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You're missing the point - the police don't actually get to keep and sell the cars - they store them for 7 days and then they go back to the owner.

If anyone thinks this is a cash grab you've missed the very salient point of the timing - this is an election issue which means it's important to voters.

And further to theory that increasing the speed limit will somehow make people magically smarter and better drivers is frankly nuts.

No speed doesn't kill. I've driven extensively throughout Europe and I know how that works. High speed limits in Europe work because the drivers are smarter, better trained, and more disciplined - they're safer drivers because they're safer drivers - not because the speed limits are higher.

Their license is something that was hard to get and of tremendous value - it's a priviledge that most work hard to keep. The opposite it true here.

This is the fact ... bad/stupid drivers are more dangerous at higher speeds than they are at lower speeds - and if you know anything about mass and force and reaction times you know why.

And for you conspiracy theorists out there, bear this in mind ... the vast majority of Ontarians support this law and its intent.

There is no one more disappointed than me that we can't legally drive at 130 or 140 kph. But as I said in the other thread, it's our fault for letting things get to this point.

As to your charge of 8 kph over, how'd you do in court?

andrewned,Oct 9 2007, 09:56 PM Wrote:Just another cash grab!

Police have seized around 400 vehicles already. So it's 400*7K is almost 3 MILLIONS !
Just give them a chance, you’ll get more stupidity soon. Everything will be considered “street racing”. Last spring I was charged for racing 8 Km over the speed limit just around my house in Oakville. It’ll be called “curb racing”.

What a surprise - my girlfriend is a "stunt driver" now. She spins her wheles in a rainy day sometimes !

Certainly it’s easier to catch people who speed than any other offenders.
But what is more dangerous – driving fast or driving badly/stupidly/.. (no turn signals and son on)…..

It'll not take long before this law will be abused.

I'll go put more stones in my trunk in order not to lift or spin any of my wheels.
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