Information on Speeding Tickets, Speeding Ticket enforcement and news about Traffic Tickets in Ontario
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Top 10 Ways to Avoid a Speeding Ticket
As a former Traffic Cop who now fights speeding tickets many times people ask me is there some trick to radar or laser or is there some special way to beat these traffic tickets at court?
Although there are lots of ways to fight your speeding ticket with OTT Legal probably the best way is to not get the ticket in the first place. So here is my top ten ways to avoid a speeding ticket.
1. Don't Speed, yes its obvious but if you set in your mind a mental picture to follow the speed limit you avoid getting the ticket in the first place. Be cognizant about what the speed limit is. If you don't see a sign then in the city the speed limit is always 50 and in the country it's 80km/h.
2. Avoid being the lead vehicle. The police target the traffic coming towards them. If you're the first car and you're speeding, you're the person that's going to get stopped first. If you know you're speeding try to get another faster car in front of you, so that they get stopped not you.
3. Stay out of the passing lane. Many times the police target the passing lane because that's where the faster vehicles are driving. Try to stay in the curb lane as much as possible. If your on the highway many times the police just target the fast lane, because its dangerous for them to go across lanes trying to get you stopped.
4. Look ahead. If you look down the road sometimes you can see the police car before the officer can target you with the radar gun. Typically the police are targeting vehicles around the 300 metre mark. If you see a police vehicle on the roadway slow down well before you reach it.
5. Slow down going over or down hills. The police like hills, because you have to either push on the gas going up the hill or the vehicle naturally accelerates going down. Also you can't always see a police vehicle stopped behind hill, slow down at hills.
6. Watch the Ramps. While traveling on the highways watch as you come up to ramps. The police like to sit on the ramps because it gives them a higher elevation to look down onto the highway and its a safe spot to sit.
The down side for the officer is that most of the time the radar or laser can only look forward or ahead of the police car. You have to pass the police car or ramp before the officer can target your vehicle.
As you drive down the highway watch the ramps for police vehicles and you should be able to slow down before the officer can catch you speeding.
7. Use your cruise control. If you set the cruise control at or near the limit you avoid going over the speed limit inadvertently.
8. Go no more than 10 or 15 kilometres over the limit.
Although not always the case most police officers set a buffer of about 15 to 20 as an acceptable amount over the speed limit. After going past this you leave yourself open to being caught.
9. Once your stopped for speeding, if you can get out and speak with the officer.
The more you talk to the officer and explain what happened or if you have an excuse or story to tell, the higher the chance that the officer will let you off with a warning. If you say nothing then for sure you will receive the ticket. Although some officers will not even want you to get out of the vehicle, if you can talk to the officer.
10. If you do talk to the officer, be polite and acknowledge that you were speeding. You will gain nothing by being rude or disrespectful to the officer.
If you do receive a speeding ticket give us a call at OTT Legal to fight your ticket to win!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Fighting Speeding Tickets - News
The Province of Ontario is set to make fighting speeding tickets and traffic tickets even more difficult for Ontario drivers.
For anyone who has tried to fight a traffic ticket in the GTA they know that the province and municipalities go out of their way to frustrate motorists and to make fighting a traffic ticket difficult.
First they removed all the night court, so that you had to take a day off work, you have to pay and fight to find a parking spot and then stand for up to 2 hours at some courts to just hand in your ticket.
Toronto courts take up to a year to come to trial and the court room is packed, even most Toronto Prosecutors are frustrated with the traffic ticket system in Toronto.
Now the court are passing a new ruling this spring. The new ruling will mean that if you want to fight your traffic ticket you have to go and file or request a court date. To do so you have to file the ticket or speeding ticket at the court or jurisdiction that the police officer issued the ticket is from.
For example, say your from Toronto but you drive to Windsor, while in Windsor you receive a speeding ticket on a weekend.
The courts are closed in Windsor and throughout Ontario on the weekends, but you want to fight the speeding ticket. The new ruling will mean that you have to drive to Windsor, (where the ticket was issued) and personally hand in the ticket and request a trial date!
You used to be able to attend at any court in Ontario, (they are all on the same computer system) and hand in your ticket within 15 days of the offense. Not anymore...
Just another ongoing layer of frustration the traffic courts have added to the process of defending yourself in court.
The reasoning? Just to make it harder for you and to encourage you to pay the fine.
OTT Legal has offices and contacts throughout Ontario so that we can personally file your ticket at the court within the 15 day requirement. If you have any traffic tickets give OTT Legal a call.
For anyone who has tried to fight a traffic ticket in the GTA they know that the province and municipalities go out of their way to frustrate motorists and to make fighting a traffic ticket difficult.
First they removed all the night court, so that you had to take a day off work, you have to pay and fight to find a parking spot and then stand for up to 2 hours at some courts to just hand in your ticket.
