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Originally Posted by wbradley
I have a front facing one and he took it for evidence. I am 100% sure it wasn't working anyway unfortunately, since it might have been the best defense.
Thanks, good advice. My point was I didn't expect the back to break loose as it did. It was intentional to accelerate quick, but it wasn't to break traction which it appears the cop's case will be based on. I have staggered Pilot Sports in the back, normally very grippy and pretty expensive for people that deliberately induce wheel spin. I will try to distill my statement to the minimum. You are correct that is the only point the justice will need to hear. No need to recount every detail with the courts, but I wrote everything down for reference if needed.
I will decide whether I will need legal council after attending the summons in Feb and seeing the officer's evidence. His video might be terrible and it could also be dismissed without trial, we'll see. Apparently they are really piling up the backlogged cases these days so perhaps they will drop weaker cases and pursue the stronger ones.
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Print off the weather summary from enviro Canada for the date and time. Use that to show that the tires may have been a bit firmer and more susceptible to spin.
In all fairness to the cop he had no idea if you intended to break traction but it could easily appear that was the case if you accelerated that quickly.