Posted on: 06-10-04 16:10:45
Any suggestion how can i get the fine reduced i have a date in oct to go to court.
You can't! Please realize that it's a camera that has taken pictures of you crossing the intersection after the lights changed to red. They have the pictures, a copy of which must have been sent to you, and in which you can see your car into(or crossing) the intersection. The ticket also gives the exact time elapsed between the light changing and you entering the intersection. How can you even imagine denying such incriminating visual evidence. Just pay up! I did!
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wisernow
There has been a ruling that was covered on the radio that said that the evidence from a redlight camera is inadmissible in its existing format.
Don't pay the fine, go to court, makes sense to contest it, the prosecutor may choose to withdraw the charge in the light of this ruling.......
Hope this helps
http://www.alltraffictickets.com/main/press-release/1.html
I heard it on the radio recently so apparently there has been another ruling. I have however, attached a link to an article that covers a previous ruling by a justice of the peace, in this regard, from 2003.
Cheers
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Orginally posted by dfwrp
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1097575927376&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154
I have included a link to an article on Saturday's Toronto Star. The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the decision of a lower court ruling that the photo evidence is inadmissible.
The OP had a ticket that was coming up for hearing during October. Unless the hearing is adjourned, IMO, the individual should show up at the court with information about the ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal. Very likely that the ticket will have to be thrown out!
Some bravado by the Hon. Minister of Transportation, in the article that has been quoted by dfwrp. However, until the law is amended, the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal would hold good.
If anyone reading this has a ticket from the red light cameras, contest it, you have nothing to lose!
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1097273433100
What happens if the camera pics show that you have crossed the white line but braked before the intersection .
Manasvi
