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Street Racing (pg. 9)
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| Provocative_boi |
Extreme speeding, will extremely cost you
Gregory Ellis
The Ontario government hopes their new initiatives aimed at cracking down on street racing will spell the 'end of the race' for drivers who take their need for speed out onto public roads.
The new initiatives, to begin September 30th, 2007 means police can charge drivers who are speeding more than 50 km/h over the posted limit with significantly stiffer penalties than they face now. These new penalties could include:
• An immediate, seven-day licence suspension and seven-day vehicle impoundment
• If convicted, a possible maximum fine of $10,000
• For a second conviction, within 10 years of the first, a possible court-ordered licence suspension of up to 10 years
So how many people could these new initiatives affect? According to the provincial government, on average, there are 2500 convictions for this extreme speeding ticket every year.
$treet racing dollars and sense
kanetix.ca wondered how this would impact the Ontario shoppers that visit the kanetix.ca auto insurance quote comparison service, so a quick study was undertaken to look at the aggregated data from this group of shoppers. The data comes to us from the collective group of Ontario drivers who so far in 2007 (August) completed online auto insurance quotes through kanetix.ca.
First the good news; only 332 drivers so far have listed speeding 50km/h over the posted limit as a ticket (In order to get an accurate quote, drivers are asked to enter the type of tickets they've received in the last 3 years.) This comprises less than 0.2 per cent of the kanetix.ca shopping population.
Now the bad news for those 332 drivers; right now, speeding 50 km/h over the speeding limit is a "major" ticket. If it is reclassified into the same group as racing, there's virtually no doubt that your auto insurance premiums will increase significantly. In the sample scenario we ran, with a 30 year-old driver, the lowest price quoted was almost 82 per cent higher in price than if the conviction was still considered a "major".
Ouch.
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| Adamo |
| yesterday I was going 120 on the 403/401 and I found that everyone was zooming by me..to keep up with the flow I was going about 130-140 constantly. |
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| Provocative_boi |
| This new law will be abused by the peel police more than any other since they have nothing better to do than to hide and different areas and give speeding tickets....Toronto police not sure because they are always busy with the actual crime that happens in the city on an average weekend. |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by Adamo
yesterday I was going 120 on the 403/401 and I found that everyone was zooming by me..to keep up with the flow I was going about 130-140 constantly. |
oh no, you are street racer!!! i hope you get charged criminally, get your license suspended and sent to jail for 30 days with you vehicle towed for 7 days!!!! yes, this will reduce reckless drivers on the road!!! |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by phlog
what if its 6am on sunday morning and you're the only one on the road. times like that make 50kph over on the highway seem slow. |
I don't care if there isn't another car for 100000km....there is still no reason for that kind of speeding. Cars are not the only thing that can cause an accident.
Bring back photo radar and put it on every bridge along the 401......a trip from Guv to Kitchener would get awful expensive doing 50 km over the speed limit the whole way. |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
I don't care if there isn't another car for 100000km....there is still no reason for that kind of speeding. Cars are not the only thing that can cause an accident.
Bring back photo radar and put it on every bridge along the 401......a trip from Guv to Kitchener would get awful expensive doing 50 km over the speed limit the whole way. |
bahahaha ok! |
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| soupastah |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sasha
150 on a highway is nothing!
100 in a 50 zone, yeah, different story |
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| soupastah |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj Smitty20
I always thought that about guys who drive those over-huge trucks with big diesel engines and four wheels on the back. Totally unnecessary...but they must have something to prove.:rolleyes: |
i don't get suped up trucks that are lowered.... I've tried to understand for years and i still don't get it... no it straight up pisses me off |
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| soupastah |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
One of my family members was indeed killed by a street racer about five years go. happens, life goes on. This is not a big enough issue to be spending so much time on it imo. |
you're an idiot |
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| phlog |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
Bring back photo radar and put it on every bridge along the 401......a trip from Guv to Kitchener would get awful expensive doing 50 km over the speed limit the whole way. |
lol do you drive a vespa or some ?
oh, and my point was that if there isn't anyone else on the road, you're only a danger to yourself. you totally just contradicted yourself.
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
if you are doing 50 km/hr over the speed limit you are a danger to everyone on the road |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
I don't care if there isn't another car for 100000km |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by phlog
lol do you drive a vespa or some ? |
Actually, I drive one of these but that still doesn'ts mean you have to drive 50 km/hr over the speed limit.
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