A bad day in court .....
12-22-2009, 07:56 AM
#17
Team Owner
Looks like Rod settled and it's over ... but at least now he can put it behind him .....
Well off I go workin for the man again .. have a great day guys ..
Well off I go workin for the man again .. have a great day guys ..
12-22-2009, 09:47 AM
#18
Race Car
Clive, I think you've got that backwards - the reason you delay the trial as long as possible is because the charge gets entered on the day you get convicted, not the date of the offence. If it got dated to the date of offence, there'd be no point delaying it.
12-22-2009, 10:03 AM
#19
Race Director
You guys realize the 'judge' really isn't a judge. They're Justices of the Peace - trained bureaucrats but have never been to law school and are not lawyers.
Our system is designed for maximum revenue generation, not our safety.
The nephew of a friend of mine was killed 2.5 years ago by being run down and burned on his motorcycle by a driver who has employed every delay tactic known. The man died while his wife watched. The driver's defence was that he was 'sleepwalking' and the Crown wanted to drop the charges. The cops wanted nothing to do with charging the guy who, by the accounts of witnesses, was angry about something and deliberately steered into the motorcycle, crossing lanes. His vehicle wasn't taken away nor was his licence suspended. Yet, when we go 20km/h over the pace of normal traffic flow on a 4 lane divided highway our licence is taken away, vehicle towed and impounded etc.
Justice? There is no justice in our justice system. It's all about the $$$.
Our system is designed for maximum revenue generation, not our safety.
The nephew of a friend of mine was killed 2.5 years ago by being run down and burned on his motorcycle by a driver who has employed every delay tactic known. The man died while his wife watched. The driver's defence was that he was 'sleepwalking' and the Crown wanted to drop the charges. The cops wanted nothing to do with charging the guy who, by the accounts of witnesses, was angry about something and deliberately steered into the motorcycle, crossing lanes. His vehicle wasn't taken away nor was his licence suspended. Yet, when we go 20km/h over the pace of normal traffic flow on a 4 lane divided highway our licence is taken away, vehicle towed and impounded etc.
Justice? There is no justice in our justice system. It's all about the $$$.
Last edited by Crazy Canuck; 12-22-2009 at 11:16 AM. Reason: spellin'
12-22-2009, 10:32 AM
#20
Race Car
Thread Starter
12-22-2009, 11:16 AM
#21
Drifting
IMO, the main reason for delaying is either to shield the offence as long as possible from the insurance company or to hope for a case dismissal citing 11(b) of the Charter of rights (to be tried within a reasonable time) as Giacomo clarified above.
Last edited by Mark Lue; 12-22-2009 at 11:19 AM. Reason: clarifying
12-22-2009, 11:44 AM
#22
Race Car
Thread Starter
The charges become official on the day that you are convicted in court but the date of record for the offence remains the date of the offence.
IMO, the main reason for delaying is either to shield the offence as long as possible from the insurance company or to hope for a case dismissal citing 11(b) of the Charter of rights (to be tried within a reasonable time) as Giacomo clarified above.
IMO, the main reason for delaying is either to shield the offence as long as possible from the insurance company or to hope for a case dismissal citing 11(b) of the Charter of rights (to be tried within a reasonable time) as Giacomo clarified above.
But I'm not guilty!
12-22-2009, 11:56 AM
#23
Drifting
12-22-2009, 01:36 PM
#25
Race Car
12-22-2009, 04:09 PM
#26
Race Car
Thread Starter
12-22-2009, 09:06 PM
#29
Team Owner
Once convicted it is on his license from 2 years from date of offense , so now less than a year from now he will have a clean license again ....
I think we may be on the same side of the point
12-22-2009, 09:08 PM
#30
Team Owner
go with the 1% on this one guys no one has more experience with this than me .... unfortunately. Took a clip from one of my many letters
Last edited by theiceman; 01-09-2013 at 10:13 AM.