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Re: "The Beer Store’s secret sweetheart deal with LCBO revealed" - says The Star The way I see it (as a person returning to Ontario after time away) - your options are these: a) get good at brewing your own beer b) just stop drinking for the most part I went with option b...a side effect is...

When I talk about freedom - I mean the freedom to have a trial before being punished for my alleged actions...not freedom to escape responsibilities. I could draft a law that would save the same amount of lives but not give away freedom...there might be people who care about safety in power...

lol I only drove through QUE once so I'm not really qualified to comment but my impressions as a young Ontaro driver were mostly "omg these people are crazy!"

I don't want to disrespect your personal experiences - but I have done much more than "driven" in California...I lived there for years...only moving back to Ontario very recently...I've covered about 80,000km in the US...and I disagree...Ontario drivers in the GTA might be more rude than US...

When the nazis came to power in Germany the crime rate probably went down...was it worth it? Ridiculous comparison right? Kind of - but it's the same debate. The HTA 172 comes down to security vs freedom - and we've given up too much and gained too little in my personal opinion...yours may...

Does anyone with a motor-vehicle drive the "speed limit" in Ontario? When limits are set low to accommodate the police and insurance lobby (the people who gain the most from the artificially low speed limits) everyone is a criminal. A better question would be "if you own a supersport bike -...

Ok you have provided well-reasoned arguments in all of your posts so far, but I must tell you that you couldn't be more wrong about California specifically...filtering and splitting works well there, despite the fact that it is MUCH MUCH easier to get a driving license and people are...

you are 100% correct - the main reason I would ask for it to be legalized is for my own sake...the benefits to others are arguments to defend against criticism, not the primary reason for the change. you are also correct that "most people around here" do indeed have that attitude...my...

I was simply using an anecdote to explain that despite whatever statistics you're referencing, the possibility of a rear-end collision is very real. Filtering reduces this possibility by ensuring you are not sandwiched between two cars...and sometimes even if you're not someone who actively...

Let me be clear - I don't feel that doing something that harms nobody and actually improves traffic congestion needs any "justification"..my primary reason for doing so is convenience for me, not safety...but I do feel safer filtering than sitting in traffic. If you thought I was saying the...

the reality is the splitting nay-sayers simply haven't experienced it and don't understand why it is safer...if you learn to ride somewhere that it is legal (like CA or in EU) you know it is...don't try to change the minds of the ignorant..you'll only get frustrated. I don't think it will...

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Unless you're good at it and comfortable on your motorcycle, then "driver reform" doesn't matter. As the one gentleman said, it's our responsibility to be safe, and avoid the bad drivers, not their responsibility to reform to suit a minority group of people (us). Splitting in Ontario is fine...

your ignorance has comedic value, but certainly doesn't add weight to your opinions. I've been riding and driving where filtering and sharing is legal. Haven't you ever been almost rear ended by someone who didn't notice traffic had slowed to a crawl? No. See above. This thread just...

In my intro thread I explained that I grew up here...obviously I don't know your level of driving experience, but I've put on a few hundred thousand KMs in this province, I only moved away a couple of years ago. I've ridden 50,000 miles in California, and about 3500km here, and I can tell you...

uh, yes? I worry more about common behavior that is sometimes needed to pass people safely on the 401 and other highways being CRIMINALIZED than I do about a fake debt that is just based on fractional reserve banking. We should default on the debt, then pass a law that says the government...

No, because you are scared to do it does not make it stupid. In the age of drivers texting, you are safer to filter through and be gone, than to sit in a mass of cars, or behind a mass of cars waiting to be rear-ended. Motorcyclists in this province are their own worst enemy sometimes when it...

As someone who lives where splitting and filtering is legal - you two are mistaken, riding on the right side is ANYTHING but safer than filtering and lane sharing properly. BTW in my month long visit to SW-Ontario (including some time in the GTA and even downtown) I have been splitting and...

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lane splitting/sharing itself is fine, doing it at high speeds is asking for trouble, I agree...but people, just because you're not good at or comfortable doing something, or it's illegal, doesn't mean you should hate on it. I've been around the KW area during my visit, maybe you were shaking...