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Originally posted by malek ..... its just a money making scam.

http://www.kitchener.ca/parking/snow.aspx

"blah blah...so to remind you about snow even we created a TAG AND TOW bylaw...."

nobody has it as bad as we in kw, nobody!!!

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I agree with Jayx on two points, first lowering speed limits will not solve this problem. I'm not too worried about this proposal actually getting to ground, as it will get stuck in a committee through the next election. Second, pedestrians are just as at fault for many of these incidents. Seniors are notorious for jaywalking, and pedestrians in dark colours at night can't complain when drivers can't see them.

That said, there are two habits I've seen from drivers in Toronto that are pedestrian accidents waiting to happen (I'm a runner, I've had more near misses than I can count!). The worst is drivers pulling out of a driveway or parking lot, looking right, looking left (for the next 10 seconds), and then pulling out without looking right again. In the 10 seconds they looked left I walked or ran into the path of the car. When they start to pull out and get startled because I'm right there, my kind response is a solid fist to the hood - WAKE UP!

The second dangerous habit is drivers cruising through stop signs while making right hand turns. I know that this habit has been the direct cause of a couple of the recent accidents. It's a stop sign, it doesn't matter if there isn't anybody there - STOP MOFOs! No Idaho Stops!

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Originally posted by LKD you can pull over to the side and answer the call. please do NOT keep your hand busy with holding your phone to your ear. if your bluetooth consistently fails, maybe be as thoughtful of charging your headset as you are with your phone. another option is keeping a wired headset handy in your car (yes. all phones still do have a physical output to do so)

so you have drank the kool aid?

Yes, I answered my phone as I did hundreds and hundreds of times before the ban. I have never hit anyone or come close to it. I'm not gonna feel bad or apologize for doing it after the ban. The only difference between then and now is that the government has passed legislation that is now a substitute for personal accountability. We already had careless driving laws that could have been enforced but of course the nanny state had to make sure we were firmly under their thumb.

So are you judging me cuz I answered my phone or broke the law...just curious

Frequent pedestrian runovers here on the w. coast too. When it's rainy and dark they are hard to see. Especially when they (we) wear all black!


jaywalker fines next?

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Originally posted by Jayx1 Toronto... what a joke

Well, you got two things right, points I agree completely on.

First, Toronto is a joke, a big joke at that.

Secondly, the electorate in Toronto is in-fact brain dead. Not *just* the electorate though, most of the residents.

This is just another step along the path of Toronto becoming a police-state, old people town.

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Originally posted by gummybear so you have drank the kool aid? Yes, I answered my phone as I did hundreds and hundreds of times before the ban. I have never hit anyone or come close to it. I'm not gonna feel bad or apologize for doing it after the ban. The only difference between then and now is that the government has passed legislation that is now a substitute for personal accountability. We already had careless driving laws that could have been enforced but of course the nanny state had to make sure we were firmly under their thumb. So are you judging me cuz I answered my phone or broke the law...just curious

I'm just saying "PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND CONCENTRATE ON DRIVING".

And that's not to just you but EVERYONE.

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hang on a second...i forgot to add "USE THE SPEAKERPHONE OPTION ON YOUR PHONE IF YOUR BLUETOOTH FAILS AND YOU DON'T HAVE A WIRED HEADSET"

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Originally posted by LKD hang on a second...i forgot to add "USE THE SPEAKERPHONE OPTION ON YOUR PHONE IF YOUR BLUETOOTH FAILS AND YOU DON'T HAVE A WIRED HEADSET"

my roommate refuses to use neither the hands-free nor the bluetooth - she just continues to talk on the phone while driving, even between the cities on the highway, so silly!

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew my roommate refuses to use neither the hands-free nor the bluetooth - she just continues to talk on the phone while driving, even between the cities on the highway, so silly!

A lot of people just dont give a shit.

I think people are starting to suffer from ban fatigue. In other words, they are starting to ignore bans because there are just too many of them. Which essentially is what the government wants. More ban breakers = more revenue and thats what this is really about in the first place.

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Originally posted by jester Everything in this country is illegal.

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‎"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law" - Winston Churchill

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Originally posted by Jayx1 A lot of people just dont give a shit. I think people are starting to suffer from ban fatigue. In other words, they are starting to ignore bans because there are just too many of them. Which essentially is what the government wants. More ban breakers = more revenue and thats what this is really about in the first place.

i disagree...imo people just want to be adamant and 'fight the power' for cheap thrills (yea i'm seriously saying that)

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Originally posted by Jayx1 A lot of people just dont give a shit.

totally
I was like - "well you're the one strongly against drunk driving"
technically, isn't both drunk driving and talking on the phone driving classified as careless driving?
at the end of the day I just want her a. not to get a hefty ticket and b. get home alive

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