Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Are you quoting some source here, or composing an example? I'm composing an example.

can you elaborate on what you mean by the last comment about attacking the foundation of the charge? When you walk into court you have a presumption of innocence which should mean there is reasonable doubt about the evidence presented against you. In order to ...

Was the sign in both English and French?

I think they're out by the crop circle.

I just drove by that spot today. At 60km/h it takes about 2.5 seconds to reach Logan from the sign (about 42 metres). At 105 km/h it would be about 1.4 seconds which is the amount of time he has to aim and take a reading. Acquisition time is usually around 0.38 seconds for lidar plus he's also got to pull the trigger. Way too tight. Plus the angles ...

And a quick post script: for all those who think some cops are bad, well some bads aren't cops:

Man arrested for pulling people over in fake police van

Well I invited myself to this forum and I'm extremely appreciative of the opportunity to learn and debate these topics with some very knowledgeable people. We discuss the arguments, not the typist. And we are all the better for it. I should know, Bear baked me a humble pie.

My bad, I was off by one street. I was thinking street past the baseball diamond (Logan) but wrote Bouchette. Should use the satellite photo next time.

So are you saying he was sitting in his cruiser and then started a pursuit to stop you? That's new.

Sweet. Nice graphic work. Did Bear get leather interior?

P_Joe, I would pursue the fatal flaw on the ticket argument. You can even highlight it in your disclosure request under a section called "Explanation and Clarification of the Charge": Please indicate how the "Total Payable" on my Notice of Offence is calculated, including a breakdown for the set fine, costs and victim fine surcharge. Also please ...

Bear, agreed that there is a lot of case law that is BS. The biggest one is R. v. Daviault . In Toronto, the cops and prosecutors have known about the bilingual requirement for four years but they still continue to lay charges. And unless you know about Myers, you will be found guilty despite being completely innocent.

Traffic court is a game and ...

It is soooo tempting to make a crop circle joke...

The cop can stand wherever he wants. If he's on private property, the owner can ask him to leave. It does not affect your ticket.

The court will only consider whether you committed the offence. The trial is about you, not the cop.

Your notice of trial will have the charge listed as speeding (and only speeding!) The court has to determine whether you were speeding. They then calculate your fine. If you were speeding in a community safety zone, then the fine is double.

If the cs zone doesn't exist (because the sign wasn't bilingual) then your speeding fine is just the regular ...

But double jeopardy prevents an impaired driving charge being combined with an over 80 for the same incident.

That does not make sense. The charges of impaired driving and driving over 80mgs is laid all the time for the same incident. 2 different offences.
One being incapacitated motor skills and the other is level of alcohol over the legal ...

no police force in Ontario uses X-band any more. So what's the flippin' problem? Nobody manufactures x-band anymore but I've seen estimates from 0 to 20% that they are still used somewhere in North America in smaller forces that don't have the budgets to replace everything.

I knew of an old timer in the OPP who still used pacing to catch speeders ...