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OH! That move over law. I thought we had some obscure 'keep right' law that I didn't know about.

Just today, there was an EMT Tahoe followed by a fire truck coming in the opposite direction from me. There was a concrete median and heavy traffic on my side, so I put on my four-ways but didn't stop (was watching for any indication that they would ...

That's still an improvement over what happens on our roads. At least they're passing each other, and aside from times of heavy traffic volume, it's just a matter of waiting them out.

Here, there are cars squatted firmly in the middle and left lanes, doing 100 km/h (I know because I never close in on them and they never lose me :lol: ). There are ...

Which section is it?

I only know of two - one is 'move right when overtaken', which doesn't really work because by the time you are being overtaken, you have already caused irregular traffic flow. The other is 'keep right when driving slower than the normal flow', which doesn't prevent you from driving side-by-side without passing anyone. In ...

We have a move over law?

tdrive2 wrote:What do you mean?

I mean, why do you assume that a 775 HP police vehicle will be used for rush-hour chases? Just because the potential is there does not mean that it will happen. That's like saying we should seize all cars with over 100 HP because they have the potential to go fast when conditions don't allow it.

What happened to "speed is not dangerous"?

tdrive2 wrote:What a massive waste of Tax Payer money.

Did you read the link?

Haha, "Speedy Cop"

I'm not sure how he sold the idea to the Chief. Something about having to remove the rear seat on an '03 to get the dog in? If that was the problem, how does a basically 2.5-seater Camaro solve the dog issue?

Got 2 tickets while in a store parking lot. I was in the car with a passenger and was about to exit the vechicle. One ticket was for not having my up to date sticker and for having an expired insurance card, but the ticket offense reads " fail to surrender insurance card", which i did give to the officer just expired. What does the law say about ...

I think it's mostly to do with all this population growth.

Could be also due to shifting attitudes toward drinking and driving. "One for the road" used to be a literal expression, people would grab a beer and drink it as they drove to their destination. Now we shake our heads at the gall of someone who would stop in traffic, look over at the cop ...

knight_yyz wrote:I can't see into your car therefore ...

That right there is enough for the ticket. There are two separate laws for tint - one states that you must be able to see out, the other states that you must be able to see in.

I think it's mostly to do with all this population growth. Way back in Bookm's day (1903?), you could be impaired and drive down the road without meeting too many cars (limits the input you have to process and decisions you have to make). If you were impaired enough to crash, chances are you would drive into a ditch and maybe hit a tree. Now ...

I haven't heard of any either. I can imagine the P/O driver though: "I was being overtaken, sped up by 10 km/hr, and the officer gave me a 7-point ticket! What will THAT do to MY insurance??? I didn't even know this was illegal let alone this bad!"

Ignorance is a poor excuse. :P

I imagine just a warning of the potential charges and insurance ...

Assuming that this was not on a King's Highway, I think the charge should have been under the City of Toronto Municipal Code 400-21, or the old Metropolitan Bylaw 132/93. I can find neither of those online, so I can't read the text to determine if either specifies a 60 m limit.

The King's Highway includes highways 2-148 along with the 400-series and the QEW. The most popular HOV road in Toronto is probably Don Mills, which as far as I know is not a King's Highway (it's Regional Road 12 or something like that).

I'm not sure if a highway retains the King's Highway designation when responsibility for the road is turned over ...

Can't ask for too much, man. Might as well just run for office, then. ;)

How about you tackle 144 and I'll tackle 154? We'll finally get some lane discipline and yield signs can make a comeback! (And who wants to ask for more roundabouts?)

People who accelerate when others are passing them do technically fall under 172. I haven't heard of any ...

I think parenting makes a far greater difference than some magical 'age of responsibility', which brings us back to education. There is probably a medical reason not to let your 8-year-old get drunk, but once you hit puberty, I think your capacity for reasoning and processing information is about equal to an adult. The only thing lacking is ...

Hey Bear, a question for you: say you come to a collision where a driver turning left has turned wide and collided with a car that turned right while "facing" (still up for debate here) a green arrow and a circular red. Would it be 'improper left turn' for the left turner, 'green arrow - fail to proceed as directed' for the right turner, or both ...

Education is best, but it's a long term plan and makes sense - political suicide.

Stricter punishments to existing laws have the potential to bring more immediate results, but are less than ideal when looking at the big picture. It brings little education on the issue, just that "This is really bad, m'kay?". We're also just punishing cases where ...

RI for president!

Well, the law doesn't actually say "slow down". You are supposed to stop if you can do so safely, otherwise just "proceed with caution". I would think that maintaining your speed, coasting through, or slowing down would all qualify as "proceed with caution" under the proper circumstances (e.g., maintaining speed through a busy downtown intersection ...

Moot! Moot! :wink:

And 73 (2), which states that no window coating can obstruct the driver's view, is the one that is for the safety of the driver. 73 (3), which states that no window coating can obstruct the interior view from outside, is meant for the safety of officers approaching the vehicle, as well as defensive drivers who use other drivers ...

Calendar must've been different way back then.

If "their respective lane" is taken completely literally, then wouldn't that make the centre lanes of a six-lane street basically uncontrolled?

I think the distinction is in these two types of intersections that allow protected left turns:

1) This is the type I think most of us would picture. The top three lights control through traffic, with a ...

Birthdate in 1903? Holy *EDIT* you age well.

I'd honk as I passed, but otherwise, what can you do?

Bookm - sometimes there's a bridge support right at the end of the on-ramp, so you're stuck with what road you've got. But, in my experience, when it gets to the point that no one will let you in, then traffic has slowed to below 40 km/h and everyone is bumper-to-bumper. Otherwise, you either ...

Plates - they are required to be attached on the front and rear of the vehicle, not just be visible from the front and rear. Thus, you can only attach your rear plates to your rear bumper or tailgate.

Bulbs - as Bear has pointed out, front turn signals may only be amber. Trying to be as visible as possible is missing the point. The reflectors are ...

As for not having a traffic light for each lane, let's take a major intersection with three lanes in each direction and a left turning lane. There are two red/amber/green combination traffic lights, one on the right curb, the other in the centre median. If the centre median has the green arrow to turn left, but the right one is still red, is the ...

Or do all signals facing you apply to you?

Always thought that they put up the traffic lights so that they directed specific lanes to do specific things. Otherwise, why not just put up one light at each intersection instead of two lights for two lanes?

:?

Just to make matters worse, has anyone driven in Toronto on Lawrence Avenue and been ...

tdrive2 wrote:

Squishy wrote:So when I drive 80 or 90 km/h on a two-lane highway, I'm being a problem? Oh noes.

In Which Lane?

The right or the left.

In the left lane, yes you would indeed be the problem.

There is no "left lane." A two-lane highway has one lane in each direction.