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Street Racing (pg. 13)
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| Dr. DAS |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
I can go 49km/h over the speed limit and not have a care in the world!
I love have a digital speedometer so i know how fast i am going! woohoo. |
At 49 over I would still be concerned about the 4 demerit points and the hefty fine.
Also, you're assuming that your speedometer is calibrated correctly...cops calibrate thier radar/laser units before each shift using a fixed reference at the division, and all cop cars carry a 'radar ticket' proving that thier speedos have been tested against known radar units so they can accurately pace you.
Bottom line is: you will lose. |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dr. DAS
At 49 over I would still be concerned about the 4 demerit points and the hefty fine.
Also, you're assuming that your speedometer is calibrated correctly...cops calibrate thier radar/laser units before each shift using a fixed reference at the division, and all cop cars carry a 'radar ticket' proving that thier speedos have been tested against known radar units so they can accurately pace you.
Bottom line is: you will lose. |
Then the same line of thinking could be applied to somebody going 99km/h on the highway. At what point is it reasonable to accept that the consumer (driver) only has a limited amount of resources at their disposal?
I understand that if you are going 49 or 51 over, they are going to nail you, but here the question is: by how much? When they make such 'tough' laws, which separate bad from ugly by 1km, there has to be room for error, on all sides. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
I love this new law.
I can go 49km/h over the speed limit and not have a care in the world!
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yeah...because police don't pull over people going less than 50km over
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
I love this new law.
I can go 49km/h over the speed limit and not have a care in the world!
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FYI... if you're driving aggressively but under 50km in excess of the limit they can still yank your car and charge you for racing... it's in excess of 50km over the limit OR driving agressively. |
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| Dr. DAS |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Then the same line of thinking could be applied to somebody going 99km/h on the highway. At what point is it reasonable to accept that the consumer (driver) only has a limited amount of resources at their disposal?
I understand that if you are going 49 or 51 over, they are going to nail you, but here the question is: by how much? When they make such 'tough' laws, which separate bad from ugly by 1km, there has to be room for error, on all sides. |
That's why, when you get caught speeding, the cop usually reduces the violation to the tier below where you got caught, to avoid you taking it to court. For example, you get clocked doing 120km/h on the 401 (stop laughing, this is hypothetical), the officer may reduce it to 15 km/h over, which is just $90 and no points, because unless there is a major error on thier part, no parallegal would try and reduce it further. Cops call it 'the ways and means act'. |
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| exstasie |
It's a joke ppl lol
I always go w/ the flow of the traffic in the fast lane and don't usually go faster than 135 km/h.
Anyone see the crazy accident at the QEW/427 split after Guv on Saturday?
Some car hit the median between the highways and ended up going into the side wall front first. Looked pretty bad. |
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| Cosmic Fur |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
When I leave people's houses, i get parents telling me all time to stay under 50km/h. No mention of driving the speed limit. |
Unless you're BSing, if other people's parents are telling you all the time to try and stay under 50 km/h, maybe you should just slow the down. I break the speed limit often, but not to the point where my friends' parents are telling me to slow down. |
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| Zentac_75 |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
It's a joke ppl lol
I always go w/ the flow of the traffic in the fast lane and don't usually go faster than 135 km/h.
Anyone see the crazy accident at the QEW/427 split after Guv on Saturday?
Some car hit the median between the highways and ended up going into the side wall front first. Looked pretty bad. |
Didn't see that one, but there was some disaster on the qew eastbound around erin mills/southdown exit.
I honestly counted 20 sets of flashers between cops/ambulances. :nervous: |
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| zoogla |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
Unless you're BSing, if other people's parents are telling you all the time to try and stay under 50 km/h, maybe you should just slow the down. I break the speed limit often, but not to the point where my friends' parents are telling me to slow down. |
lol whoa I didn't read it that way...although it makes sense. I have very close family friends (who I consider aunts/uncles; culturally) who just make the same comments to me that they make to their own kids. So when this news broke out, they just repeated it to me (and every other youth--lol I'm not exactly youth anymore). That's how I read it.
Mind you, I'm a speed freak so my above point is moot, in my case lol. |
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| Cosmic Fur |
It could be my parents too - I only got comments about my speed from them when I was learning to drive. Nowadays, they either understand I drive more or less rationally, or leave it to be my business how I drive. Of course, I do exercise discretion, and refrain from speeding a lot when I'm driving with them there.
Sorry for the harsh words, Jeff - the tiness of October is getting to me. |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
Unless you're BSing, if other people's parents are telling you all the time to try and stay under 50 km/h, maybe you should just slow the down. I break the speed limit often, but not to the point where my friends' parents are telling me to slow down. |
no no, no BSing, but I know they were just saying it because of all the publicity it was getting.
Yes, I do speed, and tend to take turns at a higher speed than most, but I don't drive recklessly or absurdly fast. I never race down the highway, I always stay consistent w/ the flow of traffic. Somtimes the flow of traffic is at 130km/h other times its 11km/h.
This law was all over the papers and news so it was hard for ppl not to notice it. |
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| AustralianGQ |
i LOL at all u ing losers who do 50km over in ur piece of 88 civic or 92 acura or whatever u got. doing 50 over is absolutely unncesary. on 400 series highways i do 100km max. alot of ppl do 120/130km and even thats too much and not neccesary. u deserve what u get, i could care less if u get a $5000 fine and loose 4 demerit points. dont act like an idiot on the road then.
in 1 month police nabbed 1025 drivers, lol unreal..... |
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