Speaking with Constable Stibbe, the toughest enforcer on the team. Last year he wrote over 5,000 speeding tickets, or 20/day.
He details how to avoid a ticket, and what to do if you get pulled over.
Read it online at Autonet.
Even the “toughest enforcer” waves people on. As Stibbe says, “hey, everyone has the occasional bad day.”
Read the other one, from the fight-the-ticket perspective, here.
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Speaking with the York Regional Police about drunk driving checkpoints.
To answer my own question below, “is there a bigger jerk move than drinking and driving?” NO, there’s not.
I’ve roofed a few keys over the years; try that move if you need to shut down a situation.
Read it online at Autonet.ca
These checkpoints can pop up anytime of day, even 7am, because if the good times bleed into 2am, five hours later you’re still smashed.
That, and that there’s no breathalyzer on the end of the flashlight. The officers are doing it all via good old fashioned pattern recognition.
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