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ZTWsquared,Jun 29 2007, 12:33 PM Wrote:Who says they won't - you saw one instance where a cop didn't and he might not have issued a ticket even if the guy was on the street ... I don't think you can draw definitive conclusions on the basis of one instance where a cop used his own discretion - sorry but that doesn't mean a rat's butt in terms of what the legality is.

There is nothing in statute or even common law that says you are immune from law enforcement because you're on private property.

NikiterZTS,Jun 29 2007, 10:25 AM Wrote:so why won't cops give tickets at Timmies parking lots?
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The point I was making is that you cannot be handed a HTA violation ticket if you're not on a roadway that falls under the HTA - i.e. a publicly-assumed road, highway or throughfare.

I'll be checking with family and friends I have in law enforcement to verify this, as this is something I've "known" for quite some time now to be true.

You cannot be ticketed for driving without a license if you move a vehicle from one point to another on private property. This is under the same reasoning as why all accidents that do not fall under the Criminal Code are settled 50/50... because HTA violations (turn not in safety, follow too closely, etc.) cannot be enforced on private property.

Otherwise, technically, I believe we could all be handed speeding tickets all day long at the track, each and every time we race. Speeding is enforced under the HTA. So are emissions.

See where I'm going with this?