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This is part of why riding in Europe is an absolute pleasure. Especially when riding the alps, those speed limits do not mess around. I'm a seasoned rider and I found myself going well below the speed limit at times and still flying at a pretty good pace. I few times I tried to keep up to the...

Your wife sounds like a very rational person with an exceptionally wise perspective. ;) To answer your question, if we're talking 400 series highways I don't think the person in the HOV lane should have to move over since 99% of the time it wouldn't be legal to do so with the solid double line...

As much as I'd love to see it, with the way people drive and their me-first mentality here in Ontario I don't see lane splitting ever becoming legal or safe here.

Yeah first thought was that it was stolen for a joyride and then ditched.

I have two bikes insured right now and would have more if only paying $400. I'm paying $2200 combined for both bikes now (big adventure bike + blacklisted superbike) so it's a very good rate compared to most, but it's still over $2000 to ride for 6 months or less a year. If I had the option to...

This is true. I used to commute from downtown and take Don Mills from the DVP. I was going 60km/h in the HOV lane on the far right and a cab shot out in front of me from a stand still and I missed rear ending him by inches. When he heard me honk and saw how close I came to hitting him in his...

I do think that with that double solid line does a fairly good job at separating that HOV lane from the other 3. If people just treated it the way it was meant to be, I don't see how there would be an issue. If someone is going say 100 or 110 in an HOV lane that is somewhat segregated by two...

Very possible. Maybe also because of the fact that they fall under two different ticket categories it further differentiates them. Exceeding speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h — Section 128 (b) — 30 km/h or more and less than 50 km/h — 4 demerit points Exceeding speed limit by 16 to 29 km/h...

I don't see the benefit in making an HOV lane a fast lane. The point of the HOV lane is to allow vehicles to maintain a faster speed than the regular lanes when there is congestion causing them to fall below the speed limit. IMO that lane should have the strictest speed limit since you will get...

WOW what a prick. As frustrating as it might be, people seem to forget that the HOV lane is not a fast/passing lane... so if you're held up, that's your problem. The guy in the fast lane not passing is the guy that's in the wrong IMO. Either way, it wouldn't have warranted that kind of rage...

Thank you! Great to get more context. It's interesting how you mentioned that the crown knows how the officers preform on the stand. I was curious myself and thought I may have a chance based on how I recalled my interaction with the officer during the traffic stop. He was fairly young, and came...

I know it was in the states (NY), but something similar happened to this guy: Is it possible to get 2 speeding tickets from t - Q&A - Avvo One of the lawyers responses: "Yes I agree with the previous responses, it is possible. However, there is case law which states a motorist can not be...

Exactly. If this is frowned upon, maybe this can somehow work in the accused favour? I mean if I was a JP and saw this at trial, I would feel for the defendant... 1 ticket on your record is no big deal most of the time, but 2 is the tipping point where insurance will increase for sure...

Oh, and I'd recommend your wife to write down all the notes on as many details on how it went down ASAP (like now) if she hasn't already. It'll be harder to recall the events as time passes while waiting for your trial. She can then compare them to the officer's disclosure notes once (or if)...

That has to be a real prick of a cop to issue two tickets. So instead of initiating the traffic stop after clocking her speed in one zone he instead waiting for her to enter another speed zone and clock her there for a double ticket (even after her speed had reduced 12km from the first one)...

I was in awe of one guy that came to represent his wife but couldn't act on anything, he was just massively stressed and couldn't give any answers to the crown or the JP. They were extremely patient and forgiving with him. He was trying to get a 29km/h ticket dropped, when it was previously set...

Withdrawn!!! I have absolutely no idea what really happened but no cases went to trial. Here’s what happened from my perspective. Entered a packed courtroom, at least 15 officers lined the back wall including mine. They handled all the guilty pleas and the room went to over half empty. Went...

True, and thanks!

At the courthouse now waiting for my trial. Officer is in attendance. For those interested it may be surprising to know that they still offered the original reduced ticket with no points on the spot, and if I proceeded to trial I’d be charged wth the original offence (an extra $90 and the 3...

Well this is interesting. He didn’t have his window down. Based on the way he was parked I would have been approaching from his front right direction which would have had him pointing (he acknowledges pointing the hand held at me as he was monitoring left and right traffic) through the...