Failure to stop. Not me!
10-25-2006, 02:39 PM
#46
Team Owner
coulda been worse .. could have been Hamilton .... 
Better be carefull.. Brads probably still listening in
At least mine was in my ( dare I say it !! ) Caravan.
Better be carefull.. Brads probably still listening in
At least mine was in my ( dare I say it !! ) Caravan.
10-25-2006, 03:43 PM
#47
Race Car
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by theiceman
Better be carefull.. Brads probably still listening in
10-26-2006, 11:16 AM
#48
Addict
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
Originally Posted by 911 Rod
Brad's one of us now. He has 10 posts.
Hey Brad: You should join us on a run or two next summer. You can run point . . . Copper (Pelican) led a SW Ontario run 2 years ago. We had a blast & I swear he had a stoplight fiddler (he didn't) because we got greens everywhere . . .
Ian
10-26-2006, 12:04 PM
#49
Racer
Iceman,
I don't bring work home with me........whats on rennlist stays on rennlist. Its kind of like Vegas :-)
Rod, I'm always up for a run in the porsche..........is it spring yet
Brad
I don't bring work home with me........whats on rennlist stays on rennlist. Its kind of like Vegas :-)
Rod, I'm always up for a run in the porsche..........is it spring yet
Brad
10-26-2006, 10:11 PM
#52
Team Owner
Yeah no kidding .. we watch out for your work vehicle every day .. you are probably the only guy here who's work vehicle turns more heads than your pleasure vehicle..
10-27-2006, 10:34 AM
#54
Race Car
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by BGregovski
Rod,
Southwestern Ontario,
You all know my work vehicle..... and for fun , 85.5 944
Brad
Southwestern Ontario,
You all know my work vehicle..... and for fun , 85.5 944
Brad
We're almost neighbours!
10-27-2006, 11:00 AM
#55
Racer
Iceman
Actually my work vehicle usually gets people to do the look straight ahead and say to themselves " don't make eye contact, don't make eye contact" sort of thing. :-)
Rod,
ya were close............
Actually my work vehicle usually gets people to do the look straight ahead and say to themselves " don't make eye contact, don't make eye contact" sort of thing. :-)
Rod,
ya were close............
10-27-2006, 11:42 AM
#56
Race Car
Let me pose a question here for everyone, but particularly anyone in traffic law enforcement. I was driving into Toronto the other day, and coming around a bend in the QEW saw a cruiser on the right shoulder, presumably with a radar gun (for anyone that knows the area this was just as the highway bends to the left (eastbound) just as you come up to the Ford plant). Traffic was moving at about 120-130, as usual in this area (speeds tend to pick up because a lot of traffic is getting off for the 403) but of course all of a sudden you see a ton of brake lights as people are slowing down.
This got me thinking - here's a speed trap that is supposedly there to keep traffic moving more slowly and thus more safely, but this speed trap was quite clearly creating an extremely dangerous situation by 'encouraging' people to slow down very quickly, in a curve, where a lot of people are changing lanes to get to the 403 exit. Then as I drove on I got to thinking that maybe speed traps in general create more dangers than they solve.
I've become a lot more safety-conscious since I started track driving 3 years ago, and the first thing you learn at the track is to look where you want the car to go. In fact, I remember them teaching me that at Ont. Driving school, back when I was 16. It's pretty common knowledge that the car will go where you look. So if you're always looking to the shoulder for a cop car, your chances of maybe crossing over the lane line and cutting someone off are greatly increased. I know the first answer from the police would be to slow down and then you don't have to worry about it, but I don't really think that's a viable solution when the general flow of traffic on highways like the QEW or the 401 is 120-140. Doing 100 is simply unsafe! Even still, from my own experience, even when you're doing 100 it's still a habit to be watching for cruisers, and you still react when you see one.
So here's a thought, why not bring back photo radar, set it at something reasonable like 120 or 125 and make it very clear that you WILL get a ticket. As I understand it, speed limits were set in a day when cars where technologically primitive, and 100 kmh was fast. I don't think 120 is an unsafe speed at all.
Better yet, why not get more police on the road in unmarked cars (and NOT a jet-black Crown Victoria with no badging that's painfully obviously a cop car!) and ticket the people that are actually causing the problems by not paying attention, weaving in and out, tailgating, etc. Not only would that make the roads safer, but it would mean less traffic jams due to fender benders. If I knew I could stay at 120, not get ticketed and not hit a traffic jam, there'd be no need to go 140!
Sorry for this rant/hijack, we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...
This got me thinking - here's a speed trap that is supposedly there to keep traffic moving more slowly and thus more safely, but this speed trap was quite clearly creating an extremely dangerous situation by 'encouraging' people to slow down very quickly, in a curve, where a lot of people are changing lanes to get to the 403 exit. Then as I drove on I got to thinking that maybe speed traps in general create more dangers than they solve.
I've become a lot more safety-conscious since I started track driving 3 years ago, and the first thing you learn at the track is to look where you want the car to go. In fact, I remember them teaching me that at Ont. Driving school, back when I was 16. It's pretty common knowledge that the car will go where you look. So if you're always looking to the shoulder for a cop car, your chances of maybe crossing over the lane line and cutting someone off are greatly increased. I know the first answer from the police would be to slow down and then you don't have to worry about it, but I don't really think that's a viable solution when the general flow of traffic on highways like the QEW or the 401 is 120-140. Doing 100 is simply unsafe! Even still, from my own experience, even when you're doing 100 it's still a habit to be watching for cruisers, and you still react when you see one.
So here's a thought, why not bring back photo radar, set it at something reasonable like 120 or 125 and make it very clear that you WILL get a ticket. As I understand it, speed limits were set in a day when cars where technologically primitive, and 100 kmh was fast. I don't think 120 is an unsafe speed at all.
Better yet, why not get more police on the road in unmarked cars (and NOT a jet-black Crown Victoria with no badging that's painfully obviously a cop car!) and ticket the people that are actually causing the problems by not paying attention, weaving in and out, tailgating, etc. Not only would that make the roads safer, but it would mean less traffic jams due to fender benders. If I knew I could stay at 120, not get ticketed and not hit a traffic jam, there'd be no need to go 140!
Sorry for this rant/hijack, we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...
10-27-2006, 12:43 PM
#57
Team Owner
Hell and I just wanted to know if it was legal to turn left on a red from a one way street to a one way street in HAmilton , just like you can turn right on a red.. I was always just to embarrassed to ask.
10-27-2006, 01:07 PM
#58
Race Car
As far as I know, it is. We do it all the time here. If it is in fact illegal, I've never been stopped for it. It just makes sense, and keeps traffic moving!
10-27-2006, 01:33 PM
#59
Team Owner
The only way to know is pull up next to a Hamilton Cop and do it. Actually Christien Hamilton is the only place I have seen this and always wondered about it ... now I know .. I think ...
10-27-2006, 01:37 PM
#60
Racer
you guys have to get an HTA.....
144(19)(b).........yes after stopping and yeilding right of way, you can turn left from one way to one way
As for the rant, maybe this can be discussed at a porsche run :-)
Brad
144(19)(b).........yes after stopping and yeilding right of way, you can turn left from one way to one way
As for the rant, maybe this can be discussed at a porsche run :-)
Brad