Obviously snow is tricky these days… Peter’s story below is one where a red light was missed because of the snow… No doubt… red light and snow = danger !
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I also passed on a red light on February 20 of 2009. There was a lot of wind and it was snowing. I was driving heading West, I was going to pick up my kids when I got at this crossroad (Breboeuf and 132). I was driving at a 50 km/h speed when the light turned yellow. I put the breaks, my truck started to slip because of the snow and the wind. It was too late to stop, so I continued. A bit farther, a police officer gave me a 150$ ticket and 3 demerit points.

Should I contest ?

Thank you !
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Dear Peter, there is some details missing in order for me to see if you got a chance… but with was you wrote… you did an infraction… but you still could contest and see what the judge will say about it…

This depends on where the police officer was located, the speed you were driving… in your case it is more complicated then the two before… you don’t seem to have stopped at all… You didn’t just overpass the line by a few inches… and you didn’t seem to pass on the yellow light… it seems like you passed on the red light without trying to stop… Yes it was too late, but maybe you were going to fast… I don’t know… it is up to you to see how the situation really occurred

Start by demanding the communication of the evidence… and you can also communicate with www.solutionticket.com

Pascal’s story probably happened too many of you… a dusty snow… a slippery street… and hop! We are not able to stop properly at the stop sign… crap! Here is his story as he told it…

Hello dear Sir King of the ticket contesting,
if you want to, I would like to propose you my story like many other did. You can probably help me out. By the way, nice job, I like what you are doing. I discovered your website while I was on Google.

So here is my story : Sunday afternoon, January 25th 2009, near 1pm, since a dusty snow felt down during the night, I got in my vehicle with my girlfriend in order to do some quick purchases. I get out of my ward as usual and drive towards the crossroad near by my home in order to turn on my right. When I came to stop my car at the stop sign, my car started to slip, my ABS breaks are working and so my car wants to go straight ahead. (more…)

The lady was not happy… An other victim (innocent) of frozen road… Her story is below…

Hello, my story is much like Jean-Sebastien’s story a few details only differs. Here it goes: I was driving heading east, there was a lot of traffic and the road was slippery (frozen). A few feet’s away (5to7ft approximately), the light turns yellow at the crossroad. I didn’t have time to break since I was to close from the stopping line and I was scared that a pileup occurs. In a fraction of a second, I took the decision to pass on the yellow light since I saw there was no car waiting at the red light.

I maintain the fact that the light just pass to yellow and not red, that I didn’t have the time to stop at the crossroad and that I took the right decision regarding the circumstances. The reason why I could stop my car wasn’t the speed, but the fact that the road was slippery. I mentioned to the police officer that I engaged my car on the yellow light, but the light wasn’t red at anytime. He didn’t say anything and gave me the ticket. I plead not guilty and posted it. I am waiting for the hearing date. Do you believe that I have a chance? Thank you!
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Here is what I think…
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Poor Jesse… even if he knew that a police car was there, he still got caught because of bad luck or carelessness ?

Here is what got him an infraction for “Driver that didn’t reduce his speed when the road was slippery”. (Driver that didn’t reduce his speed even when the road was slippery).

Can he defend himself at the courthouse ?***

Hello Sir!

I had a look at your website and I truly enjoyed. I share my story with you in order to know if I have chance to get myself out of trouble!!

Everything starts on the night of February 18th, night where my friends and I got together for some drinks… I left my car at a friend’s house in order to avoid drinking and driving. The morning after (February 19th) I am at my house and I borrow my brother’s car to go to school since I left my car is at my friend’s place.

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Quebeckers dearly cherish their winter season… well we get use to it. Maybe we are too use to it when we drive? Do we have the tendency to not see that we are going to fast? Here is the article 330 of the SAAQ concerning snowy conditions.

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Hello, on the Meteomedia website, I was able to access the meteorological archives:
Results of the research: From December 31st to January 1st 2008-Lacadie
Maximum temperature: -2.1oC
Date of the maximum temperature: December 31st 2007
Minimum temperature: -9.9oC
Date of the minimum temperature: December 31st 2007
Precipitation: 27.9mm

Source: http://www.meteomedia.com/index.php?product=historical&placecode=caqc0335

So, here is the journey of my ticket art 330 of the SAAQ… On December 31st, I was driving towards Granby on the highway 10. There were about 2 to 3 inches of snow on the road. Near Marieville, a police officer who was in the right lane of the road parked his car on the lay-by. So, I properly and safely drove my car on the other lane and drove on the left side of the road. I was driving at a 70 kilometres an hour. Speed witch in those kinds of winter conditions seems to be safe and appropriate to keep a good control of my vehicle. It’s at this moment that the police officer opened his flashing lights and went from the right lane to the left lane and to the right lane again, he slip his vehicle between my car and the one that was following me and ask me to park my car on the side of the highway. Then, the police officer gave me a ticket that is, to me, not justified. So this is my story that took place on December 31st 2007. Consequently, I plead not guilty to this accusation since I’m convinced that my judgment towards my driving in those driving conditions was safe and appropriate for my and for the other drivers.

In May of 2009, I got a ticket at the courthouse; the defense lawyer mentioned the facts like this: the police officer drove at me at a 112 km/h speed, cars that slipped off the road, thing that I didn’t see. I told him that I changed of lane in order to reach the next exit to go put gas in my tank and that I was driving at a speed that seems reasonable to me. I also told him that I couldn’t miss work in the winter time because of the weather… since I’m working on the road.

She told me: “Ok, so I will summon the police officer to the hearing. If he doesn’t show up, then you will automatically win.”

My questions are: Will the police officer be there at the courthouse? Since it is at the demand of the defense, if I lose, what will happen ? For the fees and the other things… Should I bring the Meteomedia information that I have gathered for that precise day ?

Thank you in advance and good luck with your site, it is very interesting to have comments and to read other people stories.

Pascal

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