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nrg70, couple of questions. First, did the officer impound your vehicle? Also, did you happen to get the licence plate of the vehicle that was tailgating you?

As racer said, get a paralegal involved. X-Copper is the website sponsor so they'd be able to help you. These charges have disastrous implications for your insurance and licence. In the ...

That's true. It's all a matter of perspective, I guess.

The North American philosophy on driving is that, despite having wide open spaces and, in most cases, lower population density in major cities, we need to slow things down and make people stop as often as possible. Europe, out of necessity, tries to develop roads and systems that keeps traffic moving as much as possible. Not that all of their ideas ...

I'm not sure the lead-acid batteries could power all of that equipment for too long. So they probably have to leave it running. Imagine if the officer was sitting there on battery power, picks up a car going 180 km/h on the LIDAR, then goes to start the car and chase... DOH!

The location on the ticket does not have to be specific. "Dundas St W" is enough. Unfortunately it is not a "fatal error."

Reflections mentions the possible error with the LIDAR. That's one avenue. It really depends on how receptive the JP is to hearing your argument, and how familiar the officer is with the equipment.

Your disclosure request ...

Is that how many times you "pull-up" the baggy pants per day?

Good grief, bear. :lol:

Or is that how many pull ups hwybear does to the tim hortons drive through in a shift

Thanks, t, now there's blueberry mush all over my computer screen.

But you know if you're working in the middle of the night, you have to stay awake somehow. :shock: It ...

Oh wait but what if i decide to use a GPS program on my blackberry.


It should have been no phone conversations or text-messaging while the vehicle is in motion except making a call to emergency services, I agree. However, one way or another, the car phonies had to be hammered to get them to focus on the road while driving. Will all of them ...

One of the things that stuck in my mind was when Andrew was chewing out Bookm on CWD. Bookm says he has never been in an at-fault crash, so I still remember this one quote:

"If I were you, I'd be wondering how many accidents I left in my wake."
Or something like that. Translation: "I don't have any hard evidence that you have driven beyond your ...

Fantino still thinks the roadside trial is amazing. Imagine his reaction if the SIU were given the same sort of arbitrary, irrevocable authority. :shock: He'd be foaming at the mouth. I'm not suggesting the SIU should be given anything like that, but still, just imagine.

Complete silence from the powers-that-be at Queen's Park. I wonder why that ...

Enforcement action (namely a lawsuit) on a copyright would really only be taken if a person photocopied it and then sold it, distributed it to others, or passed it off as his own. Otherwise libraries wouldn't dare have any photocopy machines - which, of course, they have in abundance. Newspapers have similar copyright protection. :shock: I have a ...

That Sergeant needed to be pulled from the road. The vehicle impoundment idea was nothing other than a gleeful attempt to show "those God-damn street racers" that "we're gonna get you." Then they went after everyone except the real street racers and, in this case, looks like that guy went after anyone he wanted to. Now there are allegations of him ...

Their roads are *EDIT*, and in the two years I lived in Detroit I blew three tires, wrecked my suspension and even cracked an axle. Granted, it was an older car, but driving on some roads (Michigan Avenue, I-696, the Lodge Freeway until they re-paved it, etc) was like getting thrown in a paint shaker. People have literally blown airbags going over ...

Aren't you glad you moved outta there in time?


That would be an understatement. Don't get me wrong, there are some things to like about Detroit, and I actually got out and visited many of them when I lived there, but it is such a violent city that it boggles the mind. Granted, they are more civilized when driving - but that's it. They usually ...

:shock: DANG, that's the most thorough I've ever seen anybody prepared for a speeding trial, ever, anywhere. But kudos to you for all of the work! :D

ticketcombat knows the most of any of us so I'd follow his advice. Make that stay application first thing tomorrow morning! If the JP is particularly sympathetic he might quash the proceedings right ...

The only logical thing I can think of is that the horn might've been for something else. But if her lights were not on and the STOP sign was not deployed, you did absolutely nothing wrong. The horn is meaningless. I don't know what her problem was.

Did you get the name of the officer you talked to? The officer might've taken notes of the fact ...

