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ok... i think i've had it with the Peel Regional Police system... in the last year and 9 months or so that i've had my car i've been pulled over a total of 6 times and given a total of 5 tickets... ALL of which have been pure bull****. The latest one was today, this ******* tails me for like 5+ kilometers, infront of me, beside me, behind me, in my blind spot.. the usual, and then finally pulls me over. As usual i'm extreemly polite and ask if i've done something wrong to which he replies nope... well yes. hahaha like he's correcting himself, and then he's like it's your signals in the front, they have to be orange... (hahah he said orange not amber, orange) and then i'm like i'm pretty sure they're ok the way they are i've been pulled over numerous times and noone has ever mentioned the turn signals, he's like well now you know. Takes down my info comes back with a ticket and drives off... not even you can go now or anything else like that, just hands it to me here's your stuff and your ticket and walks away. so much for some courtesy eh? the only nice thing was he gave me a caution because i didn't have my current insurance slip on me, my last one expired the end of Feb, but cuz i had ALL my other slips i think he figured it'd be an even bigger waste of his time to give me one for that, he seemed in a hurry, and on my way home i saw another car pulled over as well, seems like peel is trying to cover a pay raise or something.

the section i was charged under was 142 (6) Improper Signal Device... this is it from the HTA so obviously i'm off the hook, i'm just pissed that
a) i have to go book a court date
b) i have to go to court AGAIN
c) he wasted precious sleep time, now i'm pissed so i won't be able to sleep for a while
d) yet again i'm pulled over for no 'real' reason
e) i have to waste my tax dollars by going through the system, court time, etc
f) Peel cops can justify pulling people over and giving them BS tickets, to 'help keep our community safer' if they had real work to do like Toronto cops do then maybe they'd be busier with real cop work, not raising funds for themselves...

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there has to be something someone can do about this ****... it's only getting worse!! :fustrated

Civic Chick 69

damn cops eh...

waste their time on people who arent doing ne thing wrong..
while criminals are running around laughing..


good luck with the ticket... im sure you will get off... like you said...
sucks that you have to waste a day at court though...

go to sleep... dont stress over it

bdotdan

im so happy i don't live in the peel region.
sorry to here this alex

PULOVR

Did you even signal at anytime, for him to be able to use that particluar section of the HTA?





Also..........you could argue the "other" section of the HTA that says.....

cibs

i'm not stressing i'm just pissed...

ya dan peel sux as far as cars go, we have a wicked mayor.. and that's about it, stingy cops and no nitelife! maybe i should move downtown! haha

thanks PULOVR! i knew there was another place that said it could be white OR amber.. it was really funny because he almost seemed to admit that it was bull****

oh and the other stupid thing was there was another cop that pulled up beside while i was there (as peel cops always do, one cruiser isn't enough, two need to be there just in case) and the other one comes up and is shining a light in my face and then all around my car inside and outside.. hahaah i almost wanted them to search my car top to bottom and waste a couple hours and then find nothing...

imported_~ILLEST CIV~

I know ur pissed about ur ticket, but in general i think Peel cops are more generious then Toronto cops by far......they do have a real job to do, they are trying to stop Peel from turning into a place like toronto...and in my opinon are doing a good job at it.

Sleekef

Peel cops ar gayy. They pulled my friend over 3 times in 7 days and FULLY searched his civic. Now thats bull**** for ya.

imported_~ILLEST CIV~

In Peel You can walk around without worrying if ur gonna get shot in a driveby or mistaken for someone else....and get shot.

cibs

I don't think that reflects the cops, it's just the people that live in the area... how are they more generous? in what way? lol maybe you've had some good experiences, but I sure as hell haven't...

example - I was at a timmies once at like 3 am when this drugged up couple like 40+ yrs old were fighting inside the store, the man was practically beating his wife... it took them 1 and a half hours to get there... so how is it that when something like this happens, it takes forever for them to show up, but when something like me having 'wrong' corner lights happens there are not one but two and sometimes three cop cars ready to make me learn my lesson..??

wow, they ARE really doing their part to keep us from turning into toronto.. what was i thinking?

imported_~ILLEST CIV~

LOL your on the road.....if a regular patrol cop is around patrolling.....and he sees something wrong with ur car...the response time is obviously gonna be quicker seeing as he'z already there....nes pas?......lol that one was a bad example....lol


It also depends on the information provided to the cop...who called in the abuse or w/e situation it was?....was it a worker...or someone else in the store....if it was someone who was in the store.....they may not have given and address.....and how many tim hortons are in Peel anyway?.....more then enough....

comparing the two things is like comparing a BMW to a Civic you just don't do it...

