You see someone approaching you for money while in the left turn lane so you pick up your phone to look preoccupied....talk about low hanging fruit!
Cops Posing as Beggars
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Why? can't say no? go away? it's not rude to say no. There's a beggar that walks up and down the island at martingrove and eglinton with a fake limp, saw her walk from the bus stop to the island once, walks normally, soon as she hit the island fake limp starts. Many beggars make more from begging than they would from working and I'm not here to enable them. And not going to get started on the ones that beg and collect welfare.
No issue saying no but even doing that 18-20 times a day gets old and eventually aggravating. Between driving downtown and the walking I have checking on different job sites it gets to be way too much. The "career" choice that the people you mentioned made unfortunately takes away from those who have no other means due to mental illness, physical restrictions, etc. Try San Francisco - there's barely 20 feet between them.
Thinking that one might be a cop and I could have way more fun though...
Thinking that one might be a cop and I could have way more fun though...
PLau
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Now, I would like to ask you.
What can cops do to enforce safety that isn't a "cash-grab"?
Give out warnings? That will have less of an impact to drivers than issuing a ticket that comes out of their pocket.
If they go on a "blitz" for following too close, impeding traffic, etc, would that not be a cash-grab as well? Then you'll have even more people bitching and complaining about the same thing.
According your statement, the only thing that would "make a lick of difference" is impounding vehicles and suspending licenses for small infractions.
traffic tickets are nothing more than cash grabs, a few people get hurt or die and next thing you know there's a law for something they know people will break, and of course pay, which fixes nothing. Amazing how they never fix the real problem......like the crap system we have for licensing drivers in the first place.
I drink and I drive often, I text and talk on the phone when I drive, in fact I get through my entire daily Facebook news and Instagram feed on my ride home everyday, my 1 hour ride feels like 15mins. I've never had an issue driving and doing multiple things at once, just because some people can't handle therr **** doesn't mean everybody should stop. License people and what they're allowed to do while driving based on their tolerance and skill level, not an all out money making ban.
I drink and I drive often, I text and talk on the phone when I drive, in fact I get through my entire daily Facebook news and Instagram feed on my ride home everyday, my 1 hour ride feels like 15mins. I've never had an issue driving and doing multiple things at once, just because some people can't handle therr **** doesn't mean everybody should stop. License people and what they're allowed to do while driving based on their tolerance and skill level, not an all out money making ban.
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PLau
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You sound smart. S-M-R-T.
stevex
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Some of the above infractions are much more of a risk to "safety" than others
Oh I don't know...traffic enforcement in areas that are actually high risk, multiple accidents have occurred, instead of transition zones where 100m is the difference between a $250 ticket and a 172.
Ding chuckleheads doing 20 under in the left hand lane on their cellphone instead of at an empty traffic light.
Improving traffic flow, instead of upping quota numbers.
RIDE check blitzing roads where actual drunks are driving, not high traffic areas to bump up numbers.
There was a new deputy superintendent in Niagara that completely refocused his RIDE blitzes on country back roads where drunks flip a coin and play the odds weaving back home after too many pops. The number of DUI charges laid doubled over the weekends...but the total number of citations written dropped to a 1/3 of what they were "blitzing" the higher traffic roadways. Quota's weren't met, revenue wasn't generated, he was instructed to go back to robbing & pillaging instead of actually using the RIDE program the way it was intended. He refused, and was fired after 8 months in the job.
That's Ontario's broken traffic enforcement in a nutshell, why all bootlickers like you are clueless sheople that need a kick in the arse, and why anybody in a uniform with a badge is a cockholster, thieving, lying, POS that deserves to be mocked, disrespected, and otherwise pushed back against until the whole broken system is burnt to the ground and built anew.
PLau
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Lol, you sound like an idiot. Bootlickers like me? I'm just stating the facts.
One great fact is idiots like you end up calling those thieving, lying, pieces of sh** when **** goes down or your house gets robbed or burned down to the ground while you stand there watching, crying.
The problem is higher up in the chain where the cops themselves are just doing what they're told to do. Get your head out of your *** and maybe you'll start understanding whats going on.
Not all cops are bad and anyone that decides to side with them will automatically be looked at as a "clueless bootlicker" in your eyes.
