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Amber Light - Fail to Stop is not too hard to beat in Toronto. Basically the Crown has to prove that you either did not stop for an amber light when you could have done so safely, or that upon being unable to stop, you did not proceed with caution. "Speeding up" would be failing to proceed with caution. Perhaps maintaining your speed would be ...

Hmm... that's interesting.

- photo must be available on CD and in a "RAW" format, raw format prevents altering of a photo with a photo editing program


Will add that to the "checklist." :D

Only issues I've seen here in T-dot are:
- Photo is trying to show sign/view was "obscured" by something other than a building or permanent fixture ...

Some answers:

- Vehicle description does not need to be included. The only things that must be on the ticket are the date, the offence, the name of the defendant, the location (does not have to be pinpoint-specific, e.g. Bloor Street is good enough) and the signature of the officer. Everything else can be added or amended at trial.

- "50 km/h ...

Glad we have a prosecutor that is on the ball....makes all photos by defendants inadmissable!! Excellent work!

GTA provincial offences courts accept photos from defendants all the time, they just need the time-date stamp and the person who took the photos to be present and testify. If there's any concern, get the photos printed, go to a ...

1. Impaired driving
2. Fail to give way/get out of the way of emergency vehicles
3. Fail to keep right except to pass
4. People talking on cellphone/texting while driving
5. Follow too close

Those are the top 5, but by no means the only pet peeves I have.

Just to go back to rbee's original photograph... it did show that several vehicles were making a left turn as you turned right, correct? Can you tell if more than one vehicle turning left went through the red in that photograph?

I was also confused over that one because I've seen the bilingual defence argument used in court (was in January). Officer's testimony was lengthy, precise and exacting. Defendant's only response was: Sign is not bilingual so it's not valid, and I have photos. JP asks to see photos, asks for closing arguments, then quashes the charge. So I've seen ...

Yeah, Mississauga and Brampton don't let the grass grow under their feet on many different levels... Toronto is the opposite... on many... yeah that's what we get for voting in David Miller. :evil:

Anyway you've got a good chance of beating this at trial. You didn't commit the offence as charged. You've got a good diagram of what you did. Back it ...

Here's the full-length dashcam video from the State Trooper. (There's a 30-second advertisement at the beginning):

http://feeds.newsok.tv/services/player/bcpid4659235001?bctid=26257992001

Looking at it closely, the ambulance was only in the way for a few seconds. It did pull over. The reason it didn't pull over initially was because there was a ...

Is there anyway of getting out of the ticket because I live on that street?


No, but...

Or should I just use the bilingual defence? All of the threads on this site are about a year old. Does that defense still hold true or have they changed anything to correct for it?


Yes, you can use bilingual defence. Start off by sending in the ticket ...

Good grief. :roll: The ambulance did yield in the video (not sure how long it took), but he was transporting a patient. Not sure about the gesture, but seriously, grabbing the paramedic by the throat?! Getting into a verbal shouting match at the roadside?!

Is Robert Powell (the Dallas cop who pulled over NFL star Ryan Moats who was trying to see ...

Yes. Poor wording on my part. I should've said "I'll buy that for mobile tests, what about hand-helds?"

No you're not. They'll post the names and times of the cases they're hearing (R. v. r0sst3r, for example) outside each court room. Just ask them where the provincial offences courts are located and you can find your room by looking at the dockets. Takes a little longer but it's no big deal. Eventually you'll find a docket with your name on it, just ...

So it is not an actual calibrated something or other that makes this test independent.

Correct. Independent calibration is done by an avionics technician, but that's required usually every year or so, depending on the unit.

After you have done a self test, you basically rely on an object that you can see at a unknown distance (haven't seen a ...

Can I ask for the notes or any documents that the officer made regarding this incident?

Yes. Your uncle has the right to request disclosure of all of the evidence against him, including things like the officer's notes and even "will say" statements from witnesses, etc. There is no harm in pleading not guilty. Even if he gets convicted, the ...

