RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Ontario@lemmy.ca · 3 months agoOntario expects GTA traffic to get so bad that highways will crawl below 20 km/hwww.blogto.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square39fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareElise@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months 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-up0·3 months agoWe are already benefiting from such movements, eg Critical Mass. Imagine what it would be like without.
minus-squareElise@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIs it currently not treated as assault or something when you push someone off the road?
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months 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-up0·3 months 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