Section 172 Of Highway Traffic Act (sunts) - Examination
Today after looking at the section 172 i noticed a few things. For one street racing is under Stunts as other said. Which means the media is terrible and Fantino sold us this under lies.
Also i couldnt help but notice that stunt driving is not about speeds. Since 50 over is SO SERIOUS and they will tow your ass. I couldnt help but notice this in the section 172 of the highway traffic act under the definition of a stunt.
8. Driving a motor vehicle without due care and attention, without reasonable consideration for other persons using the highway or in a manner that may endanger any person by,
i. driving a motor vehicle in a manner that indicates an intention to prevent another vehicle from passing,
ii. stopping or slowing down a motor vehicle in a manner that indicates the drivers sole intention in stopping or slowing down is to interfere with the movement of another vehicle by cutting off its passage on the highway or to cause another vehicle to stop or slow down in circumstances where the other vehicle would not ordinarily do so,
iii. driving a motor vehicle in a manner that indicates an intention to drive, without justification, as close as possible to another vehicle, pedestrian or fixed object on or near the highway, or
Hold on stop here a second. If the OPP is gonna pull you over for going 150 and impound your car what about those *EDIT* that endanger the road and don't let others pass and plug the roads.
What about those jerks in trucks carrying trailers who drive in the right lane at 115 and cause major lines of traffic. Why don't they get towed??? Tell me.
When has an officer ever applied 172 to all those dangerous drivers who purposely block the passing lane. It's fine to use 172 and impound cars but its a two way street. Speeding is dangerous so is plugging the passing lane and preventing others from passing.
If you read the part that talks about cutting in front of another vehicle to slow its speed.
Obviously this is some serious stuff that causes road range and angers other drivers. Why dont our Police take these things seriously, why dont these people who are also dangerous and are performing a stunt get pulled over.
I remember squishy telling me a stunt was done to get attention.
Stunt:
a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
That guy who is blocking the passing lane and cutting others off is just as dangerous. He is also performing a dangerous feat causing road rage on the road. He is making the road an absolute hazard by forcing everyone to race around him.
Impound his car to!!!. What is the obsession with speed. Clearly the MTO put that in 172 for a reason. I want to see an OPP officer apply 172 to the next person that does this.
hwybear can you ask the MTO why those signs on the side of the road say " 50 km/hr over the speed limit, X demerit points, roadside suspension, vehicle seizure."
If 172 also defines this type of behavior as a stunt i want answers! Why is there no signs. There must be a mistake. Why do these people not get charged with 172 that perform this.
I don't buy the fact that these people are hard to catch. Infact you can see them in an unmarked car under the bridge with your lidar or radar gun aswell. There easy to spot. There is tons of open road in front of them and they have an army of cars trying to pass them. Why not call the tow truck on them to?
Call it both ways. If your going to tell people its dangerous to drive 151 on the 401 at 3 am in the middle of the night then you better impound those people that on purpose plug the passing lane on a major 3 lane road and causing road rage and making the road hell around them!
Im curious do the officers know this? Have these dangerous people also gotten their licenses suspended and cars towed?
Why didnt Julian Fantino and the media tell us this. When they sold us this law which is a breach of our rights as Candian Citizens they told it was to improve safety. They lied and called it street racing.
Why didnt they also tell the public that this stunt law also applies to this other behavior such as blocking the passing lane, preventing other cars from passing, and cutting in front of another vehicle slowing it's speed beyond what it was traveling?
I suggest someone gets working on this soon. Call up the MTO. Order some signs that also warn us of the penalties for doing this kind of behavior.
