Being able to take your exam in the middle of nowhere, when you live in TO for example. (Imo)
Speed camera update (Sept.11)
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Sikter
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I can't stress this enough:
Challenge every ticket.
The only way to truly fight this is to make the system work more than the ticket is worth. The system is not designed for people who fully exercise their rights and will be on it's knees pretty quickly if majority does. That $100 ticket costs a lot more than $100 to prosecute, while the courts are understaffed, overworked and have single digit conviction rates. Next time you get a speeding camera ticket, use all available options to fight it. The only way we'll all lose is if the vast majority just pays without complaint.
Case in point, there are quite a few fire hydrants in Toronto that are so far away from the curb that people unintentionally park in front of them all the time and incur a $122 ticket. I disputed my ticket (it only takes a minute online) and fully expect not to ever hear back from them.
I also disputed a speeding ticket from the Parkside Drive camera and never heard back. It's probably because they had enough people who paid to bother with me, but the same would happen if 90% of those charged fought it. So, I can't really lose. Can you?
Challenge every ticket.
The only way to truly fight this is to make the system work more than the ticket is worth. The system is not designed for people who fully exercise their rights and will be on it's knees pretty quickly if majority does. That $100 ticket costs a lot more than $100 to prosecute, while the courts are understaffed, overworked and have single digit conviction rates. Next time you get a speeding camera ticket, use all available options to fight it. The only way we'll all lose is if the vast majority just pays without complaint.
Case in point, there are quite a few fire hydrants in Toronto that are so far away from the curb that people unintentionally park in front of them all the time and incur a $122 ticket. I disputed my ticket (it only takes a minute online) and fully expect not to ever hear back from them.
I also disputed a speeding ticket from the Parkside Drive camera and never heard back. It's probably because they had enough people who paid to bother with me, but the same would happen if 90% of those charged fought it. So, I can't really lose. Can you?
1) CBC did a report on drivers paying cash to get their G-1s without having to write the test.
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3) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lond...selling-fake-driving-certifications-1.7091379
4) Large trucking companies can train and certify new drivers. It's in their financial interest to speed up the process in the very competitive market
5) Google / YouTube have lots of schools promising passes
6) People living in the GTA and therefore driving in the GTA go to outlying areas for their road tests. Then they come back to the GTA unprepared for 400 series highways and GTA congestion.
7) A commercial driver doesn't have to read English or French, our official languages. How do they get warnings of unusual conditions?
8) No fault insurance spreads the blame instead of targeting the bad drivers.
Malks
Well-known member
This is one of my major complaints with the licensing system. Orangeville is not exactly the middle of nowhere, but we're close enough to the GTA to be used as a testing alternative for GTA residents. The result is the vast majority of driver testing appointments are booked up months in advance by Brampton driving schools for Brampton residents. The problem is with the G2 exit road test. There is no 400 series highway within distance for those drivers to demonstrate they have the skills to operate a vehicle on a multi-lane expressway during their test. It's no surprise to me when I see Brampton drivers are over represented in accident statistics on the 410 or 401.
It should be mandatory to take your G2 exit at a location that represents the conditions where you will be driving on a daily basis.
There's a reason why several Brampton driving schools have been decertified, over the last 10 years or so.
If the bumps are too high, you can complain, and someone’s brother in law will come, scrape them off, then put down new lower ones.
Brampton still has a $34M loan used to buy their army of speed cameras. Now they have no revenue, a pile of cameras they have no use for and a loan that must be paid. Morons.
www.bramptonguardian.com
Brampton council unsure how to repay $34M debt for defunct photo radar program
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s photo radar ban cut off ticket revenue last fall that Brampton officials were counting on to repay a hefty loan from reserves to pay for its speed camera program.
www.bramptonguardian.com
Because they stupidly pursued what they thought would be a source of revenue, rather than it being about public safety.Brampton still has a $34M loan used to buy their army of speed cameras. Now they have no revenue, a pile of cameras they have no use for and a loan that must be paid. Morons.
Brampton council unsure how to repay $34M debt for defunct photo radar program
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s photo radar ban cut off ticket revenue last fall that Brampton officials were counting on to repay a hefty loan from reserves to pay for its speed camera program.
The "loan" is from "strategic reserve funds", which means that they appropriated money, from existing emergency funds, in order to fund this debacle. It's not like it's a private loan and Eddy with the bent nose is going to kneecap them for not paying it back. I just hope that it's reason enough to clean house, especially of Brown, next election.
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Brampton still has a $34M loan used to buy their army of speed cameras. Now they have no revenue, a pile of cameras they have no use for and a loan that must be paid. Morons.
Brampton council unsure how to repay $34M debt for defunct photo radar program
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s photo radar ban cut off ticket revenue last fall that Brampton officials were counting on to repay a hefty loan from reserves to pay for its speed camera program.
The 78m they paid for the building is another scandal.. they knowingly over paid for the property.
Until some politicians start going to jail (or the gallows), they will continue to loot with impunity.
Do you mean city hall? I worked with the son-in-law of the developer, decades ago. He mentioned that the developer was trying to buy up any private parking lots in the area, because he knew they had under-supplied parking for the building. They also hadn't included a finished basement area, because they knew that it would get added on later.
No, Brampton bought a building for a ticket processing centre. They were hoping other munipalities would use Brampton as their ticket management provider. All about the safety.
175 Sandalwood Pkwy. City paid 10M over what their appraiser said it was worth. The seller had bought it three years earlier for 32.5M. Brampton paid 78M. The seller got citizen of the year in 2023. So being the best at grifting gets you citizen of the year. That's peak brampton.
Did Brampton council overpay for $78M property and building housing ticket processing centre for soon-to-be-banned photo radar?
The property at 175 Sandalwood Pky. W. sold for just $32.5 million in 2020 just three years before city council approved a deal to buy it for $77.9 million.
www.bramptonguardian.com
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Best quote "decision based evidence making"
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sburns
Well-known member
Wow.... And these fukers want more of our money to piss away, then raise property taxes for this level of incompetence.No, Brampton bought a building for a ticket processing centre. They were hoping other munipalities would use Brampton as their ticket management provider. All about the safety.
175 Sandalwood Pkwy. City paid 10M over what their appraiser said it was worth. The seller had bought it three years earlier for 32.5M. Brampton paid 78M. The seller got citizen of the year in 2023. So being the best at grifting gets you citizen of the year. That's peak brampton.
Did Brampton council overpay for $78M property and building housing ticket processing centre for soon-to-be-banned photo radar?
The property at 175 Sandalwood Pky. W. sold for just $32.5 million in 2020 just three years before city council approved a deal to buy it for $77.9 million.
EDIT:
Best quote "decision based evidence making"
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