CAN - 2 tickets for driver who used radar detector defense

**StlouisX50** · 11-05-2009, 09:23 AM

2 tickets for driver who used radar detector defence

Bob Mitchell Staff Reporter

2009/11/04 12:33:33

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A driver's argument against a speeding ticket backfired when he produced his key piece of evidence – that his illegal radar detector hadn't gone off.
That admission cost him another ticket, Halton Sgt. Brian Carr said on Wednesday.
He was clocked at 92 km/h in a 70 km/h zone on Appleby Line using a LIDAR (Laser Speed Measuring Device), Carr said.
"The driver vehemently denied the officer had clocked him on LIDAR," he said. "He triumphantly produced a LIDAR/RADAR detector and indicated that it never activated and therefore the officer had not obtained a speed reading."
The unit was seized and the Smithville man was issued an additional ticket for possessing a speed-measuring detector. The devices are illegal in Ontario.
During their recent crackdown of a rural areas north of Dundas St. in Burlington, police issued 959 tickets and gave 362 cautions, most for speeding.

**trailtow** · 11-05-2009, 09:30 AM

FAIL

**kpatz** · 11-05-2009, 09:30 AM

Never underestimate the stupidity of idiots...

The additional fine would pay for a nice illegal laser jammer that would have saved him.

**StlouisX50** · 11-05-2009, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by kpatz

Never underestimate the stupidity of idiots...

The additional fine would pay for a nice illegal laser jammer that would have saved him.

LOL no doubt, and Fail for sure! I think everyone on the forum that would have thought about using a detector as a defense should look at this news story and take note, that, IT WILL NOT WORK!