Be interesting to see how that plays out. The U-Turner should almost always be at fault.
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Especially in a corner on a double solid line. Any normal person would get at least a careless conviction. I would be shocked if this cop doesn't get a pass. worst case realistic scenario for cop is a trial that the crown botches to ensure an acquittal.
Bus was full of kids. Witnesses said cop was on his phone at the time. No charges laid.
School bus carrying kids hit by police cruiser in Fergus
A school bus and OPP cruiser collided in the south end of Fergus on Tuesday.
www.ctvnews.ca
Bus was full of kids. Witnesses said cop was on his phone at the time. No charges laid.
School bus carrying kids hit by police cruiser in Fergus
A school bus and OPP cruiser collided in the south end of Fergus on Tuesday.
Since they didn't say what ticket, I assume they vastly undercharged (and then flubbed the trial to avoid a conviction).
It would typically be a "following too close" ticket and there's not anywhere down from there to go.
If you or I hit a bus (especially when playing on a phone), I would expect a careless ticket. Following too close may make sense if the bus was doing a panic stop at the time, but presumably it was slowing to let kids off with tons of flashing lights and lots of time for following traffic to adjust.
Nope. Not in my experience. Following to close is the go-to. If it doesn't get charged that way, then it gets pleaded down to it anyway.
So Waymo is coming here? Based on the Los Angeles experience it's going to be mayhem. AI bad drivers. Example at 3:47:
Waymo was awesome in SF last year way better than the taxi drivers.
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I worked in Bramalea for 12 years. Bring it. I ain't skeer'd.
I've lived in Bramalea for 50+ and I am.
That statement needs an asterisk. first half of those years your biggest concern while driving around town was pickup trucks with vinyl outline maps of Newfoundland in the back window.
They're still a concern.
They're not going to be running over multiple cars in transport and dump trucks (killing occupants) on surface streets on the daily.
An interesting bargaining point could be government requests access to the waymo data in order for waymo to get access to the market. ALPR randomly wandering around brampton. Hell, waymo probably calculates speed of nearby vehicles too. The data isn't good enough for a conviction but could flag plates with repeated violations so when a cop eventually gets them, the cop shows no mercy.
They don't need it. Brampton is still monitoring the speed cameras, though they can't charge anyone for what they have. They're using it to try and push for reinstating them by using the data for increased speeds, after the ban went into place. I really don't like how they expanded the camera use while simultaneously reducing speed limits, and extending both school zones and community safety zones well beyond need, but I can also see obvious increases in speed in the areas where I travel. Put limits and zones back the way that they were, then put cameras in school zones, and I'd be for it.
Yowza….attempted murder…
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I saw that on FB yesterday. Too many people commenting that the rider probably deserved it.Yowza….attempted murder…
I don't care what the hell happened before the camera started rolling, this is never justified. The rider should have stopped on the shoulder when he was behind the car and let that crazy moron continue on their way. You should never get into a pissing match on the highway, particularly when you are on your bike.
Maybe if the rider was pointing or displaying a firearm.I saw that on FB yesterday. Too many people commenting that the rider probably deserved it.
This sort of thing is never charged appropriately, if at all. It always seems to be some sort of traffic violation, instead of assault/battery with a weapon.
