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Originally Posted by transplant99
ANY law that allows the peace officer to act as judge and jury is an abomination to the Charter IMO. Its no different than the .05 law.
That being said, the hwy system in BC is truly horrible and yes much of that has to do with the terrain involved. On Saturday morning we were heading to Fairmont from Sicamouse, when we got right past the summit at Rogers pass and just before those boarded up hotels (or whatever they were) traffic came to a complete halt. We sat there for 4 hours and 45 minutes A major accident just on the other side of the last snowshed had made the hwy impassable and 3 people need some serious help. (all from Calgary ironically)We watched as medivac after medivac flew in and back out.
Here is a link with the images.
http://globalnews.ca/news/786837/hig...ke-and-golden/
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i'm not sure if you're serious...
the dude was going 61 km over the posted speed limit and if you get caught doing that there are consequences
the speeding laws are pretty clear: 40 over the posted limit = a fine + vehicle impounded. how does that make the cop the judge and jury?
if the guy was doing say 25 over and just got a fine is that an abomination of the charter? what about a parking violation? you park illegally in a tow-away zone and as a result get towed... is that an abomination of the charter?
maybe i'm missing something, i just don't see how the guy choosing to break the law and then getting caught and having to deal with the consequences of his actions is an abomination of the charter?