ALPR knows about stolen plates (if they've been reported obviously). Cops get all hot and bothered when it flags stolen plates as they assume the people in the vehicle they are on are up to no good. Expect a high-risk stop with guns pointed at you.
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The Bad Drivers of Ontario Thread
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The owner gets a letter stating his vehicle was being operated without due care and is requested to come in for an interview. The interview consists of a two hour road safety video, followed by a review of the video of the driver's car.
Throw in some travel time and it's not going to be a productive day. No points or fine but can ALPR be programmed to advise of an aggressive driver?
Extra nasty pill this AM. Have the interview where they took their driving test. Lindsay, but you live in TO?
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Hit 'em in the wallet - generate some more revenue for the municipal coffers and maybe prevent it from happening the next time.
That sounds ok until you realize that administering that penalty will cost many many hundreds.
ALPR cannot comprehend aggressive driving. It is optical character recognition on static images. Now, there is no reason that the backend database couldn't flag plates for warning letters sent but no conversation with officers. I doubt they will though. That's an expensive and almost pointless discussion. Cop pulls over driver with no observation of ticketable activity, scolds them for previous driving behaviour and lets them go?
ALPR really is a game changer. After cops get the low hanging fruit of suspended drivers, expired plates, no insurance, etc, they will start to pro-actively go after plate covers and clean up most of the drivers trying to hide from alpr. The scary (and possibly helpful) part of ALPR is it can track when and where every plate was seen. Big brother compiles a database of your movements well before you are accused of anything. Could be helpful as cops responding to hit and run have a decent chance of catching a plate on the fleeing vehicle.
Rob's right. To successfully take it to court the camera and operator would need to be certified to some degree. That would limit the numbers of available cameras. For a time consuming interview it might be different.
Unintended consequences: What if the offending driver could identify the recording driver? Retaliation?
Aggressive wannabe cops doing stupid things to catch up to the offenders, possibly getting videoed by another pseudo cop.
Nice pipe dream though.
Re the aggressive driving, The ALPR would only advise the officer that plate ABC has had warnings. Plate DEF is lily white. If the officer was going to tail someone ABC is a better target.
I could kind of almost but not really, see having a plate cover on the front. That's where the thrown rocks might land and damage the plate, so it can't be seen as required. No excuse for one on the back. Those with one only on the back should be fined double.
Maybe people should write their councilors and discuss getting one since it's such a low risk, high reward thing to do.
Maybe people should write their councilors and discuss getting one since it's such a low risk, high reward thing to do.
With the horrible quality of Ontario license plates, sometimes the cover is the only thing keeping it readable.
If you are going to "race" an audi and a fiat, maybe don't do it with a cop behind you running a dashcam. Cops conveniently left out the "race" from their released footage.
In an unrelated event, this video also has a kid that loses dad's bmw for 100 over in a 60.
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In an unrelated event, this video also has a kid that loses dad's bmw for 100 over in a 60.
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Fact.
Dealer cover (from Lexus) on my wife’s 2008 is250 we just sold. She owned it from 2012 and put 180km on it.
Soon as I separated the cover from the plate it turned to dust and started flaking to pieces.
Obviously truck drivers fault but I give zero stars to the stopped vehicles too. They should be in code red until they have something heavy stopped behind them. The car that got absolutely crushed had two exit paths available to them and didn't try and attempt either.
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This one's funny. When you get mad that you got ticketed for speeding, destroy some signs in front of the cop. That always makes things better.
barrie360.com
A 31-year-old Innisfil man took out his anger on a speed sign after South Simcoe Police stopped his vehicle on the 7th Line because it was clocked at 104 km/h in a posted 50 km/h zone.
Police say the driver got out of his vehicle, walked to the speed sign, removed it from the ground and threw it into the ditch.
He was charged with speeding, stunt driving, and mischief.
Man charged after sign rage incident in Innisfil | Barrie 360
Man charged after sign rage incident in Innisfil
barrie360.com
A 31-year-old Innisfil man took out his anger on a speed sign after South Simcoe Police stopped his vehicle on the 7th Line because it was clocked at 104 km/h in a posted 50 km/h zone.
Police say the driver got out of his vehicle, walked to the speed sign, removed it from the ground and threw it into the ditch.
He was charged with speeding, stunt driving, and mischief.
I want to see video of someone being that stupid. It would be like an episode of Judge Judy.This one's funny. When you get mad that you got ticketed for speeding, destroy some signs in front of the cop. That always makes things better.
Man charged after sign rage incident in Innisfil | Barrie 360
Man charged after sign rage incident in Innisfil
A 31-year-old Innisfil man took out his anger on a speed sign after South Simcoe Police stopped his vehicle on the 7th Line because it was clocked at 104 km/h in a posted 50 km/h zone.
Police say the driver got out of his vehicle, walked to the speed sign, removed it from the ground and threw it into the ditch.
He was charged with speeding, stunt driving, and mischief.
Had one of those plates that flaked off.
Took it in for a replacement as per my responsibility and the new one has been much better. I expect people have them to avoid recognition and fines rather than to keep their plates intact.
I have emotional attachment to my current plates. If I could get new ones with the same number for normal replacement price, I would. I'm not paying $300 to get new plates with the same number.
I had emotional attachment to 143 EOA One for free, eat out always, until the car was stolen. Then I had 983 WFE for a while which I was less attached to. Now I can't even remember the numbers, and BAGGSY was considered obscene by the MTO.
The paint has flaked off my rear plate but it is still completely legible, due to the a fore-mentioned plain plate protector.
Daddy’s gonna be pi$$ed…
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