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The law is a joke.

Not that i care but it shows how fast even the police drive. Other cops to have been charged with this law.

This one really gets peoples attention. Not only was she speeding like mad, she didnt even have her lights on, was not on call or to an emergency and out of her zone?

May i ask what was she doing exactly? Why would an ...

One more thing i have always thought about what a higher more realistic speed limit around where 85 percent of cars actually drive. Lets say a speed limit of 120-130 km/hr seems to be where most are at now.

1. This would get the super slow drivers off 400 series highways. Those that dont feel comfortable at this speed which often cause major ...

Okay hwybear i must admit i do agree with what alot of you say.

So okay ill agree lets say the human body can with stand a crash at 130 km/hr. Here is my response

1. The rest of the world (england, germany, france) drive everyday at 130 km/hr (official limit 120-130). They live to tell the tale. In fact they also do this in much older cars which ...

He has a point just because he is on the shoulder does not mean they are checking for speeders. OPP have many different duties. Not all there tickets are for speeding and there is no qouta.

All though there is extra pay for court days and they get over time pay for doing it on "off days" or off shift. Thats my problem also with 172, 172 is ...

Sure you can school and tell people and make new laws. But they won't listen. They wont care. They wont take it serious. So how do we deal with those left lane drivers who cause traffic jam's and cause road rage in other drivers. Well here they don't care they just clog traffic.

I have seen tons of people do this. One time i watched an F150 going ...

Why doesn't Julian Fantino make a new law the OPP could enforce. This must be the solution (sarcasm)

If you are causing traffic backups then they should tow your car on the spot. Then they should also take your order from the drive through and give it to charity.

They should come up with a new Law called Street Parking or something like that. I ...

I agree.

Cops should need to show proof with the radar detector either the Genesis 2 or the Laser guns they have. They should have something to print them off computerized.

It's one thing to estimate someones speed without a device simply by pacing or other cop techniques. Its quite another to fine someone based on that when the fine is a few ...

Hey have you gotten out of alot of 50 over tickets aswell?

Isnt a 50 over ticket mandatory court date aswelll?

Officers say they don't like court but they get time + 1/2 on off days to go court which is a minimum of 3 hours paid. They arent doing that bad. The officer doesnt have to show up. Sometimes officers wont go and peolpe dont get the ...

Now i am taking a wild guess but the OPP dont make laws. Its the province and the MTO the OPP enforce them. They have regional detachments and highway safety detachments. I am sure some officers know that it is not right to essentially make someone guilty without the right to a fair trial.

But it is not the officers fault. The officer was just ...

This law has been wrong since day 1. We already have laws for speeding and racing. For going 50 over you could just increase the fines. Speeding is not necessarily street racing or Stunt driving. It doesn't catch real street racers. Instead it makes criminals out of what tons of people do all the time when our highways permit it (low volume)

I ...

haha bookm was that driving and the officer recognized you?


That could not have been Cam Wooley i thought he retired in September and works on CP24 news.

I think we should name a highway after Cam. I liked him before. They should call it the Wooley Express. Or name a section of the 401 express after him.

Add to that why dont they just call 172 ...

Wow actually that is very low i am quite surprised 10-15 for a whole month isnt to many and i your area has a pretty big presence on the 401.

hey hwybear just a quick question last week i noticed a bunch of Tahoe's on the roads. Why does the OPP use tahoes for? I assume Crown Vic's would be used for most things. The only thing i can think those ...

Is it just me or do people seem to drive extremely fast on the 400. I read an article by Jim Kenzie saying he has seen people fly by over 150 and not get stopped and it seemed they were looking for ones going 70 over.

I guess some of these parts have 5 lanes and south of barrie people seem to fly on this thing. Is it just me or are some people on ...

Ah well thanks hwybear that definately explains why those areas are so much more enforced then the ones around the GTA.

I am quite amazed that Chatam-kent has that many officers and just a Highway safety division i guess that is a really bad place to slow down. I guess that really explains why west of London people seem to drive so much slower ...

