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Old 06-12-2007, 11:50 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Only if you want to give me your lunch money. I 'm kinda short on change for donuts...... "Way to keep a cool head under the slightest of scrutiny"- WOW! Theres the pot calling the kettle black....
One bill passes about several issues and you think the big bad government is after you and you modified car... Like I stated above: Unless you race on streets then you have nothing to worry about. To help you understand (and you seem to need a lot of help), street racing is already and always has been a serious offence in the HTA. Its not new. So, again i will ask you if you have ever been charged with 'street racing"? I bet the anwser is still no. This bill doesnt make it any easy to PROVE street racing its just makes the punishment more severe. To further help you understand, its kinda like Careless Drving. Careless Driving is a 'catch all' offence that can be applied to almost any moving violation. Its also an arrestable offence and, your vehicle can be siezed until the final disposition of the offence (sec 217 HTA). When I say siezed, that doesnt mean pulling plates, that means held until the court case is over several months later. The reason I mention this is because, you dont see officers running around "power tripping" with these existing authorities... So its mis-informed, and some what paranoid people like you Paul that spread horror stories about what the Police are going to do with this new bill.
Remember you still have to be street racing and they still have to PROVE street racing was taking place. But thanks for keeping a cool head.

Oh and as for the Breach of your charter rights... Do you even know what specific right or freedom under the Charter you are accussing the police of breaching? Or even what action the police are accused of commiting to breach that right? Its maybe something you want to look up before you start making such statements.
I'm not going to go into the whole story, but in the summer of 2005 a white civic(not mine) was accerlerating up a street in kitchener(with a noisy exhaust) not giving it at all(the car was a fast car) and some stupid slow pos car beside him with a fart car was flooring it away...this appeared to look like street racing to a certain police officer and my friends white civic, since he was closer, the other car was gone, was pulled over and charged for street racing, they impounded his car(denting his header in the process). This went to court and the charges were lowered but not dropped, this is the reason why laws need to be clear and not vague so things like this don't happen. If anyone has any doubts about this I will talk to the owner and person who was charged and can add some more to this story, but this hear is why some people can be afraid of these types of laws, cause the innocent person can end up in trouble.


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