The Ontario Attorney General reported that the province has been seized or frozen $ 15.1 million in assets, including cars accused of street racing.
Following the announcement earlier this month that motorists accused of speeding could be alone with street racing, the provincial authorities recently issued a report celebrating the financial success of its property seizure program. To stress, since 2003, Ontario has the CAD $ 15.1 million in property and cash from the accused. The money does not necessarily those who are coming out of the crime.
stopped last year, in some cases, the police seized cash from motorists after police stopped and searched vehicles in a traffic accident. Only with a large amount of cash sufficient evidence of a crime, the police to report the money, Canada.com. The Ontario Provincial Police levied $ 99,000 from a bus stop near Kirkland Lake and $ 120,130 in cash from a stop near Marathon.
The Ontario Attorney General's report also celebrated the crushing of cars on 16 June 2006, York Regional Police. The drivers of the vehicles were charged with street racing because performance changes. Brakes Canada, like other auto parts must comply with the requirements of Canadian law.
"Police say both cars were substantially modified for the purpose of racing added with features to increase the engine and exhaust system power, the vehicles 'road clearance is decreased to increase the speed and removed the back seats and interior panels, reducing the cars' weight "says the report.
Other reasons for the seizure were added to the Canadian Act. Recent legislative changes "to seize civilian courts and order the forfeiture, as instruments of unlawful activity, vehicles or used, probably by people who are two or more previous license suspensions in relation to drink-driving offenses," stated the report.
Separately, Ontario began his road race earlier sanctions drivers who can not in any racing.
Premier Dalton McGuinty said that caught driving 50 km / h or 31 MPH over the speed limit is automatically "street racing" penalties. This will be imposed despite the fact that the accused motorist is driving alone on an otherwise empty street. According to McGuinty, the change in the definition is, in fact, in a proper acceleration Offense, to a U.S. $ 10,000 or $ 9,305 fine and up to six months in prison. As such, the traffic ticket made it one of the most expensive traffic tickets in North America.
"If you decide to violate the law, we assume that a threat to public safety and our stiff you to face sanctions," McGuinty said in a statement.
McGuinty cited in June, the importance of the fight against "organized crime" of street racing, as he called for the adoption of the "Safer Roads for a Safer Ontario Act, which is responsible for the 10,000 dollar fine. The change in definition also means that the word of a police officer is enough to confiscate a car and driver's license for at least seven days.
"There is no appeal from, or right to be heard, before, a vehicle detention, driver's license suspension or vehicle confiscation under [the street racing] number, the Safer Roads Act.
Also, McGuinty also announced a proposal to hire 55 police officers of the new traffic situation and the impending acquisition of a high-tech surveillance aircraft in a rack up to more of the expensive new fines.
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