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Wasn't sure where to put this, so figured here was my best bet. I have a question regarding the rules behind the no truck signs you see on side streets, and can't seem to find any information on it. The hta doesn't say anything that i could see.

Basically, it was my understanding that those no truck signs reffered to heavy commercial trucks, such ...

I'm not fully understanding what the argument against ride checks is. They are there to make the roads safer.... I have a right to drive in public roadways and not be wrecked by an intoxicated driver. The program was started, I'm assuming, because of public outcry to do something about impaired drivers and a high accident/fatality rate from it (as ...

Do you routinely drive intoxicated or something? What's the point of being a dick?

Police are not "obligated" to give you the breathalyzer if you admit to consuming. Like everything else, that is discretionary.

Just like how police don't have ticket quotas but are expected to write a certain number of tickets per shift to show they're working, right?

So when you were a police officer, if a driver admitted to you that they ...

mnstrcck is right. I did that with a red light ticket I received September 2010. My trial was set for July 2011. They didn't give me disclosure until 2 days before the court date so my paralegal had the trial moved on their onus (they didn't provide us enough time review the evidence, or something like that). Trial was moved to January 2012. OTT ...

The only thing that shows up on your driving record are convictions. As to whether it'll be flagged under your name in the popo computer I don't know. I'd personally proceed with that assumption. And FYI, if you admit to having even a sip of alcohol, the police are obligated to breathalyze you.

If you go to court you could possibly get it dropped to the lesser charge, which would be no points and a smaller fine.

If you're dumb enough to get in the slow lane 2 km before the exit, that's your problem. .
I would rather see the move/merge over 2km before and see them "fidgetting waiting" than the 200m and less lane cutters from left to right across 3 lanes and just going across the "bullnose" area of the ramp!

Good point actually. Last November I almost ...

I hear that. When you're in the slow lane, your obeying the law by doing the speed limit. When people start tail gating me at that point, I start slowing down slowly (safely, I should add). Doesn't do them any favours, so they go around. Problem solved. I've covered my ass (literally and figuratively).

I should add - this is especially common on ...

Yeah if I were you I'd definitely show up to court. It would be easier to explain to your boss that you have to take a day off, than to explain to your boss why you missed 6 weeks of work.....

Firstly, if your son got a ticket for 15 over, why did you post in the 30-49 over forum? Secondly, it sounds like the cop took several different readings of the speed. And judging from those readings, he probably gave your kid a break and lowered it so he wouldn't lose points (you might want to ask your kid to clarify). If that's the case then you ...

What are the penalties for driving without a license and/or insurance?

And hey, during the part of your first video where you're on the highway in J.burg, are those two, close together overhead structures with bright purplish light the speed cameras? Not exactly hard to spot,lol. Kind of like a speed bump for people going triple digit speeds.

Is traffic enforcement non existent out there? lol

What does speed have to do with the ticket itself? Careless Driving doesn't have to do with speed specifically, although in many cases speed is a factor in the event that causes a CD ticket to be issued.

You might be able to get it pled down to a lesser charge, or you might not, nobody can say for certain. Your best bet would be to contact a ...

Both those statements would be consistent with her driving behind the big rig... he/she/they doesn't matter, isn't really the point of the post. But point taken

Unrelated to your ticket, but this is a huge pet peeve of mine. Keep to the right lane unless you need to pass someone. You should never be passed by vehicles in the "slow lane" (illegal for you) and conversely, you shouldn't pass vehicles to your left (legal, but not a good driving practice).

Well, he said he got stuck behind a transport truck ...

Yeah sounds like moving radar. My dad drives for the TTC, and along certain routes he routinely see the TPS doing rolling radar. I doubt you would of gotten a ticket if he didn't use radar (I was doing 95 in a 60 one time, the cop (who was stopped it a perpendicular street) pulled me over because he "witnessed my vehicle travelling faster than the ...

Law is law, the officer is there to enforce it, not debate it. I'd hazard a guess that the police record warning like this in an effort to track fraudsters. If someone has a collection of old insurance slips, licences or whatever lying around it would raise a red flag.

I've known several people in the past who will insure their car, put plates on ...

What were you actually charged with?

Tickets remain on the MTO database for LIFE, to which the police and Prosecutors have the ability to use for trial purposes
Demerit points stay on record for 2 yrs from date of conviction

Sorry G35Dalf, I sort of confused my thoughts when I posted originally. The three year abstract is the most common way of discerning your driving records for ...

hmm...thats odd the cop didn't give him a suspension notice...

seems a little harsh, since when did breathalizers not give you the actual amount...it just gave him an A figure....no actual reading...

this seems like a dictatorship, you can't even contest the charge...how ridiculous

Well, there technically is no "charge", it's a warning.

The ...

This from here http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/impaired/fact-sheet.shtml

It's a warning, so why would you get a ticket?

Fact Sheet: NEW Roadside Licence Suspensions

We're serious about removing dangerous drivers from our roads. Those who choose to drive after drinking endanger themselves and everyone else.

Roadside licence suspensions ...

Tickets come off of your abstract at three years. There are different types of abstracts, however. The three year abstract is the regular one, and if you apply for a job somewhere, it's going to be the one they request. Demerit Points come off of your abstract at 2 years. I think the next one is a 5 year abstract which has some more detailed info ...

I would not blame new citizens of Canada. I simply blame "bad drivers".
Overall, there are multiple factors that attribute to this problem in poor weather:
- speed
- road surface
- vehicle equipment (tires, wipers, clean windows, washer fluid, lights, brakes etc.)
- driving experience in these conditions
- eye lead
- not over-driving what you can ...

I think someone on here just made a post in the last couple weeks about how he got a ticket for having blue head lights.

The point that has been presented is simply this - governing the speed of everyone on the road will not reduce the number of accidents on the road, quite the contrary, as higher speed limits in other countries prove that faster speeds equal less accidents.
however, from the posts I have read, those other countries have way higher standards in ...

How have we gotten off track? You've asserted that governor's are a good idea, a couple of us have disagreed with and presented arguments to support our belief's, and now suddenly we're off track?

The point that has been presented is simply this - governing the speed of everyone on the road will not reduce the number of accidents on the road ...

If the O.P./owner acquire Ontario permits and present them to the court, could they have the charge dropped (in this situation, or a similar one such as experied Ontario plates)? This was brought up in another thread recently, and as I've heard arguments going bothways, I'd be curious to hear your opinions.

The two 8 digit numbers would be the ticket numbers for the respective tickets. No sure what the "&amp" means, typo maybe? Never seen a typed MVC report before.

I've wondered about this as well, so I looked it up:

Ampersands (&'s) in URLs

Another common error occurs when including a URL which contains an ampersand ("&"):

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Your last statement about the bad habits from other countries is so true, as I have seen their maneuvering in traffic and have often thought just where did they get there license??

Whether it's a tractor-trailer or a taxi they seem to think it's OK to continue with their bad habits - until they end up driving in weather they're not familiar with ...