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06/26/09
Fast and Furious
Link: http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/30/fast-and-furious/
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Mixx“At 49 km/h over the speed limit, you’re a member of society and you’re welcome to live amongst us,” says Gary Parker, a paralegal who has represented dozens of drivers netted by the new law. “At 50 over, you’re now a monster worthy of jail. It makes absolutely no sense at all.”
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03/03/09
'I'm sorry', says driver clocked at 250 km/h
Link: http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/03/04/8619101-sun.html
O.P.P. Sgt. Dave Woodford stands by an impounded Infiniti after it was clocked doing 250 km/h in Toronto, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. (Sun Media/Dave Thomas)
A 26-year-old Toronto man is believed to be the most extreme leadfoot ever nabbed by the OPP after he was allegedly clocked at 250 km/h -- two-and-a-half times the legal speed limit -- on a highway heading into the city early yesterday.
At that speed, he could have easily cruised from Toronto to London in under 45 minutes.
"It's unbelievable," Sgt. Dave Woodford said yesterday.
The speed is also well in excess of another highmiler two months ago that at the time was thought to be a new record for Toronto Police.
01/06/09
10:04:21 am, by Gary Parker, 835 words
Categories: In The News, Provinces, Ontario, Highway Traffic Act
IF YOU HAVE A "STUNT DRIVING" TICKET
IF YOU HAVE A "STUNT DRIVING" TICKET
- This is a Summons ordering you to attend court on a specific date.
- If you do not appear a warrant can be issued for your arrest or a trial date will be set in your absence.
- If you are found guilty there is a minimum fine of $2,000 up to $10,000
- You may be liable to 6 months in jail with or without the above fine
- The Justice may impose a Drivers License suspension: 1st Conviction up to 2 years. 2nd Conviction not more than 10 years - in addition to the 7 day roadside suspension and vehicle impoundment you may already have experienced!
- The Ministry of Transportation will impose 6 Demerit Points !
Actions that are considered to be Stunt Driving in Ontario
Driving at a rate of speed that is higher than 50km/hr is the most common reason, by far.
10/06/08
Time's up on `street racing' law
Link: http://www.wheels.ca/articlecategory/article/395019
Jim Kenzie
Special to the Star
Oct 04, 2008
Anniversaries are often a time for taking stock. They are usually happy occasions. Candles are lit. Cakes are baked. Presents are handed out.
On such occasions, one can be forgiven for perhaps taking too rosy a view of the past.
Perhaps that's what's behind the shiny, happy faces of those celebrating the first anniversary of Section 172 of the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, which gives the police the power to seize vehicles going 50 km/h over the speed limit. This law, passed one year ago last Tuesday, also allows police to impose fines of up to $10,000 before the accused even gets a day in court.
They are still averaging 23 scofflaws a day. Now that is down from 40 a day when the crackdown began, but we don't know how many cops they have on patrol now versus then.
Regardless, with the amount of publicity this has received, you'd have thought that if the law had any deterrent effect whatsoever, nobody would dare take a chance.
Not so's you'd notice.
09/24/08
2 OPP officers avoid instant penalties after being charged under street-racing law
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/09/03/opp-streetracing.html
Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino says it won't happen again
The law is equal to all and so is accountability and I think it shows that we mean business,' says OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino has said repeatedly that drivers who go 50 km/h over the speed limit will have their car seized on the spot and their licence suspended for seven days — with no exceptions.
But there were two exceptions, and both were OPP officers.
Const. Michael Deyell and Const. Lloyd Tapp are the only two police officers charged under Ontario's street-racing laws. Both were on-duty, in marked cars, and charged by their colleagues.
It's alleged Deyell was driving at 60 km/h over the speed limit in December 2007. His cruiser slammed into two horses, killing them. Deyell himself was injured and sent to hospital.
Tapp is accused of driving his cruiser 50 km/h over the limit in March — and was clocked by an OPP colleague.
Under the new legislation, both officers should have had their licences and cars seized but that didn't happen.
Fantino said that was a mistake.
"The law is equal to all and so is accountability and I think it shows that we mean business," he said.
"We're not playing favourites here. I mean, people know what the rules of the road are and I think that we have to be transparent. We have to be consistent and we have to be fair."
Since new street-racing legislation came into effect last year, police have trumpeted the fact they've charged nearly 8,000 drivers.
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