In my 15 years of driving I've been through 4 checkstops as a driver and 2 as a passenger. The weirdest location I have seen was in Crowfoot shopping centre at 3am. I was the only car out and about.
Another weird setup was on 9 Ave going into the core, right before Millennium Park, where that bridge splits into a 1 lane/3 lane. The cops were setup on the 3 lane section, but the 1 lane was free flowing.
Just leaving a bar and starting your car is no reason to be pulled over. You haven't committed any moving violation for the police to interact with you right? Wouldn't every person caught under those circumstances get the charges thrown out? If you were stumbling all over the place on the way to your car sure then you should be busted but anything else would be at the least harassment.
I believe that once you enter the drivers' side with the keys, you are in control of your vehicle. And if you are drunk, you're done for. So no, nobody caught in that situation could expect to have such charges thrown out.
Just leaving a bar and starting your car is no reason to be pulled over. You haven't committed any moving violation for the police to interact with you right? Wouldn't every person caught under those circumstances get the charges thrown out? If you were stumbling all over the place on the way to your car sure then you should be busted but anything else would be at the least harassment.
Actually, I have been told it is. When I lived in Manitoba, it was brought up about what if people are sleeping in thier car after having a few drinks, and the RCMPs response was that so long as an impared person is in the drivers seat with the keys in the ignition, it is technically operating a motor vehicle, moving or not.
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So if you managed to break your key inside the car (Say you get angry and throw it at your console and it smashes... not that thats happened to me before) and your doors are locked...
What happens then?
There is no way you car can't be manually unlocked from the inside. What if there is a fire and you have a child inside?
You don't know how your car works.
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when it is unlocked it opens. when it is locked it does not....hence the need for the remote.
I find this impossible to believe. Car companies go out of their way to make trunks that open from the inside, and you're telling me you can't open your car doors from inside? Wtf do you drive? a 2012 Lada?
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So if you managed to break your key inside the car (Say you get angry and throw it at your console and it smashes... not that thats happened to me before) and your doors are locked...
What happens then?
There is no way you car can't be manually unlocked from the inside. What if there is a fire and you have a child inside?
You don't know how your car works.
pffft hello, cellphone + AMA = freed UCB!
Easy Peasy
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And when your battery powered remote dies? What then? Smash your way out? Either you're messing with us or you have sustained too many concussions.
That pretty much must be it. I have the little remote too, ($70 bucks for a new one when my wife lost hers at the dealer, which GMG) and you can definitely get out of the car without it.
) and your doors are locked...
