Government/Legal

This speeding driver could soon find himself in some serious trouble, especially since Alberta police just voted in favour of a resolution allowing officers to seize vehicles belonging to reckless drivers caught traveling 50 km/h above the posted speed limit. According to police, they stopped ...

With Toronto making headlines as the worst city for speed traps and also being one of the three major Canadian cities named to the top 5 list of worst rush hour traffic in North America, it should come as no surprise to see Toronto streets making up most of Ontario's top 10 worst roads. The ...

When Ismael Martinez, a foiled carjacker, was scoping out Dorothy Baker-Flugence's minivan, we're sure he didn't expect it to end with him getting punched in the face, then getting run over by said minivan. Dorothy Baker-Flugence was getting into her minivan with her two and five year-old ...

Car seizure is a common punishment for speeders caught in several Canadian Provinces including law breakers in Ontario and street racers in British Columbia. Although Alberta police currently have little recourse when it comes to car seizures and suspension, speeders and street racers may soon ...

The next step in the off-track saga involving NASCAR Nationwide Series drivers Mike Harmon and Jennifer Jo Cobb has been taken, with arrest warrants issued for Harmon and business associate David Novak. In May, Harmon was charged with stealing a car hauler and other goods worth hundreds of ...

A new study has found that roughly 12 per cent of red light violations are caused by distracted driving. The research looked at 118 intersections in 19 communities over a three-month time span. After reviewing stoplight camera images from those intersections, researchers found that approximately ...

Crain's Detroit Business reports Detroit's abandoned Packard plant is set to come up for auction this September. Wayne County officially foreclosed on the property this year due to tax delinquency. The owner owed around US$975,000 (CAD$994,842) on the 43 parcels that make up the old manufacturing ...

If we were cynical marketers, we might suggest this as a tag line for the upcoming smartphone app called SpotSquad: "Rat out your friends and neighbours for a few lousy bucks!" That's right, belying the stereotype of the unfailingly polite Canadian, Winnipeg-based SpotSquad is creating an app ...

The US state of South Carolina may soon lead the way into the future with electronic licence plates for cars and trucks in North America. Using so-called electronic paper, technology similar to what is seen on digital readers like the Amazon Kindle, these new licence plates would be capable of ...

Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment, has announced our country will officially adopt the United States Tier 3 emissions standards for passenger vehicles. Kent says doing so will reduce air pollution from new vehicles by around 80 per cent compared to the old Tier 2 standards currently in ...