Yes traffic was light, but there were other vehicles on the highway. I imagine they came off the DVP becuase there were no OPP cars assisting and none joined in. I can honestly say I've never seen a car go that fast on the highway as he was just a blip, like a sneeze and then you couldn't even see his tail lights. As for air support possibly they called in the YRP copter.

Around 3:00 a.m this morning I came off the 404 south onto the 401 west collector lanes. I moved over to the centre lane and had my window open a bit because I was having a cigarette. All of a sudden two lanes over to my left, what appeared to be a Porsche, passed me doing at least 250 k/mh. Just a blip and a roar. I reached for my phone to dial *677, but before I could hit send, and remember this maybe took 10-15 seconds, a Toronto ETF SUV, came flying past me , lights and siren on, but was way behind this car as even I couldn't see his tailights any more. I got off at Yonge and stopped at th...

Was on King Rd. at a red light waiting to turn right (south), onto Yonge St., first car at the intersection. To my left I see a bus stopped in the right turn lane , south bound Yonge. Beside this right turn lane are two southbound lanes too. The bus is stopped picking up passengers with his four way flashers on. Behind the bus is about seven cars, two of which are OPP cruisers about four and five cars behind the bus. The bus is there for quite a bit as he was also waiting for some passengers running to the bus. One car pulled out from behind the bus, went around it, and safely made the right t...

Slowly I'm starting to think that along with the mandatory written and driving tests an IQ test may be in order.

Message to Admin: We need one of those avatars of a shaking head. On another note, over to you hwybear and simon.

In Simon's defense, he devotes and volunteers a lot of his time here to help those like you and others. He, along with a few other people here, have years of experience to help and advise people such as yourself and do not benefit from doing so.

I agree that the speed you indicated might be a top end in order to avoid a collision during moderate or light conditions, but feel that at severe snow or ice conditons it is much lower. I may be wrong here, but at high speeds on slippery conditions you have less pounds per square inch making contact with the surface for a longer period of time. Almost like walking on ice and then trying to run on ice. Your going to hit the ground. During this past week we have seen many different winter conditons. Light, heavy snow, and drizzle creating icy conditions this past Friday. In a previous post I ga...

Just about everyday I am on three different highways. I notice quite a difference in the driving habits of drivers on Hwy. 400, Hwy . 401, and Hwy 404/DVP. The 400 drivers are nuts. They all follow too closely and irregardless of weather conditions or lighting, all drive at least 30 k/mh over the limit. The 404 drivers tend to leave more space between themselves and drive a little more civilized, even at higher speeds. The 401 drivers do tend to drive a little closer but not as fast due to them being prepared to stop or slow down all the time. One charge I would like to see laid more often is ...

In regards to the db meter, when I was a teen Toronto police did have them. We used to go cruising down Yonge St., many of us with our windows open and stereos blaring, stuck in bumper to bumper traffic north of the Eaton Centre. The police used to be standing on the edge of the sidewalk with db meters handing out fines for excessive noise.

Thank you both. I do have the safety and my insurance company has been notified. Just have to get over to the MTO to get the new ownership.

Maybe this has been answered before and if so I apologise for doing so again. Here goes:
Sold my vehicle the other day and removed plates. Want to buy another used one today ( Sunday). MTO closed. Can I put on my old plates and use my ownership and insurance slip till Monday so that I can drive the vehicle?

Lex87 wrote: Was it such a great deal for them to have to wait around all day to save the $60?

I can't wait to hear the responses to that one.

I know the law may be the law , but the guys on the bikes don't really bother me. Most of the time it's some guy going through male menopause on his Harley taking his kid out for a five minute ride for an ice cream and maybe puts 200 kms on it all year, or the longest ride may be a charity run. It's the guys in these little cars with exhausts bigger than my head that run up and down the streets shaking my house, vehicle, kidneys and ears that drive me nuts.

On the 404 I've seen Yukons/Suburbans, Caravans, and Tributes that have pulled cars over. On Yonge St. in Thornhill just north of Clark I've seen the Envoy pulling cars over too. Just the other day a black suburban came up on me with lights and siren on but to tell you the truth I didn't notice him until he was almost beside me. My window was open all the way but his siren sucked and his lights were not too bright behind the blacked out windows. This was on Bathurst north of Gamble in a 80 k/mh zone. In the past I've seen Jettas,Maximas,Durangos,Honda Vans and Intrepids. The brunt of it is you...

Every day either my wife or I take that 404 south HOV lane to the DVP south to take the kids to school. I can't tell you how many times I've had to pound on the brakes or swerve to the concrete barrier to my left because some (deleted) decides to cut over from stopped traffic while I'm doing 80-100 k/mh
because they can't wait in their lane. I just wish the police were there every day and not once in a while.