Originally Posted by darkmother
I just got the following fines this morning from Toronto's finest:
Red Light-Fail to stop $190.80
No Horn- Bicycle $110.00
Fail to Identify Self $110.00
Total: $410.80
The cop "let me off" for 3 other infractions-not signalling when he pulled me over, no lights, and no reflective tape.
yow!! I agree with the statement on time of day and reflectors..did you introduce youreself as..Hi, I'm darkmother...and I am a cyclist.
Although not the official TO site...interesting, if you read the TO bike
rules,
'For the purposes of this section, giving one’s correct name and address is suffcient identification', I guess they know that most bike riders may not have driver's license or other 'official' ID.
However, if you look at my number one below, of the TO rules, they rules seem to be contradictory, how is one supposed to keep both hands on the hand bars and signal at the same time??
1. Bicycle - unable to keep both hands on handlebars 15(2) $85.00
2. Fail to signal for tum 142(1) $90.00
3. Fail to signal lane change 141(2) $90.00
4. Fail to signal stop 141(8) $90.00
Lucky, you weren't busted for the big one, 'Careless Driving 130 @ $265.00'.
It seems the origin of TO's bike rules were directed at couriers, and drifted to apply to all cyclists, mostly as a revenue generating venue...yuck