Toronto courts take up to a year to come to trial and the court room is packed, even most Toronto Prosecutors are frustrated with the traffic ticket system in Toronto.
Now the court are passing a new ruling this spring. The new ruling will mean that if you want to fight your traffic ticket you have to go and file or request a court date. To do so you have to file the ticket or speeding ticket at the court or jurisdiction that the police officer issued the ticket is from.
For example, say your from Toronto but you drive to Windsor, while in Windsor you receive a speeding ticket on a weekend.
The courts are closed in Windsor and throughout Ontario on the weekends, but you want to fight the speeding ticket. The new ruling will mean that you have to drive to Windsor, (where the ticket was issued) and personally hand in the ticket and request a trial date!
You used to be able to attend at any court in Ontario, (they are all on the same computer system) and hand in your ticket within 15 days of the offense. Not anymore...
Just another ongoing layer of frustration the traffic courts have added to the process of defending yourself in court.
The reasoning? Just to make it harder for you and to encourage you to pay the fine.
OTT Legal has offices and contacts throughout Ontario so that we can personally file your ticket at the court within the 15 day requirement. If you have any traffic tickets give OTT Legal a call.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
OTT Legal Services Reviews
OTT Legal Services Reviews
Although no traffic ticket company wins every traffic ticket, OTT Legal wins thousands of traffic tickets and speeding tickets in Ontario. Our clients are great customers and send us mail, We will start posting our reviews of OTT Legal for everyone to view.
OTT Legal Review found on Internet
Outcome of trial
http://toronto.livejournal.com/9446128.html trashy_digs' Journal
My trial date was on March 29. I was being charged of speeding 80 in a 60 zone and was facing demerit points plus a $95 fine. On Friday I received a letter in the mail from the service I hired, OTT legal. The cop showed up but OTT legal refuted the "evidence" I was cleared of all charges and fines. The ticket will be expunged from my record.
When I first met with all three services (OTT legal, X-Co, and G.I.R services), I found OTT legal to be the most professional which made me lean towards hiring them. They were also the cheapest, which helped, but that wasn't what made me finally hire them. What made my final decision was when I walked into the reception area of their Scarborough office, I saw on the table a huge album with literally hundreds of handwritten letters from clients thanking OTT legal for their help in winning their cases. I would highly recommend them.
Although no traffic ticket company wins every traffic ticket, OTT Legal wins thousands of traffic tickets and speeding tickets in Ontario. Our clients are great customers and send us mail, We will start posting our reviews of OTT Legal for everyone to view.
OTT Legal Review found on Internet
Outcome of trial
http://toronto.livejournal.com/9446128.html trashy_digs' Journal
My trial date was on March 29. I was being charged of speeding 80 in a 60 zone and was facing demerit points plus a $95 fine. On Friday I received a letter in the mail from the service I hired, OTT legal. The cop showed up but OTT legal refuted the "evidence" I was cleared of all charges and fines. The ticket will be expunged from my record.
When I first met with all three services (OTT legal, X-Co, and G.I.R services), I found OTT legal to be the most professional which made me lean towards hiring them. They were also the cheapest, which helped, but that wasn't what made me finally hire them. What made my final decision was when I walked into the reception area of their Scarborough office, I saw on the table a huge album with literally hundreds of handwritten letters from clients thanking OTT legal for their help in winning their cases. I would highly recommend them.
Speeding Ticket Radar locations in Toronto
Here is a list of some of the top radar and laser enforcement locations in Ontario. Send us your locations and we can add them here. If your driving through these areas, keep your speed down!
City of Toronto
Prince Edward Viaduct - The bridge going from Bloor St to Danforth - 50 Speed zone
Richmond St at Power St - The ramp from southbound DonValley Parkway to Richmond St - 50 zone, there are 5 signs before you get to where the Police sit.
Kingston Rd at Lawson Rd, where Kingston Rd goes into Hwy 2a and connects to Hwy 401. Speed limit goes from 80 to 60 westbound and thousands of speeding tickets have been issued at this location.
Lakeshore Blvd at Ontario Drive - Lakeshore near Ontario Place, straight open road, speed limit is 60, Officers sit in the Ontario Place Driveway.
McNicole Rd Scarborough 50 zone
Milner Ave Scarborough 50 zone
Ossington Ave, downtown Toronto, 40 zone heavy enforcement.
Ontario Radar / Laser Locations
401 east, Napanee Kingston area. Very straight Hwy speed limit is 100 officers will stop you for speeding 17km or more over the limit, Very strict about speed enforcement, many radar locations is this area. Watch speed closely.
401 near London to Windsor, many speed traps in this area, OPP officers are very experienced in using radar and laser. Police officer was killed in this area in 90's police and courts have strict enforcement of speeding. Watch speed closely.
