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You guys are taking me back to when I was living in Detroit.

Usually, lidar guns are not affected by power lines, but I don't have one and can not testify in a scientific manner.

No disagreement here, I was thinking of ideas that defendants may try in court. I agree that lidar shouldn't be affected by power lines. Radar, depending on how much insulation/shielding the wires have, strength of the line ...

I think that what Radar Identified was getting at was that if Officer "A" tags a car then Officer "B" tags a car, was there time to run the test(s) in between and does the test by one officer count as the testing by the second officer, i.e. If Officer "A" tests after he stops a car can Officer "B" use that test, in his notes, as his before the ...

Conversely...

On Sunday, Halton Regional Police clocked a GMC pickup truck going 168 km/h in a 60 km/h zone in Burlington. (Think it was Appleby Line.) He was a G2 driver and was also charged with stunt driving.

Source: http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/571704

Sigh...

When you do something that stupid you deserve to be clobbered. I hope he liked the cab fare back to the Detroit area. I also wonder what his reaction was when he was told he was going to lose his car for the next seven days.

He'll get an additional $200 fee from Michigan for driving without proof of insurance, and $600 for the demerit ...

Were there multiple officers using the same lidar device or just one? This makes a difference (care and control of the device). If several officers were using the same device, did they each test it before and after each person was stopped? Did anything happen to the device during the time it was used by the other officers? If there were multiple ...

hwybear wrote:Part III Summons do not have a dollar amount on them FYI.

Ah... good point. Thanks Bear.

My fine was $320. That was the total payable. That is on my ticket, and on my notice from the court (telling me when to show up etc). Why is this a bigger deal than I think? What else could happen?


$325 is the correct total payable for careless driving. Your ticket looks like it has a "fatal flaw." There may be an exception due to the fact ...

Careless Driving fine = $260 + $60 victim surcharge + $5 court fee = $325.00

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Milena - is the fine on the ticket that was issued to you $325 or $320? This is a bigger deal than you might think.

When my mother was hit, the police at the collision center would not pursue the matter because ...

3) The accident was caused by my inattention, it was a stupid mistake. Can I really be charged with careless driving?

You can be charged with careless driving but a conviction is a different matter. The opinion of the courts is that any average driver will make mistakes from time to time, some of which may result in collisions. Careless driving ...

Just a reminder to everyone (although I'm sure all of our regular members are attentive and skilled enough that this isn't necessary to say) to drive safely around motorcycles. Give them space, don't tailgate, don't cut them off, and look for them before proceeding through a STOP sign or turning. I'm saying this because:

http://www.windsorstar ...

TPS is starting to get really ornery with left lane hogs on the Don Valley Parkway. I've seen three pulled over in the last four weeks. :D

We used to have an unmarked blue Chev Impala (with chrome rims, spoiler, tint, no antennas) and we were not permitted to have radar in the vehicle. That vehicle was awesome at enforcement of the aggressive ...

My two cents: You can request disclosure ASAP. The Crown has an obligation to disclose the information to your girlfriend. The sooner, the better, in my view. There are some cases where it is better to wait to request disclosure, but in this case I'd recommend requesting it now. One of the objectives with disclosure is actually not to get it, that ...

Congratulations, FiReSTaRT. Enjoy your big day and your honeymoon! Best wishes for it.

I've tried to understand where this burgeoning nanny-state mentality is coming from. Then I read this article in the Toronto Star.

http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/631582

Could this whole phenomenon/mentality of "helicopter parenting," where parents obsessively hover over everything their kids do, have been a contributing factor to the ...

The Stag Shop on Yonge Street.

(Now there's another "too much information" piece.)

On a serious note, you getting hitched in a few weeks, FiReSTaRT?

One of the most frequent tickets we get asked about on this forum is "Disobey Sign" of some sort. In many parts of Ontario, if the sign is not bilingual, there is a possibility that it may be challenged as invalid. This is because of O.Reg 615 (which sets the standard for road signs) requiring bilingual signs in a designated bilingual area, which ...

hwybear wrote:It was the special edition "fury handcuffs" to be taken home.....I mean errr..well...

That goes under the category of "too much information."

There's no numerical answer, particularly since our population is growing. Ontario has the lowest fatality rate per vehicle-kilometre in North America. We had this before bill 203, before the change to the drunk-driving laws, etc. Our injury and collision rates are high thanks to the GTA, but most of that is because of idiotic driving.

The 12 ...

Although the officer specifically said "Speeding" on the ticket, he didn't say by how much. It's pretty close to a "fatal error," so you should be able to use it to fight the ticket. The reason being, a missing offence is a fatal error which should void the document. It seems like he meant to reduce it to 70 in a 50 zone. Without the speed, you ...

In our area, we have officers threatened on the highway, threatening notes left on garbage bags in a uturn, homemade steel spike belts placed in uturns and threatening phone calls.


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Holy s***. Where do people come up with this sort of stuff? To go so far as to booby-trap a U-turn bay is just whacko. :shock: :shock ...

Thanks for the update, TC. 20 days it is for a "safe zone."

When did you make your first disclosure request? The Crown is under no obligation to make any disclosure until it is first requested by the defendant. If it was at the five-week mark prior to the trial date (which is the impression I got), that might not be sufficient time for the Crown to put it together and the JP may not grant a stay or quash it ...

I found this 2003 report for the BC Ministry of Transportation in regards to changes in the speed limit (mostly increases). It's an interresting read.

Definitely an interesting read...

Here's a pilot project Ontario could try: Eventually, the Trans-Canada (hwy 17 here) will be twinned across the province. Outside of the cities, between Pembroke ...

There are a couple of ways of getting it reduced or dropped. If the 407ETR can read the plates, I still think a ticket for a yellow tinted plate covering is a little overboard... but that's just my opinion. (Doesn't mean my opinion works in court.) What police service did the officer belong to? Some are more likely to show up for trial than others ...

A couple of c-notes each should make them reconsider the b.s. Also, the ones who took their kids there could get in hot water for child endangerment. So we have laws to cover what they did. We don''t need laws against free speech or peaceful assembly as that was not what the terrorist-supporter scum was doing in the first place.

Agreed. In ...

All i know is that i got a ticket for 110 dollar section 13(1) higway traffic act.And it said confused identity of the plate.


So he ticketed you for driving with an obscured plate... however... section 13 (1) of the Highway Traffic Act reads:


13. (1) No number other than that upon the number plate furnished by the Ministry shall be exposed ...

ALot of roads in texas will have posted limits of80-85 mph.


Fastest limit in Texas is 80 mph. Texas DPS (aka the Texas Rangers) and the Sheriff's Deputies don't have much of a tolerance, either. "I cot yew unner dat ovvapass dun 84 mile an awr. I'm goan hafta rat yew a tiggit."

I believe that the speed limit increase would do nothing more ...

Can you tell us what section you were ticketed under? That way we can figure out how to help.

You may also be able to talk to the Prosecutor about offering to plead guilty to some of the infractions in exchange for dropping others. For example: Could offer to plead guilty to 30 km/h over speed limit plus fail to remain in lane in exchange for dropping the insurance & registration, or maybe 40 over in exchange for dropping all others ...