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Well, if you have the patience and persistence to follow through with this every step of the way:
1. It is not legal for them to require you to appear in person to set a trial date as long as you can confirm that the appropriate papers were served. Realistically, you should do it anyway just to stay out of trouble, but if you seriously can't do it, then:
- Send a letter to the court office (the address on your ticket) via registered mail with a completed Notice of Intention.
- Attach a letter that says (a) you are disputing the charge but cannot be present at the court office due to whatever timing constraints; (b) it is a violation of due process to deny your right to a trial because you cannot appear within 15 days; and (c) if you do not receive your trial notice within 15 days of them having received your Notice of Intention, you will presume the matter resolved and the charge dismissed.
--This may sound weak, but you have as much authority to do this as the province has to issue the instructions on the back of the ticket.
2. Once you have your trial date, change it ASAP (make up some excuse why you can't attend on the day they give). The reason why is that most cops have one day when they go to ALL their trials, and they are less likely to show up if the date is changed.
3. Send the prosecutor a request (registered mail again so you can confirm receipt) for disclosure asking for the officer's copy of the ticket (front and back), any other notes he took, any statements you made that he intends to use against you, and any other witnesses or evidence involved. They HAVE to give this to you - if they don't, then as soon as you issue your plea in court, you bring your mail receipt and make a motion for dismissal due to lack of disclosure - the judge has to follow through on it.
4. If they send you disclosure, you can hope that the cop doesn't show up, but you want to prepare a real case. So read the officer's notes and try to find holes:
- Can he be absolutely sure that it was you he caught on the radar? The more traffic there was, the less sure he could have been. Keep in mind that a radar is at least 2-4 lanes wide, can catch traffic going both directions, and has a long range (about 1 km I think, or more) that can register targets that the officer can't even see.
- Radar law requires cops to make a visual estimate of your speed before even turning on the radar. Some cops know this and lie, but some will admit that they had their radars on the whole time before they even saw you, which immediately makes their evidence inadmissible.
- "Moving radar" (i.e. using radar from a moving car) is a joke, not sure if the cop did this or if it was a regular radar trap, but if he was moving at the time then you can nail him on a whole bunch of different issues.
5. You'll probably get the chance to plead guilty to a lesser charge - if it's just the money, then go for it if they're willing to reduce it to a no-point offense under $50. If you're worried about insurance, definitely plead not guilty. And most importantly, DON'T admit you were speeding AT ALL (you don't want to say "Oh I might have been going 90 but not 110" or "I was just keeping pace with the traffic" because it means nothing).
And of course 6, if the cop doesn't show up to the trial then you're off. 
Good luck. Fight your speeding tickets people! You have nothing to lose, and the more court hours we waste, the less effective the system is.
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