Glad you didn't take it personally. I guess another way of looking at it is this: the system is there to be taken advantage of - play it like an instrument, if you're able. Which is exactly what you did.

It's when the system hurts people trying to make an honest living and play by the rules by making exception after exception to "make sure we give the defendant a chance", when in reality the defendant is a lowlife deadbeat, that the system fails.

 

You guys might be interested in my blog. I'm a former police officer in Ontario (traffic was my specialty) who's now going to law school to become a defence lawyer. Now I write about about a number of things including debunking police myths, traffic enforcement and providing information on new laws and legal issues. My last couple posts were about whether an officer can still give you a ticket if they don't have their hat on, whether police have to show you the number on the radar and whether police have quotas of tickets. If you're interested check it out!

http://simonborys.wordpress.com

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What we'd like to see is Fantino gone and his stupid laws reversed.

Just day dreaming...

On a serios note, any thoughts on what happened to the Mini Club?

Stan

 

Mini club?

 

he's referring to the incident that happened last weekend on an organized Austin Mini fun run.......

On a latteral note, I too got fined this week for driving in the diamond lane, which in my opinion was not warranted. My office is at the corner of Don Mills & Eglinton (north/west corner) and I left my office ramp travelling west on eglinton and stayed in the diamond lane as I wanted to head norht on Leslie - maybe about 300 feet or so, cop gave me a ticket. WTF. Anyway, long story short, he wrote 7:05pm which is outside of the HOV times...I'm fighting it...I think I have a legitimate defense.

 

I'm not familiar with the incident. But with respect to your ticket, if the time indicated is outside the specified HOV time you do indeed have a good defence.

 

check out the other thread on the mini fun run:

https://rennlist.com/forums/rennlist...-it-again.html

the video on A channel was removed though...it was quite entertaining! LOL

 

Sort of like when they club baby seals - only this was on the 400.

 

are you implying minis are like baby seals?
I do see a resemblance

 

then I guess this would be considered mini bashing .....

 

Simon--great blog--I will view it regularly--thanks

 

New blog post up about my own day in court. I'm sure lots of you will have an opinion on this one!

http://simonborys.wordpress.com

 

I've got a new post up on my blog about whether it is always required to signal your turn or lane change. Check it out at http://simonborys.wordpress.com

 

Simon: we appreciate your blog and info; please start a new thread of your own.

 

Sorry, will do. I just had this thread bookmarked so I posted here.