# Stunt Driving Law Deemed Unconstitutional. **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [September 4, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stunt-driving-law-deemed-unconstitutional/127766 "2009-09-04T11:26:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![Chad\_Dugan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/chad_dugan/32/5576_2.png) [@Chad\_Dugan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Chad_Dugan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stunt-driving-law-deemed-unconstitutional/127766/29 "2009-09-05T08:27:54Z")
> [@FS: Vortech S-Trim 87-93 Mustang](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-vortech-s-trim-87-93-mustang/11343/16): > > The basis for the argument is this… > > Simply put, speeding has always been considered an “absolute liability” offence. Once a person is clocked over the limit, there is basically no possible defence (unless he can prove the radar gun was defective). As a trade-off for such swift justice, the Charter guarantees that anyone who commits an absolute liability offence—i.e., he has no fighting chance to defend himself—can’t be locked away. Yet now, thanks to the new stunt-driving legislation, a form of speeding is suddenly punishable with prison. “It is unconstitutional,” says Brian Starkman, a lawyer who specializes in street-racing cases. “You can’t have an absolute liability offence co-exist with the potential for jail. That is settled in law.” > > Like i said, when a news agency reports it ill post it, until then just be patient. [http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/30/fast-and-furious/](http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/30/fast-and-furious/) 6 Paragraphs down… the date is April 30th 2009 … here is the link from your your stole that from - i do not believe that this will solve anything… the law wont be changing for a while… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stunt-driving-law-deemed-unconstitutional/127766)._