I take it u live in or around Peel?....if u like Toronto so much why don't u move there.....and see how ur car gets treated?....pot holes......more currupt police officers then in peel.......Toronto is a great place to live as well, and have a great policing force.
i'm just saying calling Peel cops ******* is probably not the right way to go about generalizing the whole force.

Educate urself before u dilberate and critisize, given ur a upset about the ticket, but being that harsh and calling cops, the people who protect ur community and ppl who would stand in front of a bullet for u or talk to total strangers to keep ur community safer is just wrong. The things these guys see on a daily basis and go through is enough and u calling them ******* over a simple improper signal ticket is kinda immature

imported_audiophilia

Sorry to hear your story, again, Alex. Geez, it has happened so many times. Absolutely ridiculous! Dare I say 'profiling'? Seems ridiculous. Cool car, nice neighbourhood, good looking Euro flash! WTF! Next time, lawyer up immediately. Harassment lawsuit. Big win. We go BMW shopping...

You know how I feel about Peel cops after my detector story on Friday



See you Friday?

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

Haha... Alex, you seen that show on Spike TV where the guy is pulled over for driving while black? Cop goes, do you know how black you were going? Guy's like, Somewhere between Denzel Washington and Chris Tucker (I think that's what he says)

Anyways, it's prolly not a racial issue, just trying to bring a lighter side to this absolute pissoff!! Alex, you're a good guy, you don't deserve bull**** like this! There is clearly nothing in the HTA about being orange. As a matter of fact, white or amber is fine as well. I've been clear for over 5 years now, and I'm finally going back to amber this spring - I have NEVER had a single question about my headlights.

cibs

How many tickets have you gotten in the last couple years? or let me rephrase... how many legitimate tickets have you gotten in the last few years? Just because I drive a civic doesn't mean I should be singled out and pulled over all the time for a quick cash grab. I should apparently what the hell does that even mean?? why don't you go 'educate yourself' and learn how to spell corrupt??? I know what cops do, and as of yet I personally have not had a cop step infront of a bullet for me, when I do i'm sure I will be extreemly greatful... AS I WOULD IF ANY NORMAL PERSON DID AS WELL.
how is it something that's incomparable? the same cops that give me tickets are the same cops that deal with abuse situations etc.. these are also the same cops that are wasting your tax dollars to deal with my BS ticket, then i guess you don't value your money, i know i do. Now i have to take time off work/school just to show up and get let off..

if you don't like my opinion then so be it, you already stated yours... why are you trying to convince me to think the same way as you? are you that insecure in what you think that you need me to think the same way? the fact is that NOTHING WAS ILLEGAL WITH MY CAR if you think it's not a big deal then that's your right to think that, but if I want to think it's a big deal how can you say that it's immature of me? My opinion is mine and mine alone, I don't criticize your opinons... a comment said at a time when i was pretty pissed doesn't reflect my general outlook on the whole policing force, but it reflect my belief of how they treat import owners in their jurisdiction. Why don't you just go be an e-thug somewhere else and maybe you can convince them to share your opinons, and hell, when you can prove to me how charging me $110 for a BS ticket makes my community safer, then I'll shut the hell up.. till then i've heard your opinion, and thanks but no thanks, lets agree to disagree, but calling me names is what's really immature...

imported_~ILLEST CIV~

LOL so what i don't know how to spell...haha ur point?

