kmheal@watvlsi.waterloo.edu (K. Michael Heal) (10/04/88)
In article <880928.0208.11468@ontmoh.UUCP> peter@ontmoh.UUCP (Peter Renzland) writes: > >While driving an 11 year old Mazda GLC filled with 31 balloons and a >passenger, I was stopped for speeding -- 88 km/h in a 60 km/h zone. > >I had just turned onto the road from a side street, and had only gone >a few hundred metres before being stopped. > > \/( )\/"\/\ /\/ Peter Renzland, Ontario Ministry of Health Don't overlook the obvious: If you can prove that (1) You indeed turned on to the road a distance, x, before the reading was taken, and (2) That your 11 year old Mazda couldn't possibly achieve a speed over 60 km/h in the distance x, then you should have no trouble contesting the ticket! You should measure the distance carefully and conduct an accelaration test with your car (in a legal manner), both with witnesses. With respect to other people's replies, let me remind you that radar guns are by no means infallable, and also that the laws in Ontario differ drastically from those in many states. In particular: radar detectors are illegal. I don't know what calibration procedure, etc. is mandatory in Ontario. Does anyone know how to find out? Highway-Traffic Act? -- Michael. ====================< kmheal@watvlsi.waterloo.edu >=====================