Originally Posted by BoostedBB6 (Post 8625257)

Its simple, its backed by the fact that if your vehicle is travelling at an indicated speed, it is in fact travelling at that indicated speed.


Not always true...IF the speed is "indicated" by Police Laser/Radar it will be within 1 kmh...as I have previously posted....IF your speedo is accurate to the same standard then it may be true....assuming no mods or defects in the speedo. The blanket statement you made is a generalization and is not correct 100% of the time.


I wish I could provide the documents regarding all of this, but because its company information they will not allow it to be published in a public forum.
When the Prius unintended acceleration claims started, Toyota Canada was put under the knife and this was one of the things they had to provide, which was used in the legal proceedings.

The simple answer, if your vehicle is travelling at 50km/h, as indicated on your dash, you are pulled over and ticked for doing 51km/h, you have full and total legal grounds to fight it and with the backing of every auto maker on the planet, the DOT and SAE as well as TUV in Europe.


[I]You have the right to diispute any VT you get...no guarantee you will get off though. Depends on all sorts of variables already discussed here.
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Zlutango, its a simple question. How many motor vehicle operators have YOU issued a speeding violation for doing 1km/h over the posted speed limit? With your 28 years of experience I'm sure you have seen thousands of vehicles travelling 1km/h over the posted speed so that should indicate thousands of violations handed out and convicted......right?

Originally Posted by Yodamaster (Post 8625536)

Law's the law, even 1 kph over is technically illegal. 50/50 shot on it being thrown out at court.

That being said, I've been in a private Q&A session with an RCMP officer. He said that *HE* does not chase people unless they are going at least 30kph over.

That's probably not the best attitude to have, but it's the RCMP so I can't expect much.

Originally Posted by sebberry (Post 8625660)

Blanshard Street in Victoria - 6 lanes, 50k limit.

IRSU set up in a bus zone to catch dangerous drivers, steps out to pull over a late-model Volvo SUV in the right lane driven by a middle-aged man. He was doing about 62. Up until that point he was driving safely, not tailgating, etc...

In the left lane, some trashbag in a riced-out POS 90's Acura coupe was driving like a moron - tailgating, driving faster than the Volvo and weaving in and out of other cars. Didn't catch a glance from the safety squad.

This is the problem with speed enforcement - the 5 seconds (or less) to acquire a vehicle's speed is a microscopic sample of the driver's overall behavior on the road. The police KNOW that there are more dangerous drivers on the road, yet it's clear from the number of speeding tickets issued (Over 170,000 in 2014 in BC) that the police are more interested in sticking it to the safe driver and leaving the jackasses alone.

Originally Posted by rriggi (Post 8626723)

This thread delivers LOL.

Never have I heard of a ticket for 1km over ahahahha, I've gotten a ticket for going 75mph in a 70mph in Nevada. The cop pretty much had nothing else to do, I was probably the only car that passed by in hours so I cant fault him for that.

There must be more to this 1km over ticket.

Originally Posted by wing_woo (Post 8624841)

If I'm not mistaken, the officer is not required to indicate the speed you were clocked at on the ticket.
Also, the OP never mentioned if it was noted on the ticket that he was ticketed for going exactly 1km/hr over the speed limit. If it's not, there is nothing to suggest that the officer gave the ticket for that and at the roadside, the friend may have misunderstood "I am giving you a ticket for going at least 1km/h over the speed limit" as "I am giving you a ticket for going 1km/h over the limit".

You'll probably lose in court unless the officer specifically indicated anywhere on the ticket that you were being busted for going exactly 1km/h over as opposed to going over 1km/h faster which can mean basically any speed above 50km/h.

Originally Posted by zulutango (Post 8626986)

Police do NOT write the speed on the VT. There is no place for it and it could prejudice any attempt by the Cop to give you a break and issue a VT for a lower speed. Traffic Court Judges andf JP's have made this exact observation many time in court when disputants want to bring it up. The $$$ figure indicates what speed range you are being charged with violating...eg 1-20k, 21-40k, 41-60 k or 60+kmh.