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- Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:56 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Transport trucks on the right
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1367
Re: Transport trucks and 400 series highways
I can just tell by the way the way FedUpTrucker is talking that this guy is one of these cowboy truckers that put other people in danger on the road to save half an hour of time. "It makes no difference the size of the vehicle that moves down the road," It most certainly does, do you think...
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:05 am
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Ever wonder why Police don't ticket Left-Lane Hogers?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7128
Re: Ever wonder why Police don't ticket Left-Lane Hogers?
I think its pretty known that people "routinely" break the law of 100km/hr maximum speed. Don't you remember the high profile case of two drivers doing 100km/hr on the 401 driving side by side in the left and middle lane to protest a ticket he received earlier that month for travelling 115...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:23 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Ever wonder why Police don't ticket Left-Lane Hogers?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7128
Re: Ever wonder why Police don't ticket Left-Lane Hogers?
Here's a very interesting link showing how each state in the United States deals with the issue of enforcing this law. http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html The bottom paragraph is very interesting when it talks about transport trucks doing 60mph in a 55mph zone when traffic flow is travelling @ 65 mph...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Ever wonder why Police don't ticket Left-Lane Hogers?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7128
Re: Ever wonder why Police don't ticket Left-Lane Hogers?
Hence the problem with the section Simon. You must agree that it is quite dangerous for a driver to drive in the far left lane @ 100km/hr. Passing in lane 2 and/or lane 3 causes many accidents on our roads. This article I referred to though suggests that it's officers fault for not properly enforcin...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:42 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Ever wonder why Police don't ticket Left-Lane Hogers?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7128
Ever wonder why Police don't ticket Left-Lane Hogers?
http://www.wheels.ca/Columnists/article/801674 Here's an interesting article regarding an angry columnist who is tired of left-lane hogs who travel in the left lane and will not move over for a vehicle behind them wanting to travel faster. The writer just blames enforcement and the police for not ta...
- Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:46 pm
- Forum: Stunt Driving
- Topic: This is gonna leave a mark.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1948
Re: This is gonna leave a mark.....
Exactly, no one knows about this cobalt ss 2009+. Someone in a BMW, G35 or AUDI rolls up on this cobalt and laughs when they rev the engine but then gets spanked and assumes the car has 20k+ of mods when it is actually bone stock and just simply out performs a lot of very expensive cars mid-range sp...
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:22 pm
- Forum: Stunt Driving
- Topic: This is gonna leave a mark.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1948
Re: This is gonna leave a mark.....
You are very unaware my friend. Although this article doesn't give the details, I guarantee you this was a Cobalt SS 2009 or newer, it is probably the best sleeper car under 30k you could buy (discontinued, replaced by the Chev. Cruze) Go do a google search on the powertrain of the 2010 cobalt ss tu...
- Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:28 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: first speeding ticket
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2129
Re: first speeding ticket
This ticket is not worth fighting at all. The police officer more than likely did clock you at 140+, easily too, if you did approach him at a high rate of speed during low volume of traffic it would be hard to not have noticed your vehicle in his rear view mirror and his radar display in the front d...
- Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:30 am
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Drive hand held communication device
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6274
Re: Drive hand held communication device
If someone was dialling on their phone, on the keypad, but got pulled over before the call could be completed then there would be no way for the accused to prove he/she was dialing and not texting because no record would show on the phone bill of a call being connected. Bear you make a good point, I...
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Drive hand held communication device
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6274
Re: Drive hand held communication device
Actually the law reads that the device could potentially be sitting "securely" in a cupholder. Because the device would not move during motion of the vehicle, whereas if it were sitting on a persons lap or on the passenger seat it would be movable during motion. This law is so dumb. There'...
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:13 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Drive hand held communication device
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6274
Re: Drive hand held communication device
Exemption for pressing buttons 14. (1) A person may drive a motor vehicle on a highway while pressing a button on a hand-held wireless communication device to make, answer or end a cell phone call or to transmit or receive voice communication on a two-way radio if the device is placed securely in or...
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:09 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Drive hand held communication device
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6274
Re: Drive hand held communication device
The problem is exactly what Squishy said, the HTA law says if the cell phone is "mounted" to the vehicle in some form (you can buy one of the AC/Heat ventilation mounts from Walmart for 20 bucks) you can press as many buttons on it as you wish, same goes for the GPS mounted units.. Not qu...
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:58 am
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Drive hand held communication device
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6274
Re: Drive hand held communication device
This law is severely flawed albeit a step in the right direction. Don't get me wrong I despise people who text and drive. Being a motorcyclist, distracted drivers are the greatest threat to my life while riding. The problem is exactly what Squishy said, the HTA law says if the cell phone is "mo...
- Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:53 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Transport trucks and 400 series highways
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5549
Re: Transport trucks and 400 series highways
Our Country is so dependant on transport trucks that limiting their usage along the main transportation sector of our province (400 series highways) will never happen. Look up the statistics on transportation of goods in Canada. The food you ate last night, the shirt you're wearing, the chair you're...
- Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:31 pm
- Forum: General Talk
- Topic: Caution to Motorcyclists - Regional Police Targeting Us
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5539
Re: Caution to Motorcyclists - Regional Police Targeting Us
The officer had a blackberry smart-phone so I can only assume he had access to 3 or 4 G coverage to do a quick search. I understand about the visual inspection and that makes sense to me and I didn't think of it at the time, although the officer knew my helmet was brand new. I still can't understand...