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I'm pretty sure I hold the record for MOST tickets on this forum (over 20) and I have never seen "points" listed on any on of them. If it turns out they were supposed to be there, I can't wait to tell everyone that, technically, I have a completely clean record!!

Last month I received data that showed a survey bar in the middle of the street. When I asked my party-chief, "What the heck?", he came to the realization that the laser reflected off the taillight of a passing car instead of his prism.

This may not happen with police systems, but a JP might entertain the possibility :P

Will let you know when I ...

I'm willing to bet the officer just assumed you were traveling at the same speed as the lead car.

I wouldn't put a lot of thought in to a defense until you read the Disclosure. The type of equipment the officer used will make all the difference in how you handle your questioning.

I suspect the Crown will be anxious to offer a plea to a lesser ...

Personal opinion coming up!... :D

I would definitely try to postpone this trial no matter WHAT defense you should choose, just in case you lose. You do NOT want 3 tickets within 3 years on your record... You insurance company will absolutely lay you to waste!

Attend on your trial date. If the officer doesn't show, motion for dismissal. If the ...

Careful... I read this a couple years ago and suggested a coworker take advantage of it. Upon further investigation, we were informed there were NO "prescribed parts of Ontario" at that time. Apparently, the section was written in anticipation of parts being prescribed at a future date.

Dispute without appearance, prescribed parts of Ontario

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"A ban on more than ONE teenage passenger"

I guess that spells the end the "designated driver"!!

It also spells the end of "car pooling" to work (that's right McGuinty, many teenagers WORK and pay taxes)

It also now puts multiple teenagers in multiple cars when traveling to a common destinations. I bet dollars to donuts we'll see worse ...

http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/538115

I watched a 1-hour interview with Mr. Mulcahy on Legal Briefs with Lorne Honickman a few weeks ago. I felt terrible for him because he lost his 18-yr.old son at a very young age. When I listened to his pleas for "no tolerance" legislation with regard to drinking and speeding, I really did ...

Ahh yes. My bad. It's the potential for severe penalties that makes it Strict.

But this seems to fly in the face of the impoundment rules. How can a driver defend himself using a due diligence argument on the side of the road? Only the court can rule on such a defense, not an officer. It seems to me that this is the core problem with 172. To be ...

How could this be a Strict Liability offence? It's Speeding! If you sped, you're guilty, right? (no option for due diligence).

The witness was sitting right in the defendants vehicle observing the defendants speedometer. How could you get a more iron-clad case? OH WAIT, the defendant was a cop! That evens the playing field and all he has to do is ...

Tapp testified he wasn't paying attention to the speedometer but was going with the flow of traffic. He said he would never drive at such "ridiculous" speeds.
"Personally, it's against my code of ethics to travel at that speed," Tapp testified.


So the Crown calls an officer of the court (police officer) who testifies under oath that she ...

Bookm, there is no speed limit or default speed limit on a sidewalk or signs would be posted or a regulation or by-law is required. Common sense indicates the speed limit, however, would be no more than the speed limit on that given street.
I find it hard to believe it's legal to ride 50kph on a sidewalk in downtown Toronto, LOL.

Because your ...

The car was stopped or slowing down on the road but was not signaling.
Do you really think the driver will admit that?

The boy was not charged with speeding,...
Do you consider the speed limit of a bike on a sidewalk to be the same as the traveled road? What is the speed limit for a bike on a sidewalk?

He was however required to get more ...

I'm actually about to buy my FIRST cell phone (fought the trend as long as I could, LOL). Whether this law passes or not, it will come with a Bluetooth ear-piece simply because I want to have both hands available for quick saves from other drivers making mistakes.

As much as I hate being affected by distracted drivers on a cell phones, I don't ...

Wouldn't this mean that both parties of plea deal should be found guilty of an indictable offence?

Sheeez! Now I gotta' be sober on my LAWN MOWER, too, I 'spose!!
(clicky)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVsYODvtPEI

At the end, I turned to my wife and proclaimed, "Yayy! I'm still the only CWD driver who is actually a GOOD driver". LOL. She just stared at me...... LMAO

- I love the gramma. She does what a lot of us WISH we could do... Blow that stupid red light when no one is coming!!... Oh, and roll stop signs (as if they were yield signs).
- The Asian lady ...