Hwy 35, This is an 50 to 80 zone, speed limit goes up and down as you travel through many small towns. Police do mobile radar and wait for you to try to pass. When you accelerate to pass officers are stopping for speeding. Well trained OPP officers in this area, courts are very strict. OTT Legal has office in this area with good reviews for speeding tickets.
City of Toronto
Prince Edward Viaduct - The bridge going from Bloor St to Danforth - 50 Speed zone
Richmond St at Power St - The ramp from southbound DonValley Parkway to Richmond St - 50 zone, there are 5 signs before you get to where the Police sit.
Kingston Rd at Lawson Rd, where Kingston Rd goes into Hwy 2a and connects to Hwy 401. Speed limit goes from 80 to 60 westbound and thousands of speeding tickets have been issued at this location.
Lakeshore Blvd at Ontario Drive - Lakeshore near Ontario Place, straight open road, speed limit is 60, Officers sit in the Ontario Place Driveway.
McNicole Rd Scarborough 50 zone
Milner Ave Scarborough 50 zone
Ossington Ave, downtown Toronto, 40 zone heavy enforcement.
Ontario Radar / Laser Locations
401 east, Napanee Kingston area. Very straight Hwy speed limit is 100 officers will stop you for speeding 17km or more over the limit, Very strict about speed enforcement, many radar locations is this area. Watch speed closely.
401 near London to Windsor, many speed traps in this area, OPP officers are very experienced in using radar and laser. Police officer was killed in this area in 90's police and courts have strict enforcement of speeding. Watch speed closely.
Hwy 35, This is an 50 to 80 zone, speed limit goes up and down as you travel through many small towns. Police do mobile radar and wait for you to try to pass. When you accelerate to pass officers are stopping for speeding. Well trained OPP officers in this area, courts are very strict. OTT Legal has office in this area with good reviews for speeding tickets.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Thousands of Speeding Tickets mean Thousands of Dollars in "Back To School"
Where does the money go from speeding tickets?
Answer: To the municipality whose officer issues the tickets!
As Ontario school children headed back to school, local police issued thousands of speeding ticket in the name of a "Back to School Campaign". The municipality of Clarington Ontario is advertising to the media that the local police have issued 1,500 speeding tickets.
The math is, 1500 times 100 dollars equals $150,000.00 in fines in two weeks.
As police departments send out their army of police officers to write speeding tickets in the name of public safety, the city collects thousands of dollars in traffic ticket fines.
Of the thousands of dollars created by the police how much goes back into actually making school zones safer from speeding motorists... not much.
After years of complaining that speeding motorists put our children at risk, how much traffic calming has been installed around school zones to slow down drivers when the police are not watching?
When are they going to install traffic calming and implement road design that makes traffic move slowly through a school zone? When the municipalities stop making millions of dollars per year on traffic ticket fines that's when.
Every year the police send their army of officers out to collect fees for speeding tickets, and it doesn't seem to stop the problem. Traffic calming, like bicycle lanes, stop signs, road design and speed bumps would stop the speeding within school zones but how much have you actually seen of this.
Of the thousands of motorists caught speeding in Ontario, most were driving less than 20 km/h over the limit, hardly dangerous, and certainly at a level that a speed bump would have slowed them down to a crawl.
Lets put an end to this revenue system for the municipality, get the police doing more productive work and install some speed bumps and traffic calming.
Answer: To the municipality whose officer issues the tickets!
As Ontario school children headed back to school, local police issued thousands of speeding ticket in the name of a "Back to School Campaign". The municipality of Clarington Ontario is advertising to the media that the local police have issued 1,500 speeding tickets.
The math is, 1500 times 100 dollars equals $150,000.00 in fines in two weeks.
As police departments send out their army of police officers to write speeding tickets in the name of public safety, the city collects thousands of dollars in traffic ticket fines.
Of the thousands of dollars created by the police how much goes back into actually making school zones safer from speeding motorists... not much.
After years of complaining that speeding motorists put our children at risk, how much traffic calming has been installed around school zones to slow down drivers when the police are not watching?
When are they going to install traffic calming and implement road design that makes traffic move slowly through a school zone? When the municipalities stop making millions of dollars per year on traffic ticket fines that's when.
Every year the police send their army of officers out to collect fees for speeding tickets, and it doesn't seem to stop the problem. Traffic calming, like bicycle lanes, stop signs, road design and speed bumps would stop the speeding within school zones but how much have you actually seen of this.
Of the thousands of motorists caught speeding in Ontario, most were driving less than 20 km/h over the limit, hardly dangerous, and certainly at a level that a speed bump would have slowed them down to a crawl.
Lets put an end to this revenue system for the municipality, get the police doing more productive work and install some speed bumps and traffic calming.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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