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90% of my posts are complaints about speed enforcement, but my main pet peeves are:
1) Lack of due care and attention
2) Improper behaviour (signalling, poor lane discipline etc.)
3) Lack of proper vehicle maintenance
In that order of importance.

I'm just pissed off that hands-free is still legal. Even when chatting with passengers I get distracted, so I keep that to a minimum. People should put 100% of their focus on safely operating the deadly hunk of metal.

I don't find that shocking.. All sorts of "interesting" people are on the roads.. Here are a few examples from my life experience..
1) Old lady, just short of being legally blind, afraid of her own shadow. When she detects a car heading in her direction, she pulls over to the right, waits for the car to pass, merges back onto the road and keeps ...

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Bear,
I tend to agree with you on most counts. Everybody makes the occasional mistake. But ever since Bill 203 got passed, that occasional mistake can cost an innocent person a lot of money that they'll never get back even after being found not guilty.
Even for minor tickets, a missed bus or too much sugar in my coffee won't cost me ...

It's not about a lack of enforcement. It's more about the wrong focus on enforcement. Speeding is easy to prove, "speed kills" brainwashing campaigns have been successful and the revenue generation has been solid. Even big municipalities can make some cash after all the expenses and most of it is from speeding tickets. That's why unsafe drivers ...

Chances are you'll be fine. You obviously intended to stop and did stop. Had you blown by the bus, chances are he would have taken the trouble to write down your plates.

In my case it's just being cheap. The p.o. (maybe even the one before him) blew the packing on my pipe. The way it's installed, it's not really practical to repack so either way it'll run me $500, so I'm leaving it as is and keeping the rpm's low at night in residential areas. I'd prefer a stealth setup.. Less police attention

In this case, the constable has no admissible way to measure the offender's speed. Personal vehicles do not have calibrated speedometers and no radars/lidars.

P.S. It opens up in OpenOffice without any issues 8)

Your Worship,

- It is common knowledge that a defendant is to be assumed innocent until proven guilty.
- The prosecution, in my opinion, has NOT been successful in Proving Without a Reasonable Doubt that this offence has occurred.
- Acting in my own defense to this charge, I have identified ...

I only have MS Office...did not want to open :?

A Microsoft product not doing what it's designed to? I'm SHOCKED :roll: When I was a child, playing on my C=>64, I dreamed of buying a laptop preloaded with Vista. After a couple of months' "use" I couldn't contain my excitement with another fine Microsoft product, wiped it off, installed Linux and ...

hwybear wrote:

Bookm wrote: 2nd one I can not open at all, think it's based on a cheap program of some sorts

I think it's called MS Office Stick with OpenOffice guys.. 100% free, handles all file formats, flawless export to PDF, what else do you need?

Could be interpreted as "stunting" (in the trunk). Even if it doesn't fall under that part of 172, it could be misinterpreted as such on the side of the road and you could still get your truck impounded.

I did some winter field work in the Gowganda/Shining Tree area. I agree it's beautiful country. Great people too.
Now back to the topic.. This is a clear case as to why this is too much of a responsibility for a constable to decide on the side of the road. This issue should be decided in a court of law and I'm even iffy about JP's sitting in on it ...

Personal experience.. In Europe, where the speed limits are generally more reasonable, I rarely found myself doing more than 5 over the limit. Over here I literally have to force myself not to do more than 20 over on most streets, with 2 exceptions..
1) School/park zones when the kids are out
2) 3-4 streets where the speed limits have been ...

Had it been me in Bear's driver seat, I'd pull over those left-lane bandits and people with mounds of snow on their vehicles, ticket them for speeding and anything else I could find and then tell them exactly why they got singled out from the crowd.

I have seen actual lawyers handle major cases in court and make the Crown prosecutors dance around in circle (both cases I was a witness).
With that being said, most constables are on the level. It really sucks that you got one that's either a natural a-hole or on a really bad day. That's the biggest issue with bill 203. Whatever happens, you're ...

so basically if he comes up with a good enough STORY im screwed???
what ever happened to us needing proof beyond a shadowable doubt??not just a story from some pissed off cop??

The Liberals happened.
Even before them, in court, the constable's story is usually held as gospel. Your only chance would be to have solid proof (either in self ...

Internal investigations aren't really public and most taxpayers like to have a transparent picture of what their dollars are financing.
It's the equivalent of what a parliament member is doing with his budget. If he spends it on booze and hookers, he'll (theoretically, but not in practice) get into some major hot water.

On a bad note, you're out a G for sure (towing+impound) and you'll never be able to get that money back. Also he could be a scripter in which case he'll write a very nice story for his court appearance and the disclosure package.
If he's stupid enough to be honest about it, the manner in which you have been caught could possibly put enough holes in ...

Public servants caught breaking the law on taxpayer's time and with taxpayer's gear should be put under closer scrutiny.
Now if a cop got nailed in a personal vehicle, on his/her own time, he/she shouldn't be put under any extra scrutiny even though there is considerable pressure to put more scrutiny on people who enforce the laws when they break ...

The failure of democracy is that those people have the same say as a person who takes the time to become familiar with the issues and can fully comprehend the consequences of the vote and what their elected representatives stand for. In my riding even Hitler could win a parliament seat if he ran under the fiberal banner.

The problem would be defining "irrefutable" and the usual abuses within the system. What if there's only one officer? What if the tape is grainy? Where do you draw the line?
As for killing people over armed robberies that didn't involve any injuries.... I don't think I need to outline the reservations, especially since anything can be called a ...

That sucks. With the state of the mining industry, I'm struggling to keep my Fizzer running, too. By the way I might have misrepresented my experience by 3 bikes...
1) Also rode the 690 Duke
2) SV650 (naked)
3) 250 Virago (Humber course) :8

My take on it is that common sense and common courtesy can't be legislated no matter how much the fiberals try. Those come under the headings of "education" and "parenting."

There have been cases where an innocent person was executed. If they're given a life sentence, that can at least be corrected later on.

Uhhhmmmm yeah.. It's doing a great job of keeping the murder rates down south of the border

Well that part of the Gardiner can get pretty nasty and the guy should have probably been nailed with careless.
What worries me more is the noise that the rabble is making in the comments section. That law should save lives? That law exists and the guy was still breaking it. Bravo, you moron (whoever posted that comment).

Bill 203 made running much more appealing to quite a few otherwise conservative riders. It raised the stakes too much.
I've only ridden 600cc supersports, but the closest thing to a liter bike I've taken out for a spin was a 990 superduke. http://www.webbikeworld.com/ktm/990-super-duke/ktm-990-super-duke.htm (I rode the 09 model) That thing had all ...

As I said, most of the guys I ride with are in their late 20's to mid-30's, with honest jobs and a clear idea of where the line is. We do get the occasional squid that wants to tag for a ride, but we usually just make a stop and tell'em to get lost.

As far as I know, you have to wear a seat belt even in taxis. Considering the way they're driven around Toronto, it sounds like a great idea to me. If you don't drive, the $110 ticket won't really affect you as you aren't facing large insurance rate increases for every "conviction." I'd be the last person to recommend paying a ticket, but under the ...