The LIDAR test I'm not familiar with so I really can't say. What we really need are some internal diagrams of the device (and more info about the synthesizer). As for the synthesizer changing the frequency of the outbound signal and returning it to the receiver, it is possible, although the way the Genesis manual is written, it doesn't appear that ...

Oh wait a minute... TC with this little thing you might've opened the door to stand speeding ticket prosecution here on its head:

Nowhere in the manual does the manufacturer state that this self test proves the device is working properly. Read the manual carefully. You will notice they go to great lengths to AVOID making this claim.

:shock ...

In that context: Zilch. The problem is that if the legislation was worded "unless stopped" people would, upon receiving a text message or cellphone call, simply stop in the middle of the road to answer it or reply to it. If they worded it "unless stopped at a red light," then it would get even more complicated, because people would just continue ...

Besides what does this law even do???


It might make some of those boneheads hang up and drive. Common sense cannot be legislated, but because enough people out there lack common sense, the law needed to be passed.

Why not ban eating and driving while your at it to?


Eating and driving has not been shown to be as dangerous as driving ...

In precipitation, radar signals are subject to signal attenuation - the simplest definition meaning it loses its range. Radar works by sending out a radio signal from the antenna. When it strikes an object, the portion of the signal that hits the object is reflected back to the antenna. Since the radar signal travels at a fixed speed (speed of ...

Request disclosure as soon as possible. It can take 6-8 weeks in Toronto for a disclosure package to be put together. One of the objectives with disclosure is actually not to get it (or part of it, as neo333 was saying), because that opens the door for you to file an application for a stay. Don't specifically ask for the by-law, just an ...

Thanks admin. I picked up some flax seeds at No Frills this morning and will be trying them out.

If a police officer in Ontario, no matter which agency employs him or her, sees an offence anywhere in Ontario, the officer has full authority to issue a ticket, make an arrest, etc. An Ottawa Police officer could issue a ticket in Sudbury, a North Bay officer a ticket in Windsor, etc. York Regional Police regularly make traffic stops on the 404 ...

He allegedly falsified evidence on three traffic stops, two of which resulted in people having their cars seized and the victims had to pay likely thousands of dollars that they'll never see again?! If true, he should at least lose his job if not spend some time in the Don Jail!!

A cop hiding in a bus shelter (no cruiser) on Keele, south of Steeles, jumped out pulled me over and gave me a ticket for failing to obey lane sign.

What section did he specifically charge you under?

A police officer in Ontario can enforce laws province-wide, as Squishy and hwybear said. However, there are other ways of fighting this ...

Have you ever tried Flax Seeds?


Have not... but I will look into them!

No way could I ever chase anyone down or last more than ten minutes in a fight.

Another really good cardio exercise: Run up and down ski hills during the summer. :shock: I used to do that. These days if I really want to test my fitness I go running in Caledon at Forks of ...

Hmm... thought Toronto had it for sign out. Guess I was wrong.

Anyway, the main things you want from the book are things like the case law and procedural notes. I don't see why a photocopy of the critical parts of the book, with their pages and the bibliography of it, wouldn't suffice. If it was really necessary... you could get a Commissioner of ...

Damn Squishy, your diet was worse than mine a couple of years ago! :shock:

The "big" small change that I made was adding blueberries to my diet. Seriously. In addition to being loaded with antioxidants, they also change the way your body stores glucose (helps shed fat) and some studies have shown that a diet with a healthy dose of blueberries ...

I think both the Toronto Public Library and the U of T library (also referred to as "Fort Book") have what you're looking for. If not... I'd be willing to bet that the libraries and a few bookstores in Brampton would have it, along with lots of other books on speeding. :shock:

EDIT: I recall seeing one of them at the Eglinton branch of the Toronto ...

I'll try to answer this to the best of my ability. (This will be a long read.) Some things for court:

Is the officer in question an expert? We won't know until the day of trial. An "expert" only needs to know more than a "trier of fact." Hwybear, for example, would be considered an "expert." If the officer is not an expert, did he comply with the ...