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Originally Posted by kipperfan

Unless your a high ranking government official breaking big news first on CP I call major BS on this report. What you're talking about would completely change the entire insurance system in the province and render the "chart" (to which all major Alberta insurers are signatory) useless.

I work in this industry and have not even heard the slightest whiff of this rumour. Police officers may be good at operating radar guns and writing tickets but they are not qualified to decide liability based off what they see at the scene, its laughable to even think they could. If this system ever came into play almost every single MVA would result in litigation which would mean scary costs for everyone involved. This was the reason the "fault chart" was brought into existance and signed off on by almost every company in Canada, it is the reasonable way fault can be decided without jamming the courts and doubling insurance premiums.

Not to make you look like a complete moron , and I hate to break it to you but Ontario is not this way either. Ontario has "no fault" insurance (which in actuality is the exact opposite of what you're talking about) in any event there is no place in Canada (save Quebec....figures) that police officers have the power to supersede the insurance system with their judgements, nor will their ever be. Crissakes, you can barley get a cop to come to the scene of an injury accident and you think there going to start coming out and rendering decisions on fault? No offence but....

You might want to check this out. It's not yet law btw - just OPP raising the issue.

A law targeting reckless drivers is already in place in many areas of the United States, Fantino said. He noted that the legislation would help officers do their job "more effectively."

Offenders can't always be charged under the current "careless driving" offence because there is a high burden of proof officers must meet to make the charge stick in court.

"This would be a charge that specifically speaks to people who don't keep with the conditions of the weather, not only in winter but in the fog, rain, whatever," he said. "These are measures that can hold people accountable where we don't have the evidence to charge them with careless driving."

The Ontario government has not formally responded to Fantino's request for an amendment to the current traffic laws.

Public Safety Minister Rick Bartolucci was unavailable for comment but his office said the ministry is not considering any changes to the Highway Traffic Act to reflect winter driving.

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc...22?hub=Toronto