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by Bookm
Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:12 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Bad Wreck down the road...
Replies: 25
Views: 5296

Re: Bad Wreck down the road...

I should add:
There was absolutely no evidence of excessive speed on the cars part. It must not have had anti-lock brakes, because we heard the screech before the bang and there was about 15ft. of skid marks (speed limit 70kph). It was banged up but no where near what high speeds would have produced.
by Bookm
Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:58 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Bad Wreck down the road...
Replies: 25
Views: 5296

Bad Wreck down the road...

While raking leaves in the rear yard around 11:30am on a warm, sunny Easter morning, my wife and I heard the unmistakable sound of a bad wreck at the intersection a 1/4 mile from our house. It's a rural intersection, paved in both directions, stop signs in one direction. I ran out to the road and saw a black van on it's side and another car sitting ...
by Bookm
Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:38 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Subscribe to the OHTA.ca RSS Feed! Get the Latest Posts Here
Replies: 3
Views: 1615

Re: Subscribe to the OHTA.ca RSS Feed! Get the Latest Posts Here

Hmm... It's been doing that for me for months! LOL
by Bookm
Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:39 am
Forum: Motor vehicle equipped with or carrying a speed measuring warning device
Topic: Fines - Laser Detectors & Laser Jammers
Replies: 57
Views: 30721

Re: Fines - Laser Detectors & Laser Jammers

Ya, when I lost mine (many years ago), the OPP officer just kept pushing buttons on my dash until he came across the correct one! He'd turned his radar on before the search, so it started screaming like it was on fire or something, lol.

He didn't bother looking for the main unit, just gave me the ticket and told me to turn it in to him at the ...
by Bookm
Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:29 pm
Forum: Motor vehicle equipped with or carrying a speed measuring warning device
Topic: Fines - Laser Detectors & Laser Jammers
Replies: 57
Views: 30721

Re: Fines - Laser Detectors & Laser Jammers

Bear & I have been through this topic on another site, ages ago, but I recall arguing the fact that the HTA makes a vehicle search legal (with reasonable suspicion) but the police had no right to search "the person" though. In one case, the person never admitted to, nor denied, that he had a radar detector in his pocket. The officer arrested him ...
by Bookm
Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:02 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Newbi
Replies: 9
Views: 2012

Re: Newbi

Program note:
See Cam come to my defense... Sat. (Apr 11) at 6:00am on Discovery :D
(my graduation episode)

Smokey, are you in Law Enforcement, or do you just chain smoke ;)
UPDATE: Got around to reading your other posts... Not a LEO.
by Bookm
Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:54 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Insurance Issues...
Replies: 38
Views: 9013

Re: Insurance Issues...

One final discussion I had with my agent (before I un-tied him and let him leave) was why was it so easy when WE were teens to buy, maintain, and INSURE a vehicle on nothing more than a part-time job? Whereas today, the only kids driving are those from small families who's parents are wealthy enough to pay the $3,000 - $4,000 a year for their ...
by Bookm
Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:04 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: 110 in a 80km while passing?
Replies: 36
Views: 18761

Re: 110 in a 80km while passing?

That drive was scary, but the music made it funny, LOL. Definitely not me... I'm reformed!!!
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2026/sped26kt.jpg
by Bookm
Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:39 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Insurance Issues...
Replies: 38
Views: 9013

Re: Insurance Issues...

It's important to note in the "ibc" documentation, it states, "where the position of the colliding vehicles can not be determined, each driver will be assessed 50% at fault."

So it the true offender lies, the innocent victim will promptly have an accident claim registered against them on their insurance policy! Still think a video camera running ...
by Bookm
Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:53 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: 110 in a 80km while passing?
Replies: 36
Views: 18761

Re: 110 in a 80km while passing?

LOL!! I almost did that on camera. There was a couple young's messin with traffic on 7&8 west of Kitchener. They would switch lanes back and forth and block all traffic behind them. I was right behind them completely rigged and functioning with multiple TV cameras with another camera vehicle right behind me. I was just about to pull a "Hail Mary ...
by Bookm
Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:38 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Insurance Issues...
Replies: 38
Views: 9013

Re: Insurance Issues...

He told me only at-fault accidents will work against you. You can be hit 6 times (as is my experience!) and your rates wont' be affected.

I stopped in a parking lot aisle once and prepared to back in to a spot. A guy in a big Land Rover backed right in to the side of me from the spot beside the empty one (couldn't see me over his big spare tire I ...
by Bookm
Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:51 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Insurance Issues...
Replies: 38
Views: 9013

Insurance Issues...

On the mind of most recipients of a traffic ticket is, "What's this going to do to my insurance rate?"
The answer usually depends on the policies of the individual insurance companies. I recently had a sit-down with MY agent and tried to get as much info out of him as I could:

TICKETS:
1) "How far back do you check for tickets?"
- 3 years ...
by Bookm
Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:37 am
Forum: Careless Driving
Topic: carless driving charge
Replies: 4
Views: 2805

Re: carless driving charge

If your insurance company is the same as mine, they won't care as long as you have no MTO record and they're not out of pocket any money.
by Bookm
Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:34 am
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: 110 in a 80km while passing?
Replies: 36
Views: 18761

Re: 110 in a 80km while passing?

In no way am I suggesting the cop didn't record the speed of the passing vehicle. I'm just suggesting he MAY have needed to increase his speed for safety reasons based on the actions of the vehicle being passed.

Bear, are you saying that the radar gun will track the speed of two vehicles side-by-side and display the correct speed of both vehicles ...
by Bookm
Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:39 am
Forum: Following too closely
Topic: Following too closely
Replies: 4
Views: 3633

Re: Following too closely

I've seen prosecutors plea bargain a Careless charge down to Following too Close in the same situation (a guy gently rear-ended a car stopped at a red). Sounds like the cop might have been giving you a break.