Ontario Highway Traffic Act

That's true, and I should have added to double-check the date of manufacture anyways. Although it's rare to find tires more than a couple years old at a retailer. Under good storage conditions away from sunlight and ozone, tires will last in excess of 10 years. Those ideal storage conditions are rare (and a sign of a retailer you want to return to ...

Even if the tire blowout was no fault of the city? Do you honestly think the city owes you anything in that case?

I thought that kind of thinking was limited to big-city America. "I'm inconvenienced, so someone has to pay me!"

Two thumbs down.

9/32 is only about 30% tire wear, so the tires are likely an acceptable age unless your vehicle was stored for a while.

Going on the assumption that a tire failure led to the accident, do you remember where the tire blew? If the tire failed in the tread portion, you likely hit something that punctured it. Failures caused by underinflation will be ...

Even in your scenario, speed was a factor. Not necessarily the factor, but still a factor. (The factor, arguably, would be a sudden lack of speed)

Besides, people who speed up from being tailgated have a poor understanding of physics. Even a big honkin' pickup can't push you using air.

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tdrive2 wrote:haha i wonder what was in the trunk of the car.

Maybee he had a few dozen boston creams for his team mates and couldn't let them go bad.

The weight kept the front tires off the ground, was unable to steer!!

Should carry less doughnuts next time. Or ditch the Boston Creams for some light, flaky croissants.

From my understanding, you keep to the outside lanes when turning right (90 degrees). You can choose to skip to the inside or stay outside if going straight (180 degrees). You should go to the inside lane and then back out again if you are turning left (270 degrees) or making a U-turn (360 degrees).

Waterloo's guidelines match up with Ottawa's ...

i went to look at the car, both front tires are busted, it ""looks"" like the steering shaft/ti rod end, are attached, so its likely the tire blew on me.

I think you are confusing your terms. The outer tie rod end, which attaches to the steering knuckle at the wheel, is connected to the tie rod - which then connects to the inner tie rod end and ...

Have you driven long enough to encounter understeer? That's what this sounds like - either through excessive speed or "black" ice.

If it is a mechanical failure, look at the tie rods and ball joints. The steering shaft pretty much never breaks.

The oddest thing about the 400 is the phantom traffic jams. Trucks get slowed down from the big hills and start to have elephant races holding up two lanes of traffic. So the guys a few kilometres down the highway get stuck in a jam which mysteriously clears up as we near the hill.

The 400 is fast, but it doesn't feel unsafe until you get near ...

Sure you would be able to issue more tickets but some cars might not notice them like the marked vics.

When you see a marked vic it is clearly one and you get the hell out of the way.

Those lights bar on the roof can be seen from REALLY far away.

If there is an officer at the side of the road giving a ticket and he only has some light LED's on ...

Your expression in the picture makes it look like that one headline undid a whole season of TV rehab. WHAT WOULD CAM SAY?!

Have you noticed a difference between OPP's all-white and black-and-white cruisers?

When I am in the circle, I like to see incoming and exiting vehicles signal because it shows me that they are aware of what they are approaching and gives me a chance to adjust my speed to accomodate them (when I can).

Right now I have noticed that there are basically three types of people on the roundabouts. One type has never seen one before and ...

That looks recent, I see blue lights.