 in a 50 (guilty as charged) but the officer wrote 10th oct instead of 10th dec. I never noticed but the safety officer at work did and advised me to fight it. I went to the court and said I was nowhere near there on oct 10th... I was supposed to go to court on june 17th last year but I had a serious accident 3 days before and was in hospital getting repaired. My wife called the court and explained, then had to explain why I was going to court in the first place. The Judge said it was too big an error and let me off.
I have often wondered if the officer did the mistake on purpose..

I also got nailed for 76 in a 60 in Vermillion Bay, ON. $55 fine and no points. I was actually doing a lot more than that but the officer just marked it down.

I wish you luck.

printer

In Vancouver officers not showing up seems par for the course.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-col...dismissed.html

SDDep

If the judges started issuing warrants for them Failing to appear as so ordered by the subpoenas that they probably get, it might curb the problem...

Lucky drivers though...