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by OPS Copper
Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:39 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: G2 Licensed Driver with 0.01 blood alcohol level
Replies: 14
Views: 14704

Re: G2 Licensed Driver with 0.01 blood alcohol level

These have been tested over and over in criminal court by some of the best criminal lawyers. They are reliable. Mouthwash can be accounted for. If there was mouthwash present you would have blown a "F" and been arrested and taken to the full breathalyzer which by the time you got to that location would have left your mouth thus producing the .01 ...
by OPS Copper
Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:36 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 16 to 29 km/h
Topic: Interesting Case
Replies: 11
Views: 3890

Re: Interesting Case

I canot remember the case law name but it starts with a "W". I think the ticket was reduced on the side of the road. You will now be fighting the ticket on the original un-reduced speed.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:09 pm
Forum: Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act
Topic: failure to surrender insurance card
Replies: 13
Views: 9612

Re: failure to surrender insurance card

The warning does not go on a record. It is only tracked internally in the police service. There is no conviction.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:35 am
Forum: Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act
Topic: failure to surrender insurance card
Replies: 13
Views: 9612

Re: failure to surrender insurance card

Plus here we use electronic ticketing. Once we hit print the ticket is electronically submitted. Therefore there is nothing to tear up.

You say the slip is the same as the new one same company and policy. How is the cop supposed to know that. For all he knows the vehicle has no insurance as the slip is expired.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:23 pm
Forum: Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act
Topic: failure to surrender insurance card
Replies: 13
Views: 9612

Re: failure to surrender insurance card

Its a warning. Nothing needs to be done. It is just a way to track internally that she has been made aware that she has to have a valid insurance card ready to produce.

If she is pulled over again in the future and now cannot claim that she did not know.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:42 am
Forum: Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act
Topic: charged with permit operation of vehicle without insurance
Replies: 2
Views: 2607

Re: charged with permit operation of vehicle without insuran

min fine is 5000.00. But I have seen it reduced by half for guilty pleas.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:25 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: No Validated Permit, but for suspicious reasons
Replies: 7
Views: 2636

Re: No Validated Permit, but for suspicious reasons

We can run plates in the car. This gives us the provinces status no matter where the plate is from. No matter what the sticker says we know if it is up to date.

I run out of province plates all the time. We have a very transient population and many do not transfer their regs or keep them up to date and current.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:57 pm
Forum: Driving While Suspended
Topic: drive under suspension
Replies: 3
Views: 2572

Re: drive under suspension

In Ontario the HTA is clear. All suspensions are deemed served after 7 days. As for family responsibility suspensions I highly doubt that you were not aware. It takes a lot of correspondence to get to that point and you knew you were not paying the child support.

Yes police can randomly run plates and yes we do not need any reason to stop a ...
by OPS Copper
Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:26 pm
Forum: Parking Tickets
Topic: Parking Tickets & Licence Suspension
Replies: 2
Views: 13679

Re: Parking Tickets & Licence Suspension

No affect on DL only plate renewal. After time the debt gets sold to a collection agency.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:24 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: What to do if you witness an HTA infraction
Replies: 12
Views: 3977

Re: What to do if you witness an HTA infraction

FIDO. F$#K it drive on. It is a highway traffic infraction. Everyone has done something others have seen or annoyed other drivers. You were not hurt, No collision and You are not in danger once the vehicle is gone.

We get calls like this all the time. "A blue car cut me off on the 417." or a blue car is changing lanes fast . No plate no nothing. I ...
by OPS Copper
Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:38 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Failure to surrender G1
Replies: 8
Views: 4005

Re: Normal for cop to offer a lesser charge?

I have done it. Based on your other thread, Having a G1 with no accompanying driver and the fail to produce the G1 as it supersedes any other DL, International or not, is going to cost you more than the fail to produce insurance card.


Sometimes the OHTA is a really big hammer and sometimes that hammer is not needed when a tap will suffice. I ...
by OPS Copper
Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:43 pm
Forum: Other Ontario Provincial Acts Related to Traffic
Topic: 11b
Replies: 2
Views: 2338

Re: 11b

This is a criminal matter and can only be answered by a lawyer. I would ask them and disregard everything that is said to you in here about it. There is to much at stake.

OPS Copper
by OPS Copper
Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:58 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: General question about Police radar conduct
Replies: 5
Views: 2354

Re: General question about Police radar conduct

No. It is really not that hard. See your head does turn and allows us to follow the vehicle. Plus, the split second that you check to make sure you are not struck is accepted by the courts as reasonable.

Plus we do not need to get the plate number prior to stopping.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:56 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: New Speed Trap Regulations
Replies: 9
Views: 5603

Re: New Speed Trap Regulations

Ok One more time there is no such regulation that prohibits where speed enforcement can take place.

Note i am only speaking of Ontario, Perhaps it is a USA regulation as we get a lot of our media from the USA.

OPS copper
by OPS Copper
Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:32 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Does a Cop write anything on back of their copy of ticket ?
Replies: 5
Views: 2043

Re: Does a Cop write anything on back of their copy of ticke

Electronic tickets here. 100% electronic notes.
Noting on the back or in the notebook.
by OPS Copper
Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:32 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Failure to summon permit
Replies: 2
Views: 1664

Re: Failure to summon permit

Highway means any road in Ontario and does not just refer to a "highway as in freeway". So if he stopped you on a road it is a highway.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:23 pm
Forum: Failing to obey signs
Topic: Speeding and drive with no Licence
Replies: 3
Views: 1918

Re: Speeding and drive with no Licence

When you are convicted in Ontario and do not hold a Ontario drivers license an Ontario DL Number is generated for that person to track it.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:11 pm
Forum: Courts and Procedure
Topic: Alcohol meter blowing test-How far is officer allowed to go?
Replies: 7
Views: 3258

Re: Alcohol meter blowing test-How far is officer allowed to

I only give three tries. We can usually tell when someone is trying to beat the test. Plus the instrument has lights and error codes that tell us when the person blowing is playing games.

