I got a Failing to Stop 136 (1)(A) ticket, in the officer's notes it says I "slowed to Approx 30km/h." In fact, I did stop as the officer's view was obstructed by another vehicle adjacent to him. Also he was perpendicular to me, I was driving Southbound and he was driving Eastbound at the intersection. From my research, when speed is visual estimated from the side, is not very accurate. Are there are any court cases, scientific research that say that visual estimation of speed from the side is inaccurate or laws that say just using visual estimation of one's speed is inadmissible? Thanks
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Visual estimation of speed from the side, inaccurate?
Too subjective. There is no law, statute or ruling that says proceeding through a stop sign at 30 km/h is dangerous driving or even careless driving. In fact, saying "well he should've charged me with x instead of y" still doesn't address the issue about failing to obey the stop sign.
diehardfan wrote:
Arguing that if I did drive at 30kh/hr through a controlled intersection would be grounds for dangerous driving and the officer should have also given me a ticket for dangerous driving, which he did not, therefore I was traveling slower than 30km/hr?
Too subjective. There is no law, statute or ruling that says proceeding through a stop sign at 30 km/h is dangerous driving or even careless driving. In fact, saying "well he should've charged me with x instead of y" still doesn't address the issue about failing to obey the stop sign.
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