Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd in Vancouver
Hoping this link works for this FaceBook post. But here is what happens. Guy gets caught in a new Lambo, on Dealer plate, doing 100kmh, 60mph, on a 50kmh, 30mph, zone. Its a residential street and its wrong no doubt about and he gets a $348 fine.
Now the BC kicker. Few years back the government sold us on a new law to go after drug lords money and we get a civil forfeiture bill to take away drug lords profits, or so we thought. Now they've come to use it for speeding tickets and if you are doing in excess of 40kmh over the posted limit, 25mph, they call a tow truck and impound your car for 7 days. The $348 ticket is nowmover $2K to get it back and higher insurance rates. We have a group fighting it but its tough because the government is making boat loadsmof cash from stealing our property. Cop is judge, jury and sentencing. No judge or process involved and its done and over 15 minutes at the side of the road and you are walking away with no car. They dont even drive you to the next exit.
Also, since when can police post stuff on their police FB page and joke about taking the guys new Lambo away? Wonder if they realize the liability to get a $348 ticket cost them $45,000 in tow damage and paint repais.
Im teuely intereted in everyones feedback. Especially our friends in uniform who deal with this stuff. The ticket was deserved, residential area snd no way to remotely defend it.
|
Most states in the US have laws that state doing 25 mph or more over is considered reckless driving which is an arrestable offense. If the guy did that down here, depending on the officer discretion, not only would his car be impounded but he would also be spending a month in jail. Not going to get sympathy from me about the law, if you don't want your car taken don't go that much over.