i don't think at any point i called u any names...LOL

and as for being an e-thug.......how is what i said in anyway...being an e-thug......HAHA

did i personally threaten ur person at any point in time?

i personally don't think so...

if it'z a big deal to u.....it'z a big deal to u...i have nothing against it really....

as for me...i get targeted just like u and stared down just like u for driving my civic......it comes with the territory...as we can probably both agree upon

oh and what the educate thing means is.....just don't go off calling cops ******* and all that......until you sit in there shoes for a day or two........or go through or see what they see and do for you without u even knowing....be thankful for them.....

cibs

thanks bruno and anthony,

lol maybe if i had that silver tounge like you have anthony, then i'd have gotten off..

yeah the cop seemed like he was searching for a reason.. but whatever I was gonna go amber too, keep the reflectors out, but put amber bulbs in.. now i'm just gonna keep it clear until court is over and then i'll worry about putting the new bulbs in...

HAHAh that quote is hilarious bruno, that's sorta like the one where Chris Rock or Eddie Murphy (can't remember which one) is like "the cop done made me think I stole my own car!"
HAHAHA profiling is sad but it's so true... i've never been pulled over for BS tickets in my moms car... and looking suspicious? (which is what i got pulled over for last time )haha to me that = looking black hahahaha j/k

cibs

definatley, and I know cops do good stuff as well, but I don't see how they can justify all the crap they dish out on the side... if in some way directly or indirectly them pulling me over helped make my/our community safer i'd be all for it, but to me it's just abusing their powers.. that's what makes me mad

imported_~ILLEST CIV~

and it makes me mad when ppl call cops *******...

but now that u've explained that u don't think all cops are ******* it'z kool........

Cynikal.Mindset

I can defend peel cops and say that they are one of the fairest groups out there...right up there with halton...I drove over 200km in the city a day for 3 years in my crx and never got hassled except 1 time (which I did deserve) In 90% of the times I have been pulled over in Peel the officer and I talk for a bit about what I was pulled over for etc he goes back to his car and comes back and either tells me to slow down abit, signal better etc. for whatever reason he pulled me over. They have never once searched my car or asked to for that matter, they never singled me out based on the car I drove and all that crap.

I've only ever recieved 1 ticket in peel for speeding and I knew I was and I told the officer that I was speeding when he asked me...he knocked it down to 14 over...one time a cop even asked me if I was racing some other guy and I told him no and that I didnt even know the other car (then he went to coffee time with 10 other cars and cleared the lot) and my only other ticket was in halton for a breather filter (my fault again) the officer and I talked about the other mods on the car etc etc and that was that...went to court and it was tossed.

OPP are the ******** in general or they seem to be for most people atleast...every instance that I have been pulled over by OPP they have let me go with a warning and its been left at that.

Its the cops up in markham and crap like that who have the real issues, they single out and harass young import drivers or atleast it seems that way...whenever I go up to Pacific Mall I always see a few cars pulle over and they are always done up cars.

In the end Mr.SilverSig you got a just ticket for improper turnsignals and you are mad why? get some amber bulbs and call it a day. you cant use the argument that you have been pulled over before and there was never a problem thats like saying I smuggled kilos of coke before and there has never been a problem, u were never caught before and now you have been...all could have been avoided by having purchased $2 amber bulbs rather than the white ones

Cynikal.Mindset

also if u were to post a picture of your car and show us exactly what ur signals look like it would be easier to judge. I see you have an EK, now are your headlights cleared out? if so it is the law that you have amber bulbs in there as the orange reflector that is supposed to be in there is not anymore...but if they are stock and still have the orange reflector you can have white/plain incadescent bulbs (not hyper white/blue)

cibs

my whole point is that the white turn signals in the front ARE NOT ILLEGAL!? how about you properly read my post before trying to tell me i brought it on myself? show me in the HTA where the front signals have to be amber?? there are two sections, I quoted one in my original post, and another that PULOVR mentioned that both CLEARLY don't state anything about amber... if you can show me this law you speak of that says I need amber turnsignals in the front then go ahead... I'd suggest you first read the law before making a post that has no foundation within the law...