Key legal question
Whether the 30 km/h urban speeding offence was a gross traffic violation despite the defendant's subjective arguments
Extracted holding
Yes. The court held that the violation was objectively gross, and the defendant's claim that he believed he was still in an 80 km/h zone was not credible.
Extracted reasoning
The defendant knew the applicable 50 km/h limit and was driving on his daily commute. The appellate court could reject his explanation as implausible; alternatively, his failure to focus on road conditions in heavy traffic amounted at least to gross negligence.