I look at it this way. If I was to say that there was a 1000 dollar prize to produce a sample. People would blow their face off the first time

It is not hard ...
by OPS Copper
Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:54 am
Forum: Careless Driving
Topic: Last minute advice needed (trial in 2hrs) - careless driving
Replies: 6
Views: 2966

Re: Last minute advice needed (trial in 2hrs) - careless dri

I believe it has no effect for the at fault insurance rules. Plus in this case you were not found not guilty. Or proven that the facts if the accident were not correct. The charges were withdrawn due to a witness not showing up.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:51 am
Forum: Parking Tickets
Topic: Parking Ticket - Kitchener
Replies: 6
Views: 4869

Re: Parking Ticket - Kitchener

I know the photograph does not prove the vehicle has not been moved in the last two or three hours. I am guessing that there was a chalk mark used as well.


Only full disclosure will tell, Or a court challenge.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:59 pm
Forum: Parking Tickets
Topic: Parking Ticket - Kitchener
Replies: 6
Views: 4869

Re: Parking Ticket - Kitchener

There is a good chance they have marked your tire with chalk. That is what they do here and it is accepted practice. The chalk mark is usually on the tread and is hard to see if you are not looking for it. It is not something you will just notice.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:25 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Cell Phone Ticket. Questions and do I have a defense?
Replies: 4
Views: 9085

Re: Cell Phone Ticket. Questions and do I have a defense?

Stopped at a light is not parked. To be parked you need to be off the roadway or stopped lawfully and not impeding traffic.

Holding a blue tooth is still driving holding a hand held communication device. It needs to be well for simplicity sake Not in your hand.

I guess that is why the section says communication device and not a cell phone ...
by OPS Copper
Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:43 pm
Forum: Stunt Driving
Topic: Probably not the right place, but fatal error questin
Replies: 4
Views: 2047

Re: Probably not the right place, but fatal error questin

Wrong forum. Criminal matters are much more serious and you should get a lawyer. Criminal matters are not usually tossed from wrong dates. They are not fatal and dealt with by a new appearance notice if the court date is wrong.

OPS Copper
by OPS Copper
Mon Oct 03, 2011 12:02 pm
Forum: Failing to remain at the scene of a collision
Topic: Failure to remain, failure to report accident, and
Replies: 4
Views: 5916

Re: Failure to remain, failure to report accident, and

A collision does not have to be with another vehicle. It includes property only collisions as well.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:43 pm
Forum: Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act
Topic: 17 years old, 1 month old car, 7 tickets. Any help?
Replies: 22
Views: 11952

Re: 17 years old, 1 month old car, 7 tickets. Any help?

Your DL is not suspended yet. But after that list of charges it most likely will,

Here I have seen the prosecutors toss all but the no insurance in plea bargains That one comes with a 5k fine is the reason. Those are not usually fir G1 drivers. You breached a bunch of the most important G1 condition and that is why I suspect you are in for a dl ...
by OPS Copper
Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:53 pm
Forum: Careless Driving
Topic: Young Driver (Under 19) BAC Above Zero (G2)
Replies: 3
Views: 2776

Re: Young Driver (Under 19) BAC Above Zero (G2)

Keys in the ignition means nothing to the charge as does the fact that you were stopped on private property. They saw you drive on the road. If you had blown over 80mg you would have been arrested for the impaired driving just the same.

The part of the charge you will not like is once the ticket hits the MTO they classify this as a major breech ...
by OPS Copper
Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:58 am
Forum: Driving While Suspended
Topic: License suspended as of August 29th. No warning?
Replies: 4
Views: 2312

Re: License suspended as of August 29th. No warning?

I am not sure there is anything to appeal. You got a ticket, did not pay it, so your dl was suspended. This is explained on the back of the ticket.

Out of curiosity how is the MTO picking on you? seems you got legitimate tickets as you posted the details here.

There are millions of drivers and vehicles out there. I highly doubt some one is going ...
by OPS Copper
Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:47 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Random stops
Replies: 16
Views: 7769

Re: Random stops

Yes they have. I am guessing you got caught doing something you are not supposed to be as a result of one.

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by OPS Copper
Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:41 am
Forum: Driving While Suspended
Topic: Self Defence for First Offense of Sec. 53.1
Replies: 6
Views: 4027

Re: Self Defence for First Offense of Sec. 53.1

Pay your ticket or show up at court. The back of the ticket fully explains what can happen.

You"right" to travel has been taken away because of your carelessness and nothing else.

No one else is to blame.

OPS
by OPS Copper
Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:08 am
Forum: Parking Tickets
Topic: Parking Ticket with rental car
Replies: 2
Views: 6353

Re: Parking Ticket with rental car

Checck your rental agreement well. There maybe a clause stating that you have to pY all tickets or get a fee added on. It maybe cheaper to pay the ticket.

The ro of the car is a huge company and they probably will not be letting you know when court dates are and such as they have no capability to track this.

You may pleadnot guilty but the ...