Coderre ticketed for phone use in car
Denis Coderre has been fined for using his phone at the wheel of his car at a traffic light.
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Joey 09:56 on 2021-08-06 Permalink
So if I see someone using their phone at a red light, can I send a photo in to the police and they’ll get a ticket?
Kate 10:24 on 2021-08-06 Permalink
It’s not likely to work if the person’s not recognizable for who they are.
Joey 11:44 on 2021-08-06 Permalink
In my little thought experiment there’s a photo of the license plate + one of the driver holding their phone. If you’re right and it’s only applicable to celebs or hypocritical politicians, Coderre should fight the ticket.
dhomas 12:13 on 2021-08-06 Permalink
You can report any driver for an infraction with their license plate. I’ve reported road rage and reckless driving, damage to city property, and inflammatory vanity plates.
License plate + a picture of the person to make sure that the driver registered to the vehicle was the one driving. The license plate alone does not definitively identify the person driving the vehicle. I think that’s what Kate meant by “recognizable for who they are”. Otherwise, you can contest that you were not the person driving.
Tim S. 15:23 on 2021-08-06 Permalink
Police can give tickets for infractions they don’t witness, but they are generally reluctant to do so, partly because they’re easy to contest. When I was in a fairly minor accident on the 10, an SQ officer spent an hour taking my statement to make sure the ticket she issued (to the other driver) would hold up in court. They’re not going to go that every time someone complains about a bad driver, though maybe it would be nice if they would.
JP 17:12 on 2021-08-06 Permalink
Are there restrictions on how loud or vroom-y cars can be? Some of them get really loud in the summer, and I’ve been wondering if there are restrictions on this.
MarcG 18:33 on 2021-08-06 Permalink
I’ve wondered the same thing. It’s baffling that people pay money to make their vehicles louder. I found this from the SAAQ specifically regarding motorcycles that says you can’t modify them to make them noisier. https://saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/road-safety/modes-transportation/motorcycle/motorcycle-exhaust-sound-levels/
Kevin 19:39 on 2021-08-06 Permalink
Lots of places try making laws or bylaws against loud exhausts. They always seem to give up because it’s too much of a PITA to get the few cops who can use a decibel meter in the right spot, and if there’s a delay between the stop and the testing, the offender is able to swap their pipes for the originals.
Another issue is that it’s easy to make a vehicle louder: just ride around in a lower gear than is necessary, listening to the Song of the Sausage Creature (look it up).
That’s not me.