...I generally allow up to 20 over...

...I think every officer in my office would stop someone that passes a marked patrol vehicle...

Dilemma: I want to go by a cruiser that is right at the speed limit. If I'm 10 over the limit, he'll stop me after passing him! If he was coming the other way, that same 10-over would have been just fine.

Could ...

I agree, it is poorly written. I get the jist of it (cyclists are to WALK in an area designated for pedestrians) but the word "along" could clearly be used when riding along the edge of the road and crossing straight across the intersection.

I don't mean to pick on cyclists, but I had THIS guy approach me the other day and I unfairly profiled ALL ...

Naw... it reads:

Riding in crosswalks prohibited
(29) No person shall ride a bicycle across a roadway within or along a crosswalk at an intersection or at a location other than an intersection which location is controlled by a traffic control signal system. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 144 (29).

It's covering intersection crosswalks AS WELL AS non ...

My bad...

I misinterpreted your scenario. But I still see fault on your behalf if you rode out into the crosswalk . I assume you were on the sidewalk on the left side of the street (facing oncoming traffic) so you hit the Jeeps right side when he pulled out from the side street to turn right. The driver should still only have to factor in walking ...

Let me see if I understand you...

You were riding on the sidewalk and continued straight out into the crosswalk, still riding. If this is the case, the charge seems to be applicable.

I have always believed we were supposed to walk our bikes across the intersection when in the crosswalk. I taught my kids the same thing. A drivers visibility is ...

I believe the stop signs are placed as a cheap way to prevent serious accidents should a driver not realize he is going the wrong way on a one-way street.

Two of the houses I grew up in were on one-way streets. We always reminded company about it before they left the house. There is nothing scarier than watching a car at speed confidently head the ...

This won't come as a surprise to most here ;) but I think we should have abolished the "complete stop" element of traffic law a long time ago. Many European countries prefer a "yield" type system and it makes sense.

It is substantially more exhaustive to get a vehicle moving from a stop than it is to move from a "rolling stop". I can just imagine ...

What would I do without Google?!

There's also a variety of products found in the environment that can lead to erroneous BAC results with breathalyzers. Some these products include substances or compounds found in cleaning fluids, celluloid, gasoline, paint removers, and in lacquers. Other common substances that can result in false BAC levels are ...

Your right! I'm not...

In your reply you used beer and mouthwash as examples. Both these are not pure alcohol. They are mixed with water. If "fresh" in the mouth, the alcohol component contaminates the breathalyzer and results in a higher reading than a "deep lung" exhalation. If a suspect is bleeding in his mouth, his blood is constantly ...

....this is the kinda thing the law is designed to stop IMO...
Then I have to assume ALL charges laid under this section have conformed to this exact scenario you describe. Then I guess it's a good law.

....none of these guys use them on the street...it's all about the custom painted bottles, and the SS plumbing, polished aluminum hardware etc ...

Personally, I think the whole idea of making nitrous illegal is a joke. I think a few stuffy legislators watched the Fast & the Furious one too many times.

Nitrous is just the poor-mans way of pulling more horsepower out of an engine. The same results can be gained by supercharging, turbo-charging, or by making major upgrades to the engine ...

From Wiki:

Mouth alcohol

One of the most common causes of falsely high breathalyzer readings is the existence of mouth alcohol. In analyzing a subject's breath sample, the breathalyzer's internal computer is making the assumption that the alcohol in the breath sample came from alveolar air—that is, air exhaled from deep within the lungs ...

Do these machines have the ability to detect the presence of blood in the breath sample? Perhaps I have such poor dental hygiene that my gum's bleed. I blow into a machine designed to test for alcohol levels in "breath". Is the breath sample not contaminated and inaccurate?

Alcohol concentrations in blood are much higher than in breath. So will ...

Sidewalks are for walking pedestrians only. That's why they're called pedestrian sidewalks, not bike paths. Motorists should only expect to encounter walking pedestrians when exiting a street.

If there is an idiot on the road and I'm on my bicyle - forget the law, bylaw, and posted bilingual sign, I'm going on the sidewalk. Quite obviously in ...