**HALP** FIGHTING A TICKET.

i'm no expert.

go figure the one ticket i got for speeding was in my car like 2 years ago. and the tickets i get on my bike aren't for speeding.

but last april 30 i got a ticket. two actually. while riding home on a friday during rush hour.

he gave me a ticket for unsafe lane changed. he pulled me over and said my lights weren't working. and expired insurance slip (dated for april 1, 2010) but i was currently insured.

he told me to fight it. bring my insurance slip in to prove i was insured at the time and bring a work order from a shop proving there was nothing mechanically wrong with my electrical.

the thing was my bike's electrical was FINE. as soon as i got home i was like MOFO. u are so dumb. just cause it's daylight and u couldn't tell the difference after u pulled me over cause your eyes suck at life and you suck.

I took it to a shop and they weren't going to put in a work on my bike as it was fine and because busy season just started and people were getting bikes out of storage and serviced.

what the h am i supposed to do to fight this? what do i say?

help me please.

Did he say that because one headlight was "out" on low beams?

He did at fIrst and I and I turned high beams on and so he made me press brakes and turn on signals. I consent see if brakes were working an rode home thinking I had electrical probs and cursed in my helmet all the way home. Till I got to my underground and realized shut was fine.

I think he just wanted to give me a ticket till he realize insurance papers weren't enough. And kind of stupid cause they usually tell u to bring it by the station instead of writing u up and giving a ticket then telling u to go to Court to fight it. It's a quota thing here.

My ex was a cop and told me if they don't make their quotas they just write tickets at the end of the month after they've been jerking off parked and not patrolling all month.

Fuck, that sucks.. I would just go and tell them that you have everything in working order. Take pictures of your lights on during the day, brake lights off, on, headlights, signals, everything. And then take pictures of the same when it gets darker, so they can see the difference.

Just take in your proof of insurance also, and you should be ok. I dunno how Canadian courts work, but that's what I'd do here.. how much is the ticket for? Is it even worth the hassle and your time?

The "electrical problem," is it a fix it ticket? Why don't you go to the police station, ask the clerk inside to check your lights to see if they are compliant per vehicle code and sign a paper or the ticket stating so.

he gave me the ticket saying my lights (checking in broad day light and cause he's an overall douche) weren't working there for i failed to signal and made an unsafe lane change. he said to bring me a work order saying it was fixed and they'd throw the ticket out.

i got home realized it was working, went to a shop asking them what to do, they said nothing cause it was working they weren't going to write me a work order or do work on my bike (that didn't need it) esp since they were hella busy.

i went to the police station after asking if they could just not file it. they said no. u have to go to court.

soooo that's why i don't know wtf to do.

Originally Posted by Alicia

Fuck, that sucks.. I would just go and tell them that you have everything in working order. Take pictures of your lights on during the day, brake lights off, on, headlights, signals, everything. And then take pictures of the same when it gets darker, so they can see the difference.

Just take in your proof of insurance also, and you should be ok. I dunno how Canadian courts work, but that's what I'd do here.. how much is the ticket for? Is it even worth the hassle and your time?

i sold the bike in august. :S

also it's not the tickets and the monetary value, it's demerit points and having a charge and getting the shaft from insurance.

youre fighting a ticket from over a year ago???

yeah that's how long it takes to get a courtdate here cause they love giving tickets and theres a huge backlog

good god..