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		mikepurvis on Feb 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ontario's new license plates have a problem: you c... Here's a local example from Waterloo Region— Feb 2017, cyclist killed by motorist exiting the highway: https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/cyclist-dies-after-being-hit-fr... A year later, all charges dropped on account of an apparently burned out streetlamp. The lawyer called it "happenchance": https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8354441-charges-dropped...

thisisnico on Feb 19, 2020 [–]

I'm surprised the city of kitchener did not get sued for the lack of maintenance on the streetlamp.

mikepurvis on Feb 19, 2020 | [–]

That assumes that any of this was really about the streetlamp though. Note that the person riding a bicycle was also guilty of the crime of "wearing dark clothing".

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