RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Ontario@lemmy.ca · 1 month agoOntario expects GTA traffic to get so bad that highways will crawl below 20 km/hwww.blogto.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkOntario expects GTA traffic to get so bad that highways will crawl below 20 km/hwww.blogto.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Ontario@lemmy.ca · 1 month agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareElise@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-230 days agoMaybe it’s possible to form an alliance and move politically and legally. For example being able to use dashcam footage in court and charging it as assault. That being said, sorry to hear you can’t do it anymore.
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoWe are already benefiting from such movements, eg Critical Mass. Imagine what it would be like without.
minus-squareElise@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoIs it currently not treated as assault or something when you push someone off the road?
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-228 days agoIt would be, if it was directly witnessed by a police officer who is sympathetic and not also hostile to cyclists, and isn’t already busy or “busy”.
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoIt’s not inadmissible in court but it’s also not likely to cause the police top open an investigation or seek charges
Maybe it’s possible to form an alliance and move politically and legally.
For example being able to use dashcam footage in court and charging it as assault.
That being said, sorry to hear you can’t do it anymore.
We are already benefiting from such movements, eg Critical Mass. Imagine what it would be like without.
Is it currently not treated as assault or something when you push someone off the road?
It would be, if it was directly witnessed by a police officer who is sympathetic and not also hostile to cyclists, and isn’t already busy or “busy”.
So dashcam is inadmissible?
It’s not inadmissible in court but it’s also not likely to cause the police top open an investigation or seek charges