{"id":9930,"date":"2013-03-08T15:57:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T15:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:81\/wordpress\/?p=9797"},"modified":"2013-03-08T15:57:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T15:57:18","slug":"toronto-residents-charged-with-stunt-driving-related-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/toronto-residents-charged-with-stunt-driving-related-offences\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto residents charged with stunt driving, related offences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police recently arrested three people within a period of 24 hours in Toronto on allegations of &#8220;stunt driving,&#8221; a term that means driving at a speed of 50 km\/h or more over the posted speed limit. These drivers face a variety of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/Impaired-Other-Driving-Offences\/Driving-Offences.html\">driving and traffic offences<\/a>, but one of the men also faces a charge of impaired driving.<\/p>\n<p>The string of arrests began on the morning of Feb. 24, when a 25-year-old Toronto driver was clocked doing 113 km\/h a little after 4:00 a.m. He was charged with impaired driving, and a mere 30 minutes later, a 22-year-old Pickering man was allegedly driving at 144 km\/h and was similarly pulled over. He refused to submit to the breath test and was charged for this, as well as for driving with a suspended licence. The following morning at approximately 2:00 a.m., a 37-year-old Toronto man was clocked doing 188 km\/h in a 100 km\/h zone; police had to give pursuit in order to arrest him for stunt driving. They seized his vehicle and suspended his licence.<\/p>\n<p>All three drivers were charged with stunt driving, and some were charged with additional charges. This charge carries an automatic seven-day suspension of a driver&#8217;s licence and a week-long impounding of his or her vehicle. Additional penalties may be imposed based on other conduct of the drivers. The maximum fine for a conviction is $10,000, and a person may serve up to six months in jail.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto police say that of the 38 arrests for stunt driving, five of them also included charges for impaired driving.<\/p>\n<p>When a person is charged with drunk driving, stunt driving or similar offenses, he or she may wish to retain the services of a Toronto criminal defence attorney. A knowledgeable attorney may be able to challenge the allegations or help mitigate the consequences of the harsh penalties associated with such charges.<strong><\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>The Globe and Mail, &#8220;Toronto police stop man driving 188 km\/h on highway,&#8221; Timothy Appleby, Feb. 25, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police recently arrested three people within a period of 24 hours in Toronto on allegations of &#8220;stunt driving,&#8221; a term that means driving at a speed of 50 km\/h or more over the posted speed limit. These drivers face a variety of\u00a0driving and traffic offences, but one of the men also faces a charge of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drunk-driving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}