However, in order to help your cause and your case, it is important to remember to document
the facts of your traffic stop and the circumstances surrounding it.
Not exact matches
Peter Mares: Jane Martin, do I really need a
traffic light system on my food to
stop me eating a pack
of salty, fatty chips or a sugary chocolate bar when in
fact I know I should eat an apple or a carrot instead?
In
fact, the long travel
of the clutch pedal too is a bit uncomfortable and you'd get tired
of shifting, especially in
stop / start
traffic conditions, in cities.
The case, United States v. Jackson, is very
fact - specific: the only issue is whether the
facts of a particular
traffic stop amounted to probable cause to search the trunk
of a car.
And, a 2016 report, which was spurred by a human rights complainant alleging racial profiling, reviewed two years
of traffic stops in Ottawa and found that visible minorities were pulled over more often by police despite the
fact they were not committing more
traffic offences.
See, e.g., Bridging the Legal Gap between the
Traffic Stop and Criminal Investigation (in which the author cites Devenpeck v. Alford for the proposition that «[A] n arresting officer's state
of mind (except for the
facts that he knows) is irrelevant to the existence
of probable cause....
In
fact, those who are beating the
stop traffic light are in the risks
of crashing on other cars in the road.
A good example
of a «mistake
of fact» is getting a
traffic ticket for running a
stop sign if a broken branch after a storm obscured the
stop sign from sight.