How to contest with careless driving charge?

Heineken · 发表于 2002-9-12 18:16

I had an accident yesterday. The police gave me a ticket and charged me for careless driving. I decided to go to court.
Could you tell me how to contest with the charge.

thank you very much

Folks · 发表于 2002-10-2 21:18

How to call a judge:
Call a male judge My Lord and female judge My Lady (I have recently gone to the court for other civil issues and I know what I am talking about).
The best way is to observe how the government lawyer (the rep of the police) calls the judge. If they are not calling him My Lord or My Lady, then you don't have to do it.

Folks · 发表于 2002-10-2 21:15

My glasses fell because of the humidity in my car.
-- you will have to explain to the judge how the humidity will cause the fall of your eyeglassess. This is a very crucial evidence. If you lose your credibility on this detail, your case will be over then.

I am going to add that I do not have much experience in highway driving. Because I had a job interview, I had to go

-- when you don't have much experiences on highway, then 100km/hr is a reasonable speed. Good shot. You will also need to tell judge that you were attentitive on highway.

Heineken · 发表于 2002-10-2 12:48

Hi Folks,

How to call judge in court? You said that male is my Honor, female is my Lady. Or like beaman siad that male is Your Honor, female is Your Lady.

Heineken · 发表于 2002-10-2 12:46

I am going to delete the wind condition in the statement. I had told the police officer that I drived at 100km/hour.

My glasses fell because of the humidity in my car.

I am going to add that I do not have much experience in highway driving. Because I had a job interview, I had to go.

Folks · 发表于 2002-10-1 21:30

Sorry I made a typo - you should tell the court that you are an inexperienced (not experienced) driver

Folks · 发表于 2002-10-1 21:24

You should mention that one of the handles on the eyeglasses broke on the joint - as a result, the eyeglasses fell. (if you have a repairing bill for the eyeglasses - that will really help!)

Also mention that you are an experienced driver -- careless driving is only applicable to expereinced drivers because it is meant that the driver intentionally did not pay attention.
In your case, you will have to convince the judge (say My Lady to a female judge and My Honour to a male judge - stop laughing now. This is true) that it happened becuase of your lack of driving experiences (such as no highway training while you attended a driving school in Montreal).

Write every single reason you could think of on a piece of paper. You are allowed to read your notes at the courthouse. So don't panic - just remember all the friends from the Sinoquebec are behind you , man!!! Don't let us down.

Folks · 发表于 2002-10-1 21:15

Please check your email - I have answered you.

Your story is missing one of the key elements: speed. I have not seen the police charge on your court document but I believe that SPEED is a very important issue that will be challenged by the police. You need to do some homework on the speed: what speed were you driving under high wind? You are not supposed to go over 100km under high wind - how fast you could drive will based on the weather condition. If you tell the court that you were driving under 70 or 80km, then you will need to draw expert opinion if your car will flip into the bush -- how far was the crash site to the nearest highway (where your car went off); ....the description of the event must be round -- this is no easy task.

beaman · 发表于 2002-10-1 21:04

I saw in morives, they call judge: Your Honor

Heineken · 发表于 2002-10-1 20:33

In addition, how to call judge in court?