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We can't rule out a medical condition, either. Maybe he had a seizure or passed out with his foot on the gas.

I did some searching, but I couldn't find the European country I learned the use of a left-turn signal from. I did find Ottawa's guidlines, which are simiar to mine except they recommend no signals while entering if you intend to go straight (180 degrees).

http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/onthemove/driving/traffic/roundabout/how_to_use_en.html

My ...

People do it to "stand out" at car shows. It's really quite pointless to me - along with blue or green turn signals. Seriously, WTF? :lol:

tdrive2 - yes cost is a lot more to duplicate a fully marked cruiser, but if you have that kind of cash, the time it takes is not a lot more. About four hours to create the graphics, an hour to plot them onto ...

Do you think that more than simple speed was involved in the crash?

Lack of driver skill and/or mechanical failure. It could also be argued that a lack of driver skill resulted in a speed too fast for the road.

It seems to me like it would take a huge amount of momentum to cross oncoming lanes and then roll up an embankment, leaving a trail of ...

People have NO LANE discipline in Ontario. Once we have this you can do that.


I absolutely agree and that's why I said to study the German licensing system. The problem is that the HTA does not specifically address lane discipline as it would apply to a 6-lane highway. Sections 147 and 148 (I think those are the ones) say that a) you must move ...

racer wrote:Why not have signs saying "SLOWER TRAFFIC MOVE TO THE RIGHT. 4pts, $1000 fine." Would also work like a charm no?

"Hey I'm not slow, screw you, sign!"

Does the HTA address how to use roundabouts? I have found nothing specific in the last few years. I don't think most people here even know how to use a multi-lane roundabout.

I love roundabouts and the Waterloo region has a lot of them. I'm not sure how to use them properly, though. I use the right hand lane and signal right if I am turning off at ...

Left lane hogs = :evil:. Agreed. On the odd time that I do ever make it to the left lane and run into them, I turn on my left blinker and flash my highbeams instead of tailgating. I learned this from some European country's customs, most likely Germany. I have had about 80% success in getting them over, about the same as when I was younger and ...

It's not that hard to re-create a normal cruiser, either. I used to work at a sign shop and I could make and apply all the decals for an "all-white" OPP cruiser in less than a day. The black-and-white would take a few days more for the spray paint to dry.

I think the stealth vehicles should be some model other than a standard cruiser. They may not ...

I am not talking about a one-lane street - there isn't really any "lane discipline" to apply to that.

My previous post was about four-lane city streets (two in each direction) up to the six+ lane 400-series highways.

I don't know if you misunderstood my post or you think I should move left to allow others to pass me. Unless I am passing other ...

I disagree that the only reason someone follows too close is because someone else violates lane discipline. I take lane discipline beyond what the HTA requires - keep right except to pass, no passing on the right, follow the flow of traffic in all but the right hand lane; if no traffic is in front of me, then I travel faster than vehicles to the ...

Is that last picture blocked for anyone else?

I tracked it down and copied it to my Photobucket for anyone else having troubles:
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w236 ... mco101.jpg

The spotlight on the A-pillar kind of gives it away.

WOW :shock:

Do you remember the vehicle involved? My cousin did something similar - turning right on a red, and the car behind didn't like how long he was stopped. Honked at cousin, cousin overreacted and gave it too much gas. His 4Runner did a few circles, hopped a grass median, and ended up on someone's lawn. He had two worn tires in the back ...

Probably a good idea for the roads based on the general level of driver education, but that screws over all the street-legal cars that participate in sanctioned races. It'll be too complicated and likely too expensive to put in something like the GT-R limiter that gets turned off when the GPS hits a race track.

We can set the limit at something ...

The only officers I have met are OPP and Waterloo Regional, and none of them have broken my trust.

And not necessarily lane speed limiters is the the problem....it is said above with lane changes near ramps. If the hwy is near capacity....build it wider.

Or teach people how to merge properly. :x

I have had people honk at me after they tried to mate with the side of my car, because they're too afraid to floor it to get up to 100 km/h on the ...

Okay, thank you for clarifying. That said, I don't think too many people are driving more than 50 km/h over the speed limit just because they feel the law is not valid. Many of them were just speedy drivers before the law came into effect, and they continue to be so. However, when 172 is struck down, all of the acts that are stunt driving/racing ...

Those really are some sexy hands 8)

I did some CSI on the image and recovered the text of the article:
Ontario and Quebec now require electronic speed limiters on large trucks, but other provinces are rejecting the concept, saying the devices can sometimes actually make roads less safe.

Even a study commissioned by the federal government has ...

regardless of the methods used to stop it.

Are you saying that the end justifies the means, in your opinion?



No, I'm saying that just because a law can be deemed unconstitutional does not mean that the purpose of the law is no longer valid. With that statement, I am referring to those who insist on going 50 over because they feel 172 should ...

I wouldn't set my kitchen on fire to protest it...

And for the time that that policy is in place, I would make damn sure my kitchen didn't catch fire.

I agree that the roadside suspension and impoundment are too harsh and probably do violate our Charter (not a lawyer so I can't be 100% sure) - the way 172 is set up, it seems to assume that officers don't make mistakes and never let personal feelings influence things. But violating 172 anyways and then trying to get the cases dismissed is the ...

And that's the problem with people disregarding this law just because they don't agree with it. If you continue to violate 172, then a lot more valid cases will make it to court. The lies/mistakes will get lost in all the cases that do result in a conviction. If people stayed within the law and then pointed out, "Hey, most of these 172 tickets don ...

The HTA defines it as intentionally losing traction while turning. I'd say intentionally doing so on a public road is dangerous.

Looks like the proposal for 172 was purely to address racing, not speeding/stunting. Maybe the media shouldn't get the blame - but it's stupid how people want to argue semantics. Trying to argue that, "There was only one car! How can that be RACING?!" as if that would get the charge thrown out.

Is it dangerous to do any of the actions classified ...

I found some Pirelli winter tires that were W-rated. I can't imagine they would be any good in real winter conditions, but at least this shows that there is a remote chance that the driver had tires rated for the speeds he reached.

What's the highest speed rating you can get a set of snow tires in? V?

Hopefully it wasn't some off-brand tire like Champiro - in which case he probably traded death for a license suspension.

On any public road, if you are a danger to yourself, you are a danger to others.

I would like to see any 12-year-old get up to 250 km/h. A car at those speeds will not travel straight on its own. You are making a few minute corrections on the steering wheel every second, which some people do without even realising it. Aside from potholes, I have ...

"# a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention "

He got two out of three there. Stunt x2.

250 km/h is unusual, that's for sure. And at that speed, you're outdriving your headlights, which makes it dangerous. Unless you pulled strings and closed down the highway, then you don't know who you are endangering. I have ...

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And in no way is this stunt driving. The officer even said there was not other cars around. He was racing no one.

Speeding, sure. Stunt racing or street racing, fat chance.

Sure it is. It's not racing, and it's mainly the media's fault for making everyone think that 172 is the "street racing" charge. But at 250 km/h, that is definitely ...

Yup it's an image of my pool cue.