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- Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:37 pm
- Forum: Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic control stop/slow sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
- Topic: Disobey official sign - Ottawa Municipal Bylaw Section 86
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Disobey official sign - Ottawa Municipal Bylaw Section 86
I was given this ticket for rolling through a stop sign. I'm not sure that I really rolled through, because I always come to a full stop. This time however, there were tens of bicycle riders coasting through the same stop sign and I may have coasted. The police officer was parked well back of the intersection and the approach path to the stop sign is partially obscured by the sign. The police man said I hadn't come to a complete stop, perhaps 10 to 15 km per hour, but since I thought I had stopped, he gave me this reduced ticket. I'm of the opinion I should plead not guilty, but not sure if it...