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Some police services like to give you a Careless (major ticket) ticket under these circumstances, to force you into taking a Following too Closely (minor ticket) plea. For that, you have to show up in court, to the tune of some nice overtime pay in comfortable conditions for the constable.
Emergency room tickets are also becoming all too often as ...

The problem is that the cyclist community keeps whining that bicycles should be treated like cars in terms of lane discipline, but they don't mind running red lights and going in the wrong direction in one-way streets. Then they get pissed off on those all too rare occasions when they get ticketed for it. On one occasion, a bicycle rider almost got ...

The problem is that too many cyclists expect to be treated as cars by other participants in traffic and as a cross b/w pedestrians and superbeings (immune to the law) by the police. I make sure I honk at every cyclist running a red/going in the opposite direction of a 1-way street.

I've seen a lot worse.. Flashing lights from 4 cruisers blocking the road and 1 ambulance.. People still tried to get through. At least the a-holes got nailed with tickets

Best case scenario!

Bookm wrote:http://thestar.blogs.com/kenzie/2009/08 ... -down.html

Yah, Like he said

I already posted my comment to this story

That is grounds for 11b and you also have grounds for appeal of conviction (actually 2, if your 11b motion gets denied and the coaching). I am not sure how that would pan out in practice. However, those witnesses could just decide not to show up next time around in the interest of saving themselves from another 2 hours of misery

The cruiser is at a police impound lot, so you can bet your sweet behind that the constable will not pay a red cent for impound. The constable will do a week of training or administrative duties and not really be affected. Chances are the union will pay for legal representation unless the witnesses for the prosecution are called off for duty ...

If the JP denies your request, you have solid grounds for appeal. The JP should grant your request, but you never know. It's a purely political position. A retiring JP could recommend his favorite member of Tim Hortons counter staff and chances are that she would get the job. The training that they receive is laughable.

Speeding is absolute liability. You did it, you're guilty, no matter what the circumstances are (even though there are some defenses that you can pull if the amount is really low (like 1-3km/h) or if there was a real necessity (medical emergency). With that being said, you can always book the court date and explore any errors with the Crown's case.

Defense of necessity might apply in that case.

Go to the ticketcombat site and download tc's form. Do not use prosecutor-provided request forms.

Your best bet is to request a trial date and disclosure. You should know what he's planning to claim in court. Also you need contact information for other witnesses to see if they'll back you up in court.

Lol thanks. Good to be back.. Been busy. Once I got married alive and survived the working honeymoon, I got back to Canada. Been passing my time developing services for the family biz and riding the bike. Even did a track day south of the border. Finally got a bit of free time

Lol... A bit o/t, but I had a bit of a confrontation with one of those.. Smoking at a gas station (but I was like 10m away from the pumps and I think the safety regulations state 3m) and she pulled in with her brood, numerous enough to fill up a full-sized minivan. When reasoning didn't work, I just ignored her until she brought the manager. At ...

From what I heard quite a few states have reciprocity agreements with Ontario. The question is whether they report the offences. I've heard mixed reports, especially about NY.

The way I see it is that you are charged based on the circumstances on the offense date. On one occasion, I got nailed for speeding in an area where they (are you sitting down?) raised the speed limit b/w the offense date and the trial date so I looked into it

In Winnipeg I'd be more concerned about getting shanked by a dealer/beggar/pimp than by getting run over by a soccer mom. Depends on the city.

On that tangent, what will happen to the law when self-driven vehicles based on dGPS technology come out?

Squid is a general term that boils down to "irresponsible rider," whether it's due to a lack of proper protective gear or dangerous vehicle operation.
AFIK, lane-splitting isn't allowed in Ontario. It's pretty common here in Chile, but I'm just not sure that your average Ontario car driver would have the proper level of due care and attention to ...

While that measure would resolve the corruption issues (like possible kickbacks from towing contractors), it would still leave error (misjudged the situation and/or the law) and personal (failed the attitude test) issues open. While the official doctrine of "privilege, not a right" may look good on paper, the bottom line is that an error or a ...

Bear, I'd just like to hear your perspective on 172 based on this outcome (that many people along with myself predicted), since you seemed to be for this law based on your faith in your colleagues' integrity, ability to observe the incident and interpret the law... It only takes a small number of corrupt cops to ruin it for everyone. This guy ...

We usually just give it but that's because it's dangerous to try to re-form a group once there are a couple of cars splitting it. It's not like we have cell phones to coordinate things. With that being said, we keep our groups small (smaller than 8, usually in the 4-6 range) and we don't hold anybody up. The only exceptions are larger group rides ...

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_34706.aspx

StreetBeat - May 20 - Motorist Charged With Dangerous Driving Following Pursuit
Wednesday May 20, 2009
CityNews.ca Staff

A brief police chase ended in an arrest by the side of Highway 427 on Wednesday.

Officers pulled over a vehicle just before 6am on the busy roadway just south of Highway 7. The ...

Once again, thanks gentlemen, and that includes you, Squish

Your best bet is to go through the process and see what technicalities are out there. That could include 11b, lack of disclosure, the cop not showing up etc etc etc. Check out the Ticket Combat site as it has a great primer.
I wish I could lose demerits every time I get ticketed :D Actually you gather the demerits until you get 9 in a period of 2 ...

Bear, out of curiosity, do you also nail those moving road blocks in the passing lane? In most cases they are speeding, but are still holding up traffic and encouraging others to drive aggressively just to get around'em. As a motorist, all I can do is a honk and a gesture to move over as I (safely) pass them from a driving lane. However, if people ...

Bah, she knows me too well to seriously believe that she will be able to attach the hardware on me. She's already resigned to damage control with what will become that useless s***-disturber husband of hers

Yeah.. Only one official complaint... The civil disobedience campaign was a sign of approval On a good note, the citizens of Halton region can sleep easier these days. I've always said that marked cruisers do a heck of a lot more to improve highway safety than ninja tactics.

Ok time to fix the damage that you guys caused...





Ahhh better