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I can just tell by the way the way FedUpTrucker is talking that this guy is one of these cowboy truckers that put other people in danger on the road to save half an hour of time. "It makes no difference the size of the vehicle that moves down the road," It most certainly does, do you think a transport truck can stop even close to the stopping ...

I think its pretty known that people "routinely" break the law of 100km/hr maximum speed. Don't you remember the high profile case of two drivers doing 100km/hr on the 401 driving side by side in the left and middle lane to protest a ticket he received earlier that month for travelling 115 in 100km/hr zone. They were both charged under this section ...

Here's a very interesting link showing how each state in the United States deals with the issue of enforcing this law.

http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html

The bottom paragraph is very interesting when it talks about transport trucks doing 60mph in a 55mph zone when traffic flow is travelling @ 65 mph and police will actually ticket the transport ...

Hence the problem with the section Simon.

You must agree that it is quite dangerous for a driver to drive in the far left lane @ 100km/hr.

Passing in lane 2 and/or lane 3 causes many accidents on our roads.

This article I referred to though suggests that it's officers fault for not properly enforcing this violation when in fact there is no ...

http://www.wheels.ca/Columnists/article/801674

Here's an interesting article regarding an angry columnist who is tired of left-lane hogs who travel in the left lane and will not move over for a vehicle behind them wanting to travel faster.

The writer just blames enforcement and the police for not taking the initiative and the time to ticket these ...

Exactly, no one knows about this cobalt ss 2009+.

Someone in a BMW, G35 or AUDI rolls up on this cobalt and laughs when they rev the engine but then gets spanked and assumes the car has 20k+ of mods when it is actually bone stock and just simply out performs a lot of very expensive cars mid-range sports cars.

You have to look at the overall cost ...

You are very unaware my friend.

Although this article doesn't give the details, I guarantee you this was a Cobalt SS 2009 or newer, it is probably the best sleeper car under 30k you could buy (discontinued, replaced by the Chev. Cruze)

Go do a google search on the powertrain of the 2010 cobalt ss turbo, and the lap times recorded on the ...

This ticket is not worth fighting at all. The police officer more than likely did clock you at 140+, easily too, if you did approach him at a high rate of speed during low volume of traffic it would be hard to not have noticed your vehicle in his rear view mirror and his radar display in the front dash reading 140+.

He did you a great favour ...

If someone was dialling on their phone, on the keypad, but got pulled over before the call could be completed then there would be no way for the accused to prove he/she was dialing and not texting because no record would show on the phone bill of a call being connected.

Bear you make a good point, I think if police use common sense it shouldn't be ...

Actually the law reads that the device could potentially be sitting "securely" in a cupholder. Because the device would not move during motion of the vehicle, whereas if it were sitting on a persons lap or on the passenger seat it would be movable during motion.

This law is so dumb. There's so much room for error.

Exemption for pressing buttons
14. (1) A person may drive a motor vehicle on a highway while pressing a button on a hand-held wireless communication device to make, answer or end a cell phone call or to transmit or receive voice communication on a two-way radio if the device is placed securely in or mounted to the motor vehicle so that it does not ...

The problem is exactly what Squishy said, the HTA law says if the cell phone is "mounted" to the vehicle in some form (you can buy one of the AC/Heat ventilation mounts from Walmart for 20 bucks) you can press as many buttons on it as you wish, same goes for the GPS mounted units..
Not quite....there is a Excemption to use the "buttons" and is ...

This law is severely flawed albeit a step in the right direction.
Don't get me wrong I despise people who text and drive. Being a motorcyclist, distracted drivers are the greatest threat to my life while riding.

The problem is exactly what Squishy said, the HTA law says if the cell phone is "mounted" to the vehicle in some form (you can buy one of ...

Our Country is so dependant on transport trucks that limiting their usage along the main transportation sector of our province (400 series highways) will never happen.

Look up the statistics on transportation of goods in Canada.

The food you ate last night, the shirt you're wearing, the chair you're sitting on, the keyboard you're typing with all ...

The officer had a blackberry smart-phone so I can only assume he had access to 3 or 4 G coverage to do a quick search.

