Ontario- Canada
Hi- I really appreciate the ability to run my defenses by you folks!
First Defense: a technicality really, but the officer has written all number 5's to look like the letter "S". This includes my driver's licence and the traffic reg. I am cited under. There is an example of a lower case "s" in the ticket and the numbers really do look identical.
Second Defense: stopped at a light with 3 or 4 cars in front of me.
Light turns green, first 2 or 3 cars move along at normal speed. Car in front of me is moving at half speed, and I see her looking down at the seat beside her, not at the road.
I honk at her to move along and she decides to stop cold in the middle of the road (this is the faster passing lane).
There was no warning and she stopped very quickly. My defense is what I will term "the reasonably prudent man defense" since we are expected to be accelerating out of a stop, I could not cover the brake, and since a reasonably prudent driver could not anticipate a car stopping dead in the middle of a lane.
There was a witness who confirms this - apparently, the officer told me she "dropped her purse".
I'm curious as to what you think my chances are.
Danno007

