Ontario Highway Traffic Act

There are very few excuses that will work when defending a speeding ticket. But I had a very similar situation happen to me and I won! (... sort of). I went out wide and sped up to pass an erratic driver (a lady who spilled her coffee upon exiting a Tim Hortons). Sure I could have slowed way down and piddled along and miss the next green light ...

Probably about as good a deal as anyone could expect. Now keep your fingers crossed that your insurance company is OK with the single conviction, or that they don't check your record for the next three years.

OH... and drive like an angel for the next three years. 2+ convictions within three years and you'll likely see your insurance doubled ...

Check out the contraption the guy who lives beside my work rides. I see him gently pedaling down the road (at about 50kph) as if no one would notice the giant engine doing all the work! LOL

You don't have the Magma site memorized??

http://www.magma.ca/~fyst/appndxb.htm
Trial date scheduled more than 8 months away
The first thing I want to bring your attention to is your trial date and the offence date. Is the trial date scheduled more than 8 months away from the offence date? If no, skip this paragraph. If yes, you should know ...

I'm sure it would fall under the rules for Mopeds:
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/ ... /emerging/

Bookm
(owner: 1975 Batavus HS-50)

The police car has the wrong door painted white. The FRONT door should be painted white
EDIT: Doh... beat me to it

Nice to see the copper ISN'T tagging the RED car for a change!

hwybear wrote:...Should change it to "Stopping Kills"

EXACTLY! Now you understand why "pushing" the yellow light is SAFER!

It gets a tad tricky when you own SIX cars though.

ex.: I here a noise under the hood of my principal car. I get it home, run in and call insurance to switch to one of my other cars. I whip back out and get straight to work (just on time). It's very easy to forget that the other car doesn't have a sticker on it. And it's expensive to put a $70 ...

The subject of Police powers regarding traffic stops is thoroughly covered here:
http://www.canlii.ca/eliisa/highlight.do?text=reasonable+grounds+traffic+stop&language=en&searchTitle=Search+all+CanLII+Databases&path=/en/on/onsc/doc/2007/2007canlii23355/2007canlii23355.html

Sadly, it appears Bear is correct with respect to our pathetic lack of ...

I said "SpeedING", not Speed! (groan...)

HOWEVER.... thanks for pointing out just how silly the phrase "Speed Kills" is

I'm pretty sure there needs to be Probable Cause to stop a motorist. The officer must witness an offence or have some reasonable suspicion that an offence has occurred.

The R.I.D.E. program is seen as and exception to the rule. We allow our rights to be violated in the interest of fighting impaired driving. As such, we expect this detention to be ...

This article is Disgusting to say the least,I have written a letter to the CRTC http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080630/driving_weekend_080630/20080630/?hub=TorontoNewHome


The thing I found interesting about the article was that the general emphasis was on "speeding" infractions, but the two accidents mentioned (and pictured ...

I'm not sure if it would work, but if it were me, I'd fight it on the grounds that the traffic stop was for the purpose of checking for impairment, so the lisence sticker charge "should" be inapropriate. My officer-buddy told me you can't be stopped for NO reason in ontario (except for an officially coordinated RIDE program checking for drunks).

I ...

Most people would rather pay a mistaken ticket than experience the stress of going through the trial process. But you need to know that the courts are there to protect YOUR rights. You have the right to face your accuser in a neutral setting and have your concerns brought to the attention of a trier of fact (Justice of the Peace).

This is what I ...

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbbtK90L ... =rec-fresh
At 4:26: "This is the Coolest ****ing Cop in the world", LOL

Definitely NOT Cam and Julian in the cruiser!!!