Hey guys i heard sometimes police wont use their flashers on unless theyre is alot of traffic because it can mean that if they have something urgent to attend to and its light traffic speeding without the lights people will just move right instead of freaking out.

Does that mean that hwybear uses his bright hid flashers in the drive thru line at ...

Haha no way Cam Wooley was on TV i always thought he had some funny comments he is always on the news for long weekends.

Was Cam Wooley on Survivor?

Sorry if that thread was unacceptable if it is i will gladly edit it. I am just trying to point out that when drivers are forced to drive faster they are also forced to pay more attention to the road. Surely if you would take a trip on the authobahn you would not see anyone text messaging or emailing someone on a blackberry........ I would hope ...

Haha that was quite funny. What does he mean when he refers to the tv show? I know cam wooley used to always be on TV people always used to joke that he looked like Smokey the Bear which i still find hilarious.

I dont have a problem with the Ride Program. People talk of all these wild ideas such as governing car speeds.

IMO i really think a great ...

Hey i had another question it may be a bit off topic.

It seems all the highway safety divisions have 3 vehicles. Marked crown vics, unmarked crown vics, and marked tahoes. I was wondering why they use tahoes for highway patrol?

I usually see the vics are doing radar enforcement and i have only really seen the tahoe's at scenes of accidents. In ...

One more argument i have about the current speed limit and the 50 over law.

It distorts what we should really be focusing on. The truth is improper lane etique, following the other rules of the road, and distracted drivers cause many more accidents and death then do these speeders who fantino seems label as hell. But we know politicians and they ...

Secondly hwybear i know i may have seem to given you a hassle but i very much appreciate your responses, high ways mean alot of me and i like to hear the perspective of officers. I am not taking out anger or anything out on you it isnt like the officers set limits or laws. So sorry if you got the impression i hate all officers or dislike you ...

Haha hey i heard that during rush hour in the evening everyone is on the road so they cant get to Tim's and they start making a fresh batch of doughnuts.....

Hey i wonder if cops get special deals at tim hortons or some kind of preferred customer card.

Anyways that was a joke but i did hear many small cofee and donought shops like the regular ...

The crown vics i think are a 4.6l V8. They are not as fast as the charges but i beleive they are much safer. I think they have the best rating for crashes slaming into the back and have an added roll cage and other extra safety features.

i dont know about the tahoes.....

Last week on the 401 i had seen 2 officers returning from the scene of an ...

Meanwhile, showing that the street racing law is a huge deterrent :roll: the Toronto Police caught the driver of a Mercedes-Benz going 231 km/h on the Don Valley Parkway yesterday morning. :shock:

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090109/dvp_speeder_090109/20090109/?hub=TorontoNewHome

The drop in fatalities was continent-wide ...

hey change the thread name to funny pictures.

I got a better one.

Well i have to remember people change their behavior with police around.

And some areas are way more patrolled then others and people know this. It also depends where your driving some people are in a hurry and it shows.

Anytime i am on the 401 it isnt hard to spot the police with 3-4 lanes u will see a sea of red brake lights where the cops are ...

Hey guys i just wanted to know what speeds you see others do on the roads on a regular basis. As we all know no body drives 100 km. It seems they only hit that speed twice once on the way up and once on the way down.

it seems the De Facto limit on the 401 is about 120-130. But lately i dont know if its me but i see people going well over 130 all ...

What if this happens in Quebec or another province. Do you still lose points, can you be fined under ontario traffic laws (172).

- From what i hear around london (carnage alley) and the windsor area is heavily enforced. I have heard it is a 2 lane road on each side with a grass median which would be perfect for an officer to wait in the middle to check for speeders.

- Apparently highway 400 on the way to Orillia and Barrie is where they use the plane and is heavily enforced ...

Hey guys i just started a thread here so we could share common speed trap locations on major 400 Series highways.

i don't know of anything in particular.

The only 2 things that seem to work for me is always look under the overpass and slow down under and near bridges, don't speed continuously. And constantly watch your mirrors and the behavior of ...