Ontario street racing law ruled "unconstitutional"

A newly enacted provincial law that targets dangerous drivers has been ruled unconstitutional by a judge in Napanee, ON. The judge found that Ontario’s street racing and stunt driving legislation carries a hefty possible prison sentence, but gives the accused limited grounds for defence.

Ontario Court of Justice Judge G J Griffin made the decision Friday. However, that doesn’t mean cops will stop handing out tickets.

OPP Sgt. Dave Woodford explained on Breakfast Television, “We’re still enforcing it.”

Furthermore, in a weekend safety blitz, the Ontario Provincial Police laid over 7000 fines on our highways. That included 133 impaired driving charges, 7193 speeding charges and 10 of the controversial stunt driving charges.

“Under the stunt driving and street racing legislation there are a lot of different definitions and one of them is going more than 50 km/h over the posted speed limit.

“That’s the portion of it that we mainly deal with on the highways, but there are others, like going through intersections,” Woodford added.

[Source: CityTV]

Comments

[Dan]

Ah, yes, the dreaded "going through intersections". I can't wait til they build a bridge directly from my house to the parking lot at work...

[ME]

The next thing that judge griffen will say that it is the same for murderers rapists, child molesters, and the list goes on and on , I think that that judges should be held accountable if something happens to the public if they are released , it's hick town judges like that that throw the JUSTICE into a tailspin and nothing gets done anymore, judges like that need a good swift kick in the ass and asked WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ??????

[Dominion]

The 50 km/h over limit stunt driving law was simply a political move by the Ontario Provincial Government. Here is where the problem lies....there is no difference between someone speeding 49 km/h over the limit versus someone else driving 50 km/h over the limit. Yet many people believe that the person driving 50 over is a criminal and should face jail time, license suspension and car seizure. Yet the person driving 49 over simply gets a ticket. Common sense dictates that there is no difference between the two driver’s intent and the potential danger of their speed. The difference is a political one…that is where the problem lies. The main reason for the existence of the HTA is revenue generation. One possible remedy is to really raise the fines at these higher speeds.

[ME]

Actually DOMINION the most dangerous driver on the road is the person holding up everyone else, going below the posted speed limit, that is the worst driver on our roads.

[0]

fuck the police. its all for revenue, not for public safety. ide rather pay a lawyer double then pay them anything.