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by racer
Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:24 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: Nervous and in need of help
Replies: 18
Views: 6443

Re: Nervous and in need of help

You paralegal is probably right, as in your case there is not only fact that you were speeding 49 over but also your having a G1 license, which will complicate things over for you. Good luck fighting it.
by racer
Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:43 pm
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Cop Vs. Camera
Replies: 4
Views: 2760

Re: Cop Vs. Camera

ticketcombat wrote:Courts allow up to 18 months from offence to trial so your chances are slim.
What about our right to a speedy trial? 8 months or so?
by racer
Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:08 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: Nervous and in need of help
Replies: 18
Views: 6443

Re: Nervous and in need of help

Impossible is nothing, although many things are quite improbable. Do you know anyone who had a similar charge that they did not fight?
by racer
Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:27 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Requesting disclosure in toronto
Replies: 17
Views: 15277

Re: Requesting disclosure in toronto

synergy wrote:Man, my typing sucks (on that last post). This is what you get Boys when I don't have my coffee first thing in the morning!
Once you do get your coffee inside your stomach feel free to fix up the spelling :D
by racer
Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:36 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: Nervous and in need of help
Replies: 18
Views: 6443

Re: Nervous and in need of help

Bah, we have a beautiful "Demerit Points System" section complete with OHTA subsections right on the very bootom of our site, to the left of Breathalyzer Test.



Whats a "BOOTOM"?? Is that a new computer term for that Iphone thing I keep hearing about??

That is a mipsrint :P :D

Then if Nervous was indeed speeding 49 over, then his fine with ...
by racer
Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:06 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: Nervous and in need of help
Replies: 18
Views: 6443

Re: Nervous and in need of help

ticketcombat wrote:I like the OCJ layout because it is easy to read the speeding fines.
Fines are not our business. Fighting them is.
The surcharge starts at $10
Then, according to the fine system we have posted and hwybear's input, the fine is $280 in per-kilometre, plus $15 = $295 as per hwybear. What would be the case of a $10 surcharge?
by racer
Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:55 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: What are your Driving Pet Peeves?
Replies: 23
Views: 7315

Re: What are your Driving Pet Peeves?

synergy, I feel the same way, but I get especially angry when the other guy cannot even hear me yelling :evil: .
by racer
Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:39 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: What are your Driving Pet Peeves?
Replies: 23
Views: 7315

Re: What are your Driving Pet Peeves?

Here's one other pet peeve of mine

People blasting music with base so loud that MY windshield vibrates to the beat... Cannot hear anyhting else, and most time those people have no taste in music, leaving others to suffer to their cacophony.
by racer
Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:06 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: Nervous and in need of help
Replies: 18
Views: 6443

Re: Nervous and in need of help

For reference, you can look up how many demerit points here , the amount of the fine for speeding under the Ontario Court of Justice and the victim surcharge under Regulation 161/00 of the POA.

Bah, we have a beautiful "Demerit Points System" section complete with OHTA subsections right on the very bottom of our site, to the left of Breathalyzer ...
by racer
Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:00 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Follow too close AND the guy in front
Replies: 1
Views: 2159

Re: Follow too close AND the guy in front

shouldn't the guy in front of me also be charged for being in the left lane

Never think that way. The ticket is yours only. OHTA does not provide for someone travelling in the leftmost lane, nor does it prohibit doing so. Neither does it prohibit overtaking someone on the right lane. If you approached that guy that close it means you were ...
by racer
Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:37 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: What are your Driving Pet Peeves?
Replies: 23
Views: 7315

Re: What are your Driving Pet Peeves?

I cannot stand people who make a stop on the right lane (especially/mostly in downtown Toronto, where there are a lot of busy 2-lane streets), and get off the car to go somewhere, or just park there and wait to pick someone up or something, and in turn congest the whole street, as if it's his own driveway.

There must be some sort of regulations ...
by racer
Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:31 am
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: Nervous and in need of help
Replies: 18
Views: 6443

Re: Nervous and in need of help

The fine will be (approx) 40 km/h * 7 $/(km/h) = $280 + court fees (yes, they are included), so you are looking at about $350

Your G licensed driver should be OK - after all, YOU were the one speeding, he did not press the gas pedal.

As for legal representation, you probably should get a paralegal. A paralegal will be able to reduce that speeding ...
by racer
Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:20 pm
Forum: Improper driving when road is divided into lanes
Topic: Fail to drive in marked lane - incorrect location on ticket
Replies: 3
Views: 4554

Re: Fail to drive in marked lane - incorrect location on ticket

omee wrote:So I guess I should probably just plea bargain and ask for the points to be dropped.

Can I wait until the actual trial to plea bargain? Im hoping the officer will not attend but if he does can I still plea bargain?
Yup.
by racer
Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:12 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Right/Left Turn Help
Replies: 7
Views: 2845

Re: Right/Left Turn Help

Well, just to make it nice and easy for you, your speed should be <20 km/h for a right turn and <30 km/h for the left one. Practice with your family member who had had a "G" license for 4+ years, just doing turns. And to make a full right turn you need to (usually, depending on a car model) turn your steering wheel about 3/4 of a turn to the right ...
by racer
Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:02 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Our New Logo
Replies: 4
Views: 1812

Re: Our New Logo

BelSlySTi wrote:Looks great!