I understand about the visual inspection and that makes sense to me and I didn't think of it at the time, although the officer knew my helmet was brand new. I still can't understand who in their right mind would ever put a fake ...

This is just a caution to all motorcyclists: I recently found out this month that Regional police forces have been explicity told to target motorcyclists for safety requirements, speeding, and other legalities. They have been attending special meetings regarding "cracking down" of motorcycles on Ontario roads. This is directly from the mouth of a ...

I would assume that he was going into the coffee shop as well. And if he was, that means the handicapped mother would have to return to the vehicle before they left.

I drive my grandma around all the time and will do my best to drop her off at the door of wherever she is going regardless of how close a parking spot is, especially in winter.

I ...

You probably won't remember if you did or did not complete this action but it could easily be deteremined by an accident investigator...

A VERY bad habit of some drivers is cranking the wheel before they are going to make a turn. This means that if you are waiting in an intersection at a light to complete your turn and there is oncoming traffic so ...

This is a very common action among taxi drivers given my observations. In fact it is one action of many that I see taxi drivers violate on a daily basis. The most annoying is stopping and waiting for pick up on busy, clearly marked with signs, "no stopping" areas. I can understand if you have a fare to pick up that you obviously have to make a ...

Simon,

Is there no charge though about proceeding through an intersection (past the white solid line) before the car ahead of you has completed their turn?

In driver training they make this safety fact very well known.

It happens ALL the time but I definitely know it's a bad idea and leaves you in a vulnerable position.

For example you ...

You would be notified by phone or in person if you were going to be charged.

Very unlikely though..

Next time: Just let them be.

Your friend should have been smart enough to just slow down and not have let it turn into road rage though because by the sounds of this you guys are use to this...

I agree with Simon. I think he's interpreted that section correctly.

But clearly that is not going to stop an officer from trying to ticket you anyways, as OPS copper clearly shows, he has his opinion and he will stick to it and ticket you anyway, regardless of what the section should actually be interpreted as.

So unfortunately there is no ...

To be completely honest.

If I was the officer I would not of ticketed you if the light did not have a flashing counter.

I would of probably stopped you and made sure you weren't intoxicated and so long as it was an honest mistake then just tell you to be more aware and drive more according to the weather conditions.

BUT..

As you say there WAS a ...

I don't have any experience in the court but I have read a lot of threads on here pertaining to fighting speeding in court and it can be done successfully.

In your disclosure request did you ask for the manual of the radar/lidar?

It sounds like he tested the device properly in his notes.

You have a point that you can try and make saying that he ...

I do not believe what the officer did was wrong. =/

Most officers WILL round down the speed because there is always that +/- range of potential error in the speed measuring device. Usually not anything more than +/-3km/hr error.

So the officer rounded down to 140 even though his radar probably did read 142. There really isn't anything wrong with ...

The Durham Regional police DO have jurisdiction on the 401.

The same as an OPP officer has jurisdiction to pull you over in city limits.

I believe you can still be offered a reduction but not until JUST before trial on the scheduled date.

The crown will meet with all of the charged people for the day and make offers to plea guilty to lesser ...

Can you judge how many car lengths away from the thick white solid line you were when the light turned yellow?

The driver that rear-ended you should most definitely have got charged.
In his mind he knew the light was going to change ASSUMED you were going to run the yellow so he sped up so he could run it too and then failed miserably.

The other ...

Yea if what the OP says is the true story than this charge is easily beatable.
The only thing that makes me weary of the truth of this story is the evaluator suggesting that it was your mistake meaning I get the opinion that you slammed on the brakes like 1 or 2 car lengths from the white line... which in that case was a very bad idea...

So long as everything you are saying is the truth you were definitely wrongfully charged.

The only way you should have been charged is if you were like 1 to 3 car lengths from the white solid line when that light first changed to yellow.

If you were 4 or more car lengths away from the white solid line and then you braked and only went slightly ...

Sad...

Littering is littering..

This is why there are millions of butts. The law is barely enforced and when it is the law is then not punished enough because the charges are dropped and most people continue to do what they want.

I am glad you did learn something! That means the officer did do his job, and you are right he could of given you a ...