[SigPig]

Woodhead Woodhead:

Thats my biggest beef.
Laws made for southern Ontario idiots that govern the whole province.
You guys have a problem, deal with it, but don't make a law that screws me along with it.

Is it really that important for you to be able to go 50 over the speed limit? If it is then you must feel the limits in your area are too low. Why don't you deal with that problem locally and get the limits increased?

Speed limits are set where they are for a reason depending on the type of road, surrounding development, average conditions etc. 50 km/h over is not necessary, whether you are in the backwoods or driving down the 401.

[Woodhead]

SigPig SigPig:

Woodhead Woodhead:

Thats my biggest beef.
Laws made for southern Ontario idiots that govern the whole province.
You guys have a problem, deal with it, but don't make a law that screws me along with it.

Is it really that important for you to be able to go 50 over the speed limit? If it is then you must feel the limits in your area are too low. Why don't you deal with that problem locally and get the limits increased?

Speed limits are set where they are for a reason depending on the type of road, surrounding development, average conditions etc. 50 km/h over is not necessary, whether you are in the backwoods or driving down the 401.

No. its really not, but once in a while when passing, or hitting a couple hills here. I think the cops seizing your vehichle is a bit extreme. I wouldn't even mind that if the law was established to make the highways safer. My problem is that it was meant to curb Toronto street racing and Dalton figured he would sneak it on all of us. he is a prick that way.

Sorry lily, but I had to say it

[SigPig]

Woodhead Woodhead:

No. its really not, but once in a while when passing, or hitting a couple hills here. I think the cops seizing your vehichle is a bit extreme. I wouldn't even mind that if the law was established to make the highways safer. My problem is that it was meant to curb Toronto street racing and Dalton figured he would sneak it on all of us. he is a prick that way.

Sorry lily, but I had to say it

It sounds to me like you are worried about something that isn't really a problem for you then. The cops aren't going to be sitting at the bottom of every big hill waiting for you to get to the bottom. Even if they did, there are few hills that would take you to 50 over that could be solved with a couple taps of the brakes. And when passing that is a temporary speed that it sounds like you resume back to normal speeds once you have completed it.

So really it doesn't affect you at all, however you feel some "right" of yours has been taken away. Why not realize that people driving WAY over the speed limit for sustained periods was a serious issue that needed serious action to deter. Those people are a threat to everyone else on the road and I have nothing wrong with them losing their car and their license.

[Woodhead]

SigPig SigPig:

Woodhead Woodhead:

No. its really not, but once in a while when passing, or hitting a couple hills here. I think the cops seizing your vehichle is a bit extreme. I wouldn't even mind that if the law was established to make the highways safer. My problem is that it was meant to curb Toronto street racing and Dalton figured he would sneak it on all of us. he is a prick that way.

Sorry lily, but I had to say it

It sounds to me like you are worried about something that isn't really a problem for you then. The cops aren't going to be sitting at the bottom of every big hill waiting for you to get to the bottom. Even if they did, there are few hills that would take you to 50 over that could be solved with a couple taps of the brakes. And when passing that is a temporary speed that it sounds like you resume back to normal speeds once you have completed it.

So really it doesn't affect you at all, however you feel some "right" of yours has been taken away. Why not realize that people driving WAY over the speed limit for sustained periods was a serious issue that needed serious action to deter. Those people are a threat to everyone else on the road and I have nothing wrong with them losing their car and their license.

but I don't Want to realize it
I came here to bitch, not get smarter

[SigPig]

lily lily:

$1:

And when passing that is a temporary speed that it sounds like you resume back to normal speeds once you have completed it.

When passing, you're still required to drive within the speed limit. If you have to go 50 over to pass someone, maybe they;re not going so slow after all.

Couldn't agree more.

I was trying to give Woodhead some leeway as I am not one to perfectly abide the speed limit either. But I was simply trying to make the point that 50 over was excessive and that it was those who always drove that speed is who the cops were after.

[SigPig]

Woodhead Woodhead:

but I don't Want to realize it
I came here to bitch, not get smarter

Well thats your problem. You are just going to have to accept the new laws and suck it up.

[Woodhead]

lily lily:

$1:

And when passing that is a temporary speed that it sounds like you resume back to normal speeds once you have completed it.

When passing, you're still required to drive within the speed limit. If you have to go 50 over to pass someone, maybe they;re not going so slow after all.

In this neck of the woods, getting past a semi can require it. Not a lot, but close.

The cops up here really like to nail you for it.

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Just to hit the topic for a moment.....


What’s more disgusting with this story about van Dongen would have hidden it if he could and that Campbell just dismisses it like it’s a non issue.

Same thing with the candidate on the Sunshine Coast with the DUI. Campbell mentioned his own DUI in Hawaii like it’s a badge of honour and basically says for everyone to get over it because he apologized.

Four Liberal candidates were exposed for actions I thought were worse than the NDP kid that had to step down last week.

James better get off her ass and start making points out of this or she’s out the door too. Between this and the BC Rail fiasco, I can’t believe Campbell can even show his face in public.

In the mean time I gotta find a real human to vote for. There don’t seem to be any running this time around.
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Carry on.