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by Bookm
Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:39 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Television/DVD Player Visible to Driver
Replies: 5
Views: 2617

Re: Television/DVD Player Visible to Driver

tel·e·vi·sion (tl-vzhn)n.

a. An electronic apparatus that receives electromagnetic waves and displays the reconverted images on a screen.
b. The integrated audible and visible content of the electromagnetic waves received and converted by such an apparatus.

If you're guilty, so is anyone with a backup camera/monitor system. In fact, I'm guilty ...
by Bookm
Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:20 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Parking wrong way on road
Replies: 14
Views: 30634

Re: Parking wrong way on road

Good Question. Is this just a cheapo parking ticket, or a $100+ ticket?

BTW. though I also occasionally park on the wrong side (on quiet back streets) I really don't think it's good practice. It's unsafe when re-entering traffic, and it could cause others to think it is a one-way street.
by Bookm
Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:25 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Parking wrong way on road
Replies: 14
Views: 30634

Re: Parking wrong way on road

Can the officer prove YOU were the one that parked there? Did he see you park there?

You wouldn't want to take the stand and lie about who was driving, but there's nothing wrong with ensuring the Crown can prove their case by proving who was driving.
by Bookm
Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:19 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Signalling for speed trap
Replies: 12
Views: 4068

Re: Signalling for speed trap

I know people flash lights but does not make sense what so ever.

Most often the "traps" are in areas where there is a high number of collisions, high number of fatalities, residential and school zones.

OK, it took me 2 whole days to stop laughing long enough to reply to this (slight exaggeration). I have NEVER seen a local speed trap (and I ...
by Bookm
Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:05 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Airplane Caught Me!
Replies: 25
Views: 9761

Re: Airplane Caught Me!

The officer in the plane timed you between paint marks (I assume) and will need to be there to testify about it. The officer on the ground identified the driver and will also need to be there to testify. The charging document (ticket) must be signed by the charging officer. In this case the charging officer is acting solely on the statement of a ...
by Bookm
Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:49 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: NEW Durham Police Electronically Printed Tickets Fatal Error
Replies: 19
Views: 7981

Re: NEW Durham Police Electronically Printed Tickets Fatal Error

Too bad the internet wasn't around when I was a teen. I could have used a tutorial on court proceedings on my first visit (17 years old at the time). My mother was close friends with a local JP (didn't even know what that was at the time, LOL). She overheard my griping about my latest ticket and calmly explained that if I have some issue with the ...
by Bookm
Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:32 pm
Forum: Forum Rules
Topic: New Member? Come and say Hi and Introduce yourself here! :)
Replies: 168
Views: 608726

Re: New Member? Come and say Hi and Introduce yourself here! :)

synergy wrote:I "push" those slow left laners out of the way.
Um, I believe the correct term is "NERVE" 'em out of the way ;)
by Bookm
Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:22 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Ticketed for Having A Siren!
Replies: 6
Views: 4873

Re: Ticketed for Having A Siren!

What??.. They don't make Vega's any more?? LOL. I had the Pontiac version (Astre, below). I hooked up a big speaker to the public address port on my CB. I had to make my own siren noises with my voice, LMAO.
Too bad those cars rusted away in a matter of weeks :evil:

First Car (15 yrs. old) http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2474/16oz1.jpg


OH ...
by Bookm
Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:31 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Ticketed for Having A Siren!
Replies: 6
Views: 4873

Re: Ticketed for Having A Siren!

You may be the first one charged, but you're not the first one to try this. Me and a buddy hooked up an old siren to his moms Vega (when we were 16) that we found on an old boat up north somewhere. It would spool up and sound like an old cruiser from the 30's! LOL. We were pulled over within a week but (of course) weren't charged, just informed ...
by Bookm
Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:33 am
Forum: Failing to move, where possible, into another lane when passing a stopped emergency vehicle
Topic: OPP cruiser Struck on 401
Replies: 6
Views: 4032

Re: OPP cruiser Struck on 401

The news updated this collision this morning. It was weather related. A blinding rain storm had hit the area.

I've driven in this situation several times (rain, snow AND fog). I don't like to stop because of the likelihood of being struck from behind. I don't like to move because of the likelihood of hitting someone who DID stop. There's no ...
by Bookm
Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:11 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Right/Left Turn Help
Replies: 7
Views: 2505

Re: Right/Left Turn Help

I received a personal driving lesson with the countries top instructor. He really, really, really hated my style of "cutting the apex" (wide on entrance, tight to the curb in the centre, then wide on exit under acceleration) and strongly recommended I keep parallel to the curb, 3 feet away. It feels strange to me but I s'pose he's right ;)
by Bookm
Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:57 am
Forum: Crowding the driver's seat
Topic: Need Help Please!!!
Replies: 2
Views: 7231

Re: Need Help Please!!!

Fight it.
... annnnnd.... GO!: http://www.ticketcombat.com/step3/poa.php
by Bookm
Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:53 am
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Left turn through amber -Red light fail to stop HTA 144(18)
Replies: 9
Views: 7365

Re: Left turn through amber -Red light fail to stop HTA 144(18)

First read about signal lights under Section 144 of the HTA:
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#BK212

The key words here will be "approaching". Was she approaching a yellow? No! She approached a green which allowed her to enter the intersection. It is reasonable to expect the intersection to clear at some ...
by Bookm
Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:43 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Insurance
Replies: 8
Views: 3567

Re: Insurance

VERY interesting. I'm definitely running this list by MY agent (for my kids sake... I'M cured!)