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by z24guy
Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:05 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: G2 Licensed Driver with 0.01 blood alcohol level
Replies: 14
Views: 13892

Re: G2 Licensed Driver with 0.01 blood alcohol level

I agree with Paul1913, see if there is another charge you can plead to. Even if the fine is higher, it's much better than dealing with the issues that go along with G2 >0. OPS Copper -- "The calibrator is the mouth of the officer doing the calibration there is no certificate of conformity." That's not a calibration, that's a zero check, and a poor one at that, considering the variables associated with different peoples breath, should be using a compressed "standard" gas. A proper calibration requires that the unit be compared to an instrument 5 - 10 times more accurate by a...
by z24guy
Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:53 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: G2 Licensed Driver with 0.01 blood alcohol level
Replies: 14
Views: 13892

Re: G2 Licensed Driver with 0.01 blood alcohol level

Not sure, he's a university student, so he's still on my folks insurance, but my parents were basically told that they needed to take him off the insurance, or they wouldn't be covered until the conviction came off the record. I agree with Stanton, grab a paralegal, and go after the reliability of the device. Also grab the calibration and maintenance records for the calibrator, the certificate of conformance for both the breathalyzer and the calibrator, any and all regulatory conformance documents, etc. See if there are any published papers that demonstrate the breathalyzer being fooled by mou...
by z24guy
Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:58 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: G2 Licensed Driver with 0.01 blood alcohol level
Replies: 14
Views: 13892

Re: G2 Licensed Driver with 0.01 blood alcohol level

Fight this one tooth and nail. My brother got handed the same ticket with the same breathalyzer result. He paid it off, and was surprised when he got hit with the 30-day suspension, and even more surprised when the insurance company told him they considered it to be on par with a DUI. He just got back onto insurance after 3 years. There is a lot more to this ticket than the fine. Personally, coming from a measurement background, I think that a 0.01 reading is too susceptible to false readings, but that doesn't seem to stop these tickets from getting handed out at that level. It would be one th...
by z24guy
Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:14 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: Charge Withdrawn - Success story
Replies: 46
Views: 24452

Re: Charge Withdrawn - Success story

Great discussion. Personally, I'm with watcher. Calibration procedures have been developed over decades, and if they weren't important, they wouldn't be used to the extent that they are. This is one of the reasons that I believe that the Radar and Lidar devices should be covered under the Weights and Measures Act. The act sets definitive calibration periods and standards, which would make this a black and white issue with no grey areas. As one of the guys mentioned, it is used by gas stations and grocery stores. Surely, if they can implement this, the police and the courts can too. As for cost...
by z24guy
Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:33 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: Charge Withdrawn - Success story
Replies: 46
Views: 24452

Re: Charge Withdrawn - Success story

Hi Guys, Wow, bit of a discussion since I was here last. Let me see if I can help out on some points. FCC/IC Certification: I work in the Industrial sector, and have been told quite bluntly by IC that FCC acceptance does not automatically mean IC acceptance. The unit must either obtain a TAC, or be proven to fall into an acceptance category. IC has a tool that allows you to search by company and product for TACs. I ran Decateur, and as many of their distributors through it, and none of them had obtained this, or at least none that I could find. The manual I had showed the FCC certification, bu...
by z24guy
Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:56 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: Charge Withdrawn - Success story
Replies: 46
Views: 24452

Charge Withdrawn - Success story

So I've been looking around here for a bit, and thanks to all the info on this site I managed to have two tickets dismissed this morning, so I figured I would post up the story in case it can help others. First off, thanks to everyone here, and a BIG thank you to ticketcombat.com, seriously, that guy needs to put a paypal donation box on his site. So, my story (I'll keep it short): I was driving in Caledon, ON, along one of the town lines, and I had a car in front of me that was at least 10 under the limit, so after making sure I had room, I went around him. Unfortunately for me, there was a s...

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