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by whaddyaknow
Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:35 pm
Forum: Careless Driving
Topic: Rear Ender - Charged at Collision Reporting Centre?
Replies: 4
Views: 2107

Re: Rear Ender - Charged at Collision Reporting Centre?

Could you be charged? Yes.

Will you be charged - hard to say. I can only offer one data point: my wife rear ended someone fairly hard on the QEW and wasn't charged.
by whaddyaknow
Mon Nov 15, 2021 4:05 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Using a blue and red strobe light and a siren on multilane highways
Replies: 16
Views: 4152

Re: Using a blue and red strobe light and a siren on multilane highways

highwaystar wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 7:15 pm Once again, I think you are just trolling----
@highwaystar: Think it's time to stop feeding the troll...
by whaddyaknow
Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:08 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Using a blue and red strobe light and a siren on multilane highways
Replies: 16
Views: 4152

Re: Using a blue and red strobe light and a siren on multilane highways

Sly27 wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 6:37 pm the one that says "Keep right except to pass" ...
Which one is that, exactly?

https://globalnews.ca/news/1863905/onta ... ing-lanes/

I think that we all agree that such a law should exist...
by whaddyaknow
Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:05 pm
Forum: Failing to stop for a school bus
Topic: Passed school bus that only had red lights flashing in opposing traffic lane.
Replies: 6
Views: 5812

Re: Passed school bus that only had red lights flashing in opposing traffic lane.

lord_Relish wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:20 pm Makes you wonder why they took them out in the first place :oops:
I can only go back to the 70s, but they have been red only since then...
by whaddyaknow
Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:42 am
Forum: Failing to stop for a school bus
Topic: School bus had yellow lights flashing but driver waved for me to go through
Replies: 4
Views: 2703

Re: School bus had yellow lights flashing but driver waved for me to go through

Regardless, the OP indicated that the yellow (i.e. hazard) lights were the ones flashing.
by whaddyaknow
Wed Nov 27, 2019 10:25 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: A question about tires poking past the fender
Replies: 6
Views: 10164

Re: A question about tires poking past the fender

I'm no lawyer, but here is how I would interpret it: Basically if somebody driving behind you is getting sprayed, that's a problem.

Mudflaps, body size, magic force fields, the mechanism doesn't matter.
by whaddyaknow
Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:52 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: A question about tires poking past the fender
Replies: 6
Views: 10164

Re: A question about tires poking past the fender

Mudguards (3) Every motor vehicle and every trailer shall be equipped with mudguards or fenders or other device adequate to reduce effectively the wheel spray or splash of water from the roadway to the rear thereof, unless adequate protection is afforded by the body of the motor vehicle or trailer o...
by whaddyaknow
Fri Oct 18, 2019 8:45 am
Forum: Failing to stop for a school bus
Topic: Stopped Short at Bus Stop
Replies: 1
Views: 1541

Re: Stopped Short at Bus Stop

From a legal perspective, there are very strong odds that nothing will come of this.

Take it as a lesson about the extreme importance of focusing on driving, and only on driving, while behind the wheel.
by whaddyaknow
Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:23 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: MTO gave me the wrong sticker - place your bets!
Replies: 6
Views: 1795

Re: MTO gave me the wrong sticker - place your bets!

Update: renewal notice does not include that plate. So I got 18 months for the price of 12!
by whaddyaknow
Wed Aug 14, 2019 5:28 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: PSA! OPP Kerry Schmidt: "LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING"
Replies: 2
Views: 1743

This, x 1000.
by whaddyaknow
Wed Jul 24, 2019 4:54 pm
Forum: Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
Topic: Speeding ticket 40km/h over limit - GUELPH hwy 6
Replies: 3
Views: 2467

Be advised that unfortunately the courts can't do anything about the 30-day suspension, much like they can't do anything about points. As you say, you've already got a pretty good deal. The only possible way it might get any sweeter is if you throw yourself at the mercy of the prosecutor. In some ju...
by whaddyaknow
Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:04 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Yield signs at intersections with forked right turn lanes
Replies: 9
Views: 3345

"Because Windsor", I guess ;-) As is pointed out, the problem isn't really with the yield sign, it's with poor driving. If it were me, I would complain to my councilor. At the very least they should paint guide lines for that left turning traffic to try and nudge them into that correct lan...
by whaddyaknow
Mon Jul 08, 2019 9:26 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Yield signs at intersections with forked right turn lanes
Replies: 9
Views: 3345

If one obeys the yield sign at some of these lights, the right-turning traffic will only ever be able to proceed as right-on-red after the light changes. I'm not sure I understand your concern. When facing the green, the presence of the yield sign (while still having legal meaning) is pretty much i...
by whaddyaknow
Fri Jul 05, 2019 1:34 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Yield signs at intersections with forked right turn lanes
Replies: 9
Views: 3345

The bottom line is: you are facing a yield sign. The rest is irrelevant.

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