KRBissonnette
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Hey, so last night at around 11:45 I was making my way back home from dropping off a friend at a bar. There was high winds and the road was wet, NO SNOW, and as I got off the Metropolitan going west I caught a group of cars in the middle lane, so I moved to the left to overtake them and came up behind a BMW who after overtaking the group of cars did not move back into the middle lane as I was behind him wanting to pass too. So I moved a little closer to push the issue, I was about a car length behind him (normally I'd go closer cuz I HATE it when people don't move over) and then just as he finally moved over an SQ car with lights flashing was signaling for me to pull over. I thought it was because I was speeding, so I got off the highway and pulled over on the service road (this was the boul Cavendish exit). The officer gets to my window and in a snarky tone says "t'as eu du fun?" and then says I was doing 125 in a 70 zone, 125 in a 100 zone, driving a meter from the car in front of me, not using my turning signals, and that they were going to suspend my license for 7 days and tow my car. Then he asks for my papers, goes back in his car, and a few minutes later his partner comes back and asks me the odometer reading and I asked what for, and he said for the towing. I was really confused as to why I was getting such a harsh penalty for something that was pretty harmless. He then asked me if there was any damage on the car, and was probably checking for illegal mods since I drive an '07 Impreza. He went back to his car again and 10 minutes later he came back to my window and told me he was giving me an $800 ticket and 14 points for what I did, and they were going to suspend my license on the spot for 7 days and have my car towed. As I gave him a confused look he then said, but I'll take away those charges and give you a $95 ticket for "Conducteur d'un vehicle routier, n'a pas reduit la vitesse du vehicle alors que la chausee n'etait pas entierrement degagee" (WHAT?! There's no snow on the road, and on that ticket there was no speed recorded so he has no proof I was doing 125), and on top of that gave me a $156 ticket for "Conducteur d'un vehicle, a suivi un autre vehicle a une distance qui n'etait pas prudente et raisonnable, compte tenu de la vitesse, de la densite de la circulation, des conditions atmospheriques et de l'etat de la chausee". Both tickets are 2 demerit points each.
Now, like I said before, they did not record the speed I was doing on the tickets, those spaces are completely empty, so like I said there was no radar or anything else to prove how fast I was going, and I certainly wasn't a meter from the car in front of me like he said, it was really a car length (yes that is TECHNICALLY too close but the fucker was hogging the left lane when no one else was around and I was looking to pass. Surely if I would've gotten fed up and passed him on the right they would've ticketed me for that). The last thing he said to me was I hope I don't see you in court for this (what the fuck is that supposed to mean?).
One of the big reasons I want to fight this is because if I lose these points I will lose my license, so I have nothing to lose to fight the tickets. Let me know what you guys think, if I have a shot and what I should do.
Now, like I said before, they did not record the speed I was doing on the tickets, those spaces are completely empty, so like I said there was no radar or anything else to prove how fast I was going, and I certainly wasn't a meter from the car in front of me like he said, it was really a car length (yes that is TECHNICALLY too close but the fucker was hogging the left lane when no one else was around and I was looking to pass. Surely if I would've gotten fed up and passed him on the right they would've ticketed me for that). The last thing he said to me was I hope I don't see you in court for this (what the fuck is that supposed to mean?).
One of the big reasons I want to fight this is because if I lose these points I will lose my license, so I have nothing to lose to fight the tickets. Let me know what you guys think, if I have a shot and what I should do.