Take away the cars and insert a toll booth :lol:
This ain't no toll highway in NY...... :lol:
by racer
Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:05 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Our New Logo
Replies: 4
Views: 1812

Our New Logo

Discuss and rate our new logo here!
by racer
Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:31 am
Forum: Driver of a bus failing to stop at an unprotected railway crossing
Topic: Why the charge is 5 points
Replies: 6
Views: 8103

Re: Why the charge is 5 points

hwybear wrote: I can see the city bus being exempt with that definition, but how does school bus fall into this as per definition of a school bus?
Since a school bus is a special-purpose public vehicle, it may have special rules for operation.
by racer
Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:04 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Should Canada allow electric cars on the roads?
Replies: 6
Views: 2833

Re: Should Canada allow electric cars on the roads?

Can these batteries really run stuff like that and still last all day?

Yeah, they can, if you have enough of them. Hybrid technology used today can easily be re-used in the full-electric or electric/gas hybrid, and save you battery life. And cooling your car takes far more energy (gasoline car's fuel consumption usually goes up 30% with AC on ...
by racer
Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:22 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: motorcycle handlebar laws
Replies: 15
Views: 24498

Re: motorcycle handlebar laws

Hello caseydeane and welcome to the forum!

The best thing I can suggest is asking the nearest cop about the issue, and asking him or her to provide you with the OHTA subsection, or other provision that indicates their answer. Just for reference, 15 inches = 381 mm, so just the fact that they told you 2 contravening heights is grounds for not ...
by racer
Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:24 pm
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Ottawa city bylaw 2003-530 section 86
Replies: 5
Views: 6086

Re: Ottawa city bylaw 2003-530 section 86

hello kkostadinof.

It is good to hear that all had worked out as nicely as expected. Please come back and join different discussions on the forum.
by racer
Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:42 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Should Canada allow electric cars on the roads?
Replies: 6
Views: 2833

before Ford Model T......

It should be noted, that despite all talk about battery technology being unchanged in the past X years, prior to Ford Model T, approximately half of all vehicles in use in the world were electric. Darlington Nuclear Power Plant is slated to open 2 more reactors by 2018. By 2018 the oil will be around 500$ a barrel. But we can easily build more ...
by racer
Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:54 pm
Forum: Driver of a bus failing to stop at an unprotected railway crossing
Topic: Why the charge is 5 points
Replies: 6
Views: 8103

Re: Why the charge is 5 points


"public vehicle" means a motor vehicle operated on a highway by, for or on behalf of any person for the transportation for compensation of passengers, or passengers and express freight that might be carried in a passenger vehicle, but does not include the cars of electric or steam railways running only upon rails, taxicabs, car pool vehicles, nor ...
by racer
Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:57 pm
Forum: Driver of a bus failing to stop at an unprotected railway crossing
Topic: Why the charge is 5 points
Replies: 6
Views: 8103

Why the charge is 5 points

Driving through a railway crossing without stopping and looking both ways to ensure no train is coming is considered to endanger the life of the passengers. This is why it is such a serious offense. However, a two-strike policy is in effect, as a bus driver is legally not allowed to drive a bus in employ of a public office when he or she has 6 or ...
by racer
Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:28 pm
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Turning Right on a Red light 144.18
Replies: 20
Views: 12855

Re: Turning Right on a Red light 144.18

hwybear wrote:
Bookm wrote: I'm not sure if disobeying it would be an HTA offence or it it's just a city by-law. Most cars ignore it and turn.
HTA charge with 2 demerit points = Disobey sign
And what would be the OHTA subsection for that?
by racer
Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:22 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Eventual law could affect all kinds of gadgets
Replies: 9
Views: 3835

Re: Eventual law could affect all kinds of gadgets

Oh and what about the police cars?, are they not full of electronic "gadgets" like radars,gps, cell phones and computers..go figure. A police chase is on and the officer is trying to input the licence plate of the vehicle ahead, how safe is that.??

Well, the policemen usually (I hope) radio (although this is using an electronic device) to base ...
by racer
Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:42 am
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Turning Right on a Red light 144.18
Replies: 20
Views: 12855

Re: Turning Right on a Red light 144.18

Here is another section that you were in violation of:
HTA 144 (14) Green Arrow - Every driver approaching a traffic control signal showing one or more green arrow indications only OR in combination with a circular red or circular amber indication and facing the indication may proceed ONLY to follow the direction shown by the arrow.

In this case ...
by racer
Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:36 am
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Ottawa city bylaw 2003-530 section 86
Replies: 5
Views: 6086

Re: Ottawa city bylaw 2003-530 section 86

Hello racer,
So , you are saying I come out pretty much clean out of this ?
:D (less 35$ of course - that was the ticket amount)

Yup.

If you are not sure however about any other repercussions, it is a good idea to talk to JP - they might not reduce your fine, but they will know for sure whether or not the insurance company will get that ...
by racer
Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:30 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Know any funny Traffic related Jokes? Post them here!
Replies: 12
Views: 8227

Re: Know any funny Traffic related Jokes? Post them here!

A cop pulls over an elderly woman for speeding. Looking at the license, he realized that that was his former teacher. As the cop was writing out the ticket, he told her "and now, Mrs. Edna Krabappel, pull out the pen and paper and write "I will not disobey traffic rules" 100 times"!
by racer
Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:00 am
Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
Topic: Turning Right on a Red light 144.18
Replies: 20
Views: 12855

Re: Turning Right on a Red light 144.18

Ok, so here is a no-fault sequence of events (I assume 2 vehicles in front of you)

1-st vehicle comes to a complete stop before the crosswalk line (I assume there is one there), then turns right.
All other vehicles advance, 2-nd vehicle stops, then turns right.
Your vehicle advances to the intersection, STOPS COMPLETELY, then turns right.
And so ...