To dispell some myths about CSA, SMS, and PSP

Exactly where did I say I had points for log books? I was merely commenting on what a clerical error had to do with fatiqued driving. Not everybody is as perfect as you like to think you are. I say as you think you are because a finding of not quilty will not remove CSA points or remove it from DMV records.

 

Well to me, a warning is a warning and nothing more so why should it come back to bite you? Two dismissed tickets should show up as CSA points? Maybe that's right in your world Tazz but not in mine.

 

Sorry for the confusion. Perhaps I should have started a new paragraph. I'm not talking about obvious flagarant violations but about simple clerical error, such as you spelling sentence incorrectly. As I mentioned in another thread in an inspection the colour of my black truck was entered as white. Not a world ending error, just a simple mistake we all are capable of making.

I recieved a warning (and points) for being 300 lbs over on my drives. I had a loaded, sealed, container that I had axled out before leaving and was 33,930 lbs. on my drives. I told the DOT lady I would slide the 5th wheel and she said don't bother, it happens all the time with things moving inside the container.

Early one morning while on the side of the trailer checking the lights there was a bright flash from the back of the trailer. When I walked to the rear the bright flash was the licence plate lights final farewell to this world. As I was at a truck stop I went in and bought a new unit and installed it. If I had been somwhere where a new unit was not available or it went 30 minutes later and I was inspected I would have more points.

I recieved a warning ticket for speeding (more points as a level 3 was done). I was doing 64 mph in a 70-60 split speed limit state. Traffic was heavy on a 2 lane interstate. I could see cars getting squirrelly behind me, suddenly braking and doing rapid lane changes when I was doing 60 mph so I sped up to go with the flow of traffic. At 60 I'm impeding traffic and causing a hazard, at 64 I'm breaking the law.When I explained this to the officer he said he understood and appreciated it and was just going to write a warning ticket to prove he was out there doing his job. This was before CSA but when they went back 3 years it garnered me points.

I'm not against tickets for obvious violations but it seems common sence is no longer common.

 

Unfortunately, with every jurisdiction being in the financial straits they are (largely due to legislator's malfeasance), they are now putting the screws to groups least likely to be able/afford to fight back. I don't doubt there have been many memos across the nation "recommending" more adherence to the law and less application of discretion.


But I know I'm preaching to the choir.

 

No doubt you are correct but it seems more warning tickets are being issued in grey areas where at one time a verbal would have been given. Perhaps it has something to do with federal money so the states can show they are doing their job and get funding? The two monetary tickets I recieved I went to court and was found not quilty yet I still have points from them. In a conversation with a WSP sgt. I asked him why they showed up after a finding of not quilty, he replied the judges don't understand the law. I asked him to come to court with me next time and tell the judge that as they wouldn't listen to me. My problem with warning tickets that you have no recourse, it is an assumption of quilt.

 

Agreed 100%. The issues of guilt without conviction and non-recourse are unpalatable to me.





You know it's bad when an Alberta boy thinks the scale folks in B.C. are downright reasonable in comparison to many other jurisdictions.