Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Stopping Distances for Cars

Stopping Distance = Thinking Time + Braking Distance

For example: typical braking distance while travelling at 30 miles per hour (48km/hr)
Thinking Distance = 9m
Braking Distance = 14m
Stopping Distance = 9 + 14 = 23m
Which is about the same length as 6 cars!


The table shows typical stopping distances included in ...

This may floor you...

http://www.jmu.edu/safetyplan/vehicle/g ... ance.shtml

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctkqd6hYMy8[/youtube]

Why 10km/h makes a difference...

If they have your proper driver's licence number you've now created yourself a real headache...Yes, you should have gone, now if by virtue of your DL# you become a suspended driver, you can have your car towed and spend countless hours re-opening this case to get the conviction off your record...

Your decision to ignore the court summons was ...

Well, yeah, it does seem paranoid to be doing this considering such tiny numbers of potential officers involved. However and I am just immagining this, I think the damage just might be a little larger than these numbers would suggest. I was just wondering, at the precinct, do you have those officers who tend to brag about giving out large amounts ...

I'd dare you to find one of those instances...strangely enough from time to time police use common sense...

Insofar as going to get something from your vehicle, well there aren't too many cars available these days without keyless entry...

But you do raise interesting points.

Jeez the law is complicated!

Best use point form, any attempt at reading the statement will be objected to and you won't be allowed to continue...

Court of Appeal sets things right on traffic offences: Shanoff
By ALAN SHANOFF
Last Updated: March 27, 2010 8:59pm
TORONTO SUN

During the past 10 months the Ontario Court of Appeal has released three valuable decisions making our roads and highways safer.

The most recent, a decision earlier this month, upheld the validity of the 50 km/h or over ...

Agreed, hence why most officers lay a CARELESS...

Our prosecutor sees these big files as a game...now it's a challenge...

You come to court to snow ball, he'll not withdraw...they aren't prepared to be outmanoeuvred but some tree slaughtering wannabe (his words not mine) LOL!!

Different prosecutors approach it differently...

I agree, pay it...

R. v. Winslow says they can amend it up...

As for the mistake on your date of birth that can also be amended...you got a gift...

Yeah but you are talking about 0.05% of the time...that's a little paranoid by any standard don't you think?

Again, these police officers who create offences are one in 27,000 in Ontario, people have a 100X greater chance of being involved in a collision and we still see tons of people not wearing seatbelts...

Agreed, too bad for us that these pinheads abuse their power.

Makes it that much more difficult for us that are out there just trying to do our jobs.

Totally off topic...but 830 to 930 pm tonight...

Once again, if you hit the vehicle in front you, you didn't have time to stop...if you didn't have time to stop, where you not following to closely to stop / avoid collision...

Had you been farther back would you have avoided the collision...