Have Bookm run around the tarmat with a pie plate strapped to his chest and a aluminum foil helmet?

:lol: :lol:

how do you externally test a radar built into a plane?

Glad you asked. When we're safely clear of the apron/ramp area, during taxi we turn the radar on and point the nose (radar antenna is in the nose cone) at a distant object or ...

Yeah, maybe their radar was not tested to an independant source such as a tuning fork

I'm not letting go of the independent test issue that easily.

Besides, you bring up an interesting point. Almost everything in aviation requires independent testing or verification. Approach aids have self-monitoring systems but they're still flight-checked ...

TC - thank you for clarifying.

If you mess up, you won't be around to worry about it.

If it's a really big mistake... :shock: Could happen. Example: Comair crash in Lexington, Kentucky a couple of years ago. First Officer was the only survivor and he, among others, got sued for negligence. That said, insurance would cover everything... probably ...

Excellent!

Good work Bel! Looks like there might be an opportunity for a breakthrough here. Just one other thing: Should this be a sticky? Just thinking it might get more attention that way. The more evidence we can get to Mr. Tabuns, the better.

Any other way I can help?

My boss tries to deduct the cost of the broken dishes from my pay, so I file a complaint with the labour board and they have my money returned to me. A similar case was covered in the Toronto Star with a downtown eatery called Joe Badali's.


I believe that's employer-employee relations. What happened was entirely different - the Sergeant in ...

Just to clarify, did the officer reduce it to 49 km/h over from a higher speed or did he catch you at 49 over? Just asking. As for the disclosure request, ask for the evidence that liveontheedge suggested. Remember one of the objectives with disclosure is actually not to get it (or part of it), because then you can file a motion for a stay.

By far the Germans are the nicest and most knowledgeable drivers I've ever experienced.

Definitely - I'd say they're the most proficient. There will always be some people who just can't handle driving, but a bad German driver is still better than the average North American driver.

Guatemalans have a special brand of craziness

Ever been on ...

neo333 wrote:Officer was a no show, case closed.

Congratulations on your win.

The amount of research and work you did will undoubtedly help many others. Sooner or later, your work will probably result in a precedent being set. Kudos to you.

100 km/h speed limit, days/occasional nights, usually multiple marked units, LIDAR. OPP officer on the Rutherford Road overpass with LIDAR radios ahead to officers waiting at on-ramps to pull over speeding drivers. Enforcement is more sporadic these days than it was in the past, but it is still active from time to time, particularly on a long ...

I guess this begs the question regarding some of the speed trap operations you see. The officers will run out in front of a speeding car to flag it over, then they immediately approach the driver. Why step in front of a speeding car? You don't know anything about the driver. And then to immediately approach the vehicle without first checking to see ...

Maybe... then again maybe when I was driving on the Florida Turnpike it was an anomaly in being slower than normal... who knows?

EDIT: One other thing to mention. Fastest road I've been on, including the German Autobahn, were the Spanish Autopistas. HOLY COW!!

Reflections wrote:"T" did you get a new keyboard....... those posts are loooooong...... and I have to mod......my eyes hurt so I'm going to bed.

Yes, he does. The other one caught fire.

tdrive2 wrote:I think R.I will make his next trip in that way around a Tuesday around 9-5 possibly

Don't bet on it.

they are actually asking me to go to a specialized driver's course that specializes in skid control and accident avoidance.

Hmm... insurance rates will probably go down due to specialized training, your record is unblemished, they withdrew the charge, and the $400 cost on this would've been less overall than the insurance increase + ticket if ...

The HOV lanes are weird. They're great when traffic is stop-and-go but during most periods of time they're just about useless. People get in them and drive 90 km/h or over 140. On the 404, people are constantly crossing the "do not cross" line because of slower-moving traffic in the HOV that they're trying to get around.

As for driving in the US ...