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<blockquote data-quote="Reinyrooster" data-source="post: 1800614" data-attributes="member: 395007"><p>Jake, I can only speak regarding traffic laws in the province of Ontario. We have no such designations as "primary" or "secondary" offenses. The ability to operate a motor vehicle on a highway has been deemed to be a privilege, not a right, therefore the police have the right to stop any motor vehicle being operated on the highway to ensure the driver is licenced. As I stated earlier, the women who didn't move with traffic in itself wasn't necessarily ( open to argument ) breaching any section of the traffic laws, it was the fact that she wasn't moving ahead when all the other traffic in front of her moved off that caught the officer's attention. Closer examination by the officer revealed that she was checking text messages on her watch that had that ability. Posing the hypothetical question as to a "what if" serves no purpose as that's clearly not what she was doing. Had the officer approached her after seeing her not moving with the traffic and found out that she was having issues with a child, I'm quite sure he would have simply had her pull to the side of the road to solve her issue rather then block traffic. I also wear a watch that has the ability to show me text and email messages however I choose not to look at the watch when it notifies me that I have rec'd a message. I would argue adamantly that the simple act of LOOKING at your watch ( as in to see what time it is, NOT scrolling through messages) is not a violation of any Ontario traffic laws.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reinyrooster, post: 1800614, member: 395007"] Jake, I can only speak regarding traffic laws in the province of Ontario. We have no such designations as "primary" or "secondary" offenses. The ability to operate a motor vehicle on a highway has been deemed to be a privilege, not a right, therefore the police have the right to stop any motor vehicle being operated on the highway to ensure the driver is licenced. As I stated earlier, the women who didn't move with traffic in itself wasn't necessarily ( open to argument ) breaching any section of the traffic laws, it was the fact that she wasn't moving ahead when all the other traffic in front of her moved off that caught the officer's attention. Closer examination by the officer revealed that she was checking text messages on her watch that had that ability. Posing the hypothetical question as to a "what if" serves no purpose as that's clearly not what she was doing. Had the officer approached her after seeing her not moving with the traffic and found out that she was having issues with a child, I'm quite sure he would have simply had her pull to the side of the road to solve her issue rather then block traffic. I also wear a watch that has the ability to show me text and email messages however I choose not to look at the watch when it notifies me that I have rec'd a message. I would argue adamantly that the simple act of LOOKING at your watch ( as in to see what time it is, NOT scrolling through messages) is not a violation of any Ontario traffic laws. [/QUOTE]
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