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by SmokeScreen
Wed May 26, 2010 9:20 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Roll Cages & Helmets?
Replies: 3
Views: 8358

Roll Cages & Helmets?

Two stupid sounding questions. #1 It is illegal to drive a car on the street equipped with a roll cage? #2 Is it illegal to drive a car while wearing a helmet? Open face or full face, or does it matter? Both questions apply to a closed car as well as convertibles. I have looked through the HTA and c...
by SmokeScreen
Wed May 19, 2010 9:44 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Conviction or Offense Date?
Replies: 5
Views: 5653

Thank you, I did not realize it was in the header for the points table. :oops:
by SmokeScreen
Fri May 14, 2010 2:43 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Conviction or Offense Date?
Replies: 5
Views: 5653

Conviction or Offense Date?

The length of time a ticket is on your record starts from the offense date or conviction date?
Just curious, often the two are a long time between.
Thanks in advance.
by SmokeScreen
Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:51 pm
Forum: Police Cruisers and Vehicles
Topic: OPP Crown Vics Equipment
Replies: 2
Views: 3116

Thank you for the timely and accurate response.
by SmokeScreen
Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:36 am
Forum: Police Cruisers and Vehicles
Topic: OPP Crown Vics Equipment
Replies: 2
Views: 3116

OPP Crown Vics Equipment

A question for OPP officers out there. Are all OPP fully marked (black and white) Crown Vics equipped the same? Do they all have a partition or cage in the back? Are the cages plexyglass or steel wire mesh? What items are typically located on the rear parcel shelf? What sort of reduction of visibili...
by SmokeScreen
Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:57 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Replies: 3
Views: 995

I'll man up and say it took awhile for me to actually watch it all the way through. That is by far the most realistic, hard hitting and for anyone who has suffered a loss from a crash, very painful to watch..........but that is the point. It's not a joke, these things are real, everyone of those act...
by SmokeScreen
Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:08 pm
Forum: Courts and Procedure
Topic: Motion for Appeal granted, conviction overturned!!!!! I WON!
Replies: 7
Views: 4588

Nicely done! The more I read here the more I learn, I never could have imagined the various strategies that exist.
by SmokeScreen
Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:34 pm
Forum: Ontario Traffic Ticket Help Articles
Topic: What You Should Do if Pulled Over By a Police Officer
Replies: 32
Views: 19400

Thanks hwybear, I really do have respect for the job done by officers, just not alays the clearest picture of it. And I am really thankful it is not like it is in the States, being pulled over down there in some places is very stressfull for both driver and as I imagine officer too. Cops here seem m...
by SmokeScreen
Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:28 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Smell of alcohol, not from drinking
Replies: 4
Views: 1515

I realize the different types of alcohol and odors produced, but sometimes, especially during the busy Christmas RIDE season some of the screening of drivers is done by Aux members, Cadets or other volunteers. I agree an experienced officer can tell who has and has not been drinking from more than j...
by SmokeScreen
Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:27 pm
Forum: Ontario Traffic Ticket Help Articles
Topic: What You Should Do if Pulled Over By a Police Officer
Replies: 32
Views: 19400

Well my question was, if a person gets shocked with a taser or pepper sprayed because they made a sudden movement or the officer misunderstood what a person was doing or about to do, does the person who was shocked or sprayed get arrested? It's never come up in my daily life, but does the officer gi...
by SmokeScreen
Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:02 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Smell of alcohol, not from drinking
Replies: 4
Views: 1515

Smell of alcohol, not from drinking

I recently got a new car, when I use the windshield washers after I can smell the alcohol in the w/w fluid inside the car. It is because or where the air intake fir the HVAC system is in relation to the wipers but I'm wondering what kind of hassle I can expect during the Christmas RIDE season if I w...
by SmokeScreen
Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:36 am
Forum: Ontario Traffic Ticket Help Articles
Topic: What You Should Do if Pulled Over By a Police Officer
Replies: 32
Views: 19400

I tried the remain silent thing when it got to how fast I was going. Cop asked 3 times then accused me of "playing games". The exchange went downhill from there at a rather quick pace. I had the car off, 4 ways on and everything ready except driver's license which I would have had to remov...
by SmokeScreen
Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:36 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Here's a good one
Replies: 9
Views: 1467

RCMP, Other GTA police other than Toronto Metro, CSIS, DEA or FBI doing a little cross boarder shopping :shock: ? So was the Toyota chasing the Infinity?
by SmokeScreen
Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:00 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Top 10 driver pet peeves (Toronto Police survey)
Replies: 13
Views: 1381

^ Jake brakes and retarders on automatics (large trucks and buses) can activate the brake lights if the relays for such are installed and working. I have seen many though that are not working because the relay has been removed or other wiring issues. There are also various levels of activation for e...
by SmokeScreen
Mon Dec 07, 2009 6:25 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: OPP Ticketed Wrong Car
Replies: 3
Views: 1284

Tuesday, the stop occured about 1.3 km from his speedtrap spot. Right at the 1 km marker to the exit he was sitting, add another .3 to the end of the of ramp where he stopped me. The radar manual does say (apparently) that low, sloped roofline cars are more difficult targets, I have a RADAR expert t...

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