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Found some proof that even hands-free sets do nothing to prevent collisions. More proof here , a U of T study, done in Toronto in mid-90s.

CBC reports that using a cellphone while driving increases chances of collision by 38%, while others (look above links) say that talking on a cellphone quadruples the chances of a collision while talking on it ...

... less than one half of a percent misfit that uniform, and that is better average than you'd find among clergymen

Amen

Welcome to the board David!

Not to go off topic but anyone notice that the cop in the site logo is tailgating?? http://www.ontariohighwaytrafficact.com/images/ohtalogo.gif

I wondered why the cruiser was driving the wrong way......or is it going in reverse? (white door is on front, red light is on drivers side) :lol:

That cruiser is a 2-door Charger to catch REAL speeders ...

Squishy wrote:And no, I'm not a goddamn hippy. I vote Conservative and support the death penalty, goddammit!

Is death penalty a part of Conservative platform? I should re-think whom I'll vote for next election.

Quite unfortunately for this case, the toll highways such as 407 is are actually governed by the OHTA (sections 191.1-191.4)

I mean if the limit was 120 then 50 over would be 170. If u wanna look for street racers that sounds more like it. They're wont be many people with basic R rated tires and a 4 cylinder engine going 170.

Won't see many people with V6's either. Gas costs start to pinch in quite heavily after 120-130 on most vehicles.

I mean some older people get ...

You do not have to pay another fine, however, your driving record might show the offence as S 128 (14) (d), which is a 6 demerit points offence, with all other insurance implications.

But what about them lidars? They seem to work fine for a mile away. Better than 99.5 % of the peoples' eyesight.

Then you request for the complete disclosure. See what they wrote down.

During court, you ask the witness (cop, provided they show up), "were the light on the cruisers activated?"

The simplest way I can put it is, "Faster than the lane to your right, slower than the lane to your left."

Makes the most sense to me, otherwise we're turning the highway into a Grand Slalom of sorts, with more lane changes/tailgating/etc. Although I will say that driving from Windsor back to Toronto last weekend, after clearing the construction ...

Mail in you request for disclosure. Let us see what they have against you.

As to filing a complaint... Not sure where you would send it too, but that is a definite "should do".

Why don't you make a call to the OPP to charge the Fire Chief with "Follow too Close"? He had no qualms about ratting you in, even though his case had no merit.

In any case, while the law allows for horses to be on the roads, the reality of the situation is that the law was originally written when horses were still used for transportation. These days, horses are not so common and only used for recreational purposes.

OHTA was written in 1990. I highly doubt that the horses were in common use in 1990.

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... didn't see the car coming (gray car against a gray asphalt road) and drove through the intersection into the path of the unlucky guy in the car. He clipped the passenger side of the van (hard) and turned it over.

Great. Now insurance rates will increase for grey cars due to the fact that they are harder to see on the road, thus increasing ...

Standard questions

Were you alone in the car when the incident happened? If not, who else was there.

How fast were you going after you passed the fire chief?

What do you mean by "aggresively chasing me"? He can be charged under 172 for "Racing". See end of post.

Can you recall clearly what had happened that day? From "I started to overtake the ...

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racer wrote:Small tickets like that usually do not count.

Every ticket counts!

Good point. When you are already getting ripped off because of sky-high insurance rates, there is no point in giving them any justification for it.

Good job responding to crash within minutes! Paramedics' most often complain about getting to the scene too late, sometimes by just minutes.

Left turns.... Once, back a few years age, I was driving with my mother along Main St. in Hamilton, near Queen St. (Main there is 5 lane, one-way, speed limit 50, lights all timed for 60 hehe). We were in the ...

P.S. The first safety mod I did on my bike was installing a 130dB horn, to replace the inaudible stock tweeter :twisted:

Do you wear earplugs before starting the motorcycle? 130 dB will destroy 100% hearing in an hour!


The way it looks to me, there was a group of horse riders spread out all over the road. If they want to spread out, they can ...

P.S. The first safety mod I did on my bike was installing a 130dB horn, to replace the inaudible stock tweeter :twisted:

Do you wear earplugs before starting the motorcycle? 130 dB will destroy 100% hearing in an hour!


The way it looks to me, there was a group of horse riders spread out all over the road. If they want to spread out, they can ...

Small tickets like that usually do not count. Not as much at least. Having a 30-49 over will, most definetly, increase your insurance rate, as the companies view it as "Major speeding" offence. 15 over you are looking at insurance increase of $200 per year at most, and, quite possibly, no increase whatsoever. Is this your 1-st ticket?

Call their 1 ...

I believe that anyone on this forum would have stopped before hitting the horse and not worry about the implications of that altoghether...

He deserves all he's gonna get, if you ask me.

I was hoping the guy would get assault or dangerous driving. That is nuts. Sounds like he deliberately hit the horse and rider. Obviously he's completely off his rocker.

But since he wasn't going more than 50 kilometres an hour over the posted speed limit, he'll just get a pat on the wrist.

I ...

There was a case, unapplicable as it it is in the US, of a driver charged on a parking lot of a hospital in Dallas as he was hurrying trying to get to see his dying mother-in-law. The officer took his time and acted rude and threatened the driver, a Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats, who did not identify himself as an NFL player at the time ...

The driver has been charged with "Careless Driving" and "Fail to Remain at the Scene of an Accident". He will appear in Owen Sound court on May 14. Looks like a license will be suspended...

The injured horse rider said:
the truck was heading down the narrow gravel road at a high speed when she began waving her arms at the driver in an attempt to ...

Else Lloyd must be so used to rip past the rest of us folk at 50 km/hr over THEIR speed that, when the traffic was moving 130, he felt it was his duty to overtake everyone as if they were standing still, without even realizing how fast everyone else was going.

OPP Constable Lloyd Tapp accused of driving 180km/h testified he wasn't paying attention to the speedometer but was going with the flow of traffic. He said he would never drive at such "ridiculous" speeds. "Personally, it's against my code of ethics to travel at that speed."

Great. If he wasn't paying attention to speedometer, shouldn't he be ...

Passing in itself is not, however, speeding while passing may be illegal. How fast was the LEO going, what was the speed limit, and how fast were you going when you overtook him/her?

There was another accident awhile ago, where not one but two horses were killed, the driver wrote the car off, so he had to stick around.!

Wasn't there a certain police officer who was also charged under 172 who did something similar? Or are we referring to the same incident ? I read somewhere that his case was scheduled for March 11 this year ...

Just wanted to wish everyone Happy and Safe Easter Holidays. As well as lots of bunnies and chocolate eggs!

The Star reports that a rural hit-and-run had fatally injured a show-horse, supposedly the next Olympic eventing contender.

Full story here

I mean just what exactly do you have to be doing to ***NOT*** see a horse and not be able to stop? What do you think?