I'm not saying that setting up speed traps or ticketing people on their cellphones at red lights is a way for the government to generate revenue, I'm saying that ticketing distracted/potentially dangerous drivers is necessary. Like someone else mentioned in this thread, "If the driver uses their phone at a light, chances are, they'd use their phones on the move".
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Spoken like a typical, bubble wrapped, self entitled Torontonian who needs somebody in self anointed authority to make the world "safe" for them. No wonder common sense no longer exists on the roadways around the cancer that is the GTA.
Oh an unlike you I know exactly what I'd get when the **** "goes down", my house gets robbed, or if I even catch the POS that's robbing my house.
Nothing.
Oh and last time I checked lying, thieving, anointed pork chops still don't put out fires, so the only thing a cop would do at a housefire is ticket a car whose bumper is 1" too close to a hydrant.
Apparently I understand what's going on better than you do, you just rationalize it and pretend it's okay.
Only 9/10 of them. The other 10% that have a conscience and don't need constant approval & validation of their lacking penis size through abuse of authority quit before they have 10yrs in.
Pretty much.
Oooooooooh okay, I get it now. They are really misunderstood, generally good guys, who are caught behind a rock and a hard place. Sure they have to go out and fill their quota's to pay for their inflated, union arbitrated salaries, bloated pensions, and general lack of accountability to anyone other than themselves...but really they aren't the jerkoff swivel serpents the appear to be on the surface...
Well on that we agree...shame the LEO's you are attempting to rationalize for don't.
Remember, I was stuck in the middle of the cluster**** mentioned in the OP...I was looking at a half million dollars of annual salary accomplishing absolutely nothing except laying false charges, trying to rob as much as they could in a shift, and generally being self important ***** about the whole thing. Which is the only thing uniformed LEO's in the GTA excel at.
Lest we forget, this was the same traffic division that dressed up an unmarked cruiser to look like a taxi cab. The "beggars" was their next brain storm.
Nice to know they are keeping me "safe".
PLau
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Spoken like a typical, bubble wrapped, self entitled Torontonian who needs somebody in self anointed authority to make the world "safe" for them. No wonder common sense no longer exists on the roadways around the cancer that is the GTA.
Oh an unlike you I know exactly what I'd get when the **** "goes down", my house gets robbed, or if I even catch the POS that's robbing my house.
Nothing.
Oh and last time I checked lying, thieving, anointed pork chops still don't put out fires, so the only thing a cop would do at a housefire is ticket a car whose bumper is 1" too close to a hydrant.
Apparently I understand what's going on better than you do, you just rationalize it and pretend it's okay.
Only 9/10 of them. The other 10% that have a conscience and don't need constant approval & validation of their lacking penis size through abuse of authority quit before they have 10yrs in.
Pretty much.
Oooooooooh okay, I get it now. They are really misunderstood, generally good guys, who are caught behind a rock and a hard place. Sure they have to go out and fill their quota's to pay for their inflated, union arbitrated salaries, bloated pensions, and general lack of accountability to anyone other than themselves...but really they aren't the jerkoff swivel serpents the appear to be on the surface...
Well on that we agree...shame the LEO's you are attempting to rationalize for don't.
Remember, I was stuck in the middle of the cluster**** mentioned in the OP...I was looking at a half million dollars of annual salary accomplishing absolutely nothing except laying false charges, trying to rob as much as they could in a shift, and generally being self important ***** about the whole thing. Which is the only thing uniformed LEO's in the GTA excel at.
Lest we forget, this was the same traffic division that dressed up an unmarked cruiser to look like a taxi cab. The "beggars" was their next brain storm.
Nice to know they are keeping me "safe".
Too lazy to respond to each point so I'll just point this out.
Do you actually think cops get the money they ticket people for and make half million dollar salaries?
stevex
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he was referring to the 4-5 (I assume) cops dressed up as beggars, making up the half million dolllars worth of salary, handing out ridiculous texting at red light tickets
it is definitely in a cop's best interest career wise to hand out as many tickets and humanly possible
flameboy182
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Genius idea. I'm all for it.
Toronto police should adopt this tactic. They'd make billions.
PLau
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I kind of doubt he meant that otherwise he would have stated it cause "Apparently I understand what's going on better than you do, you just rationalize it and pretend it's okay.". Therefore he should know that only first class constables make around 100k and nowhere close to the 500k he claims they make.
He just thinks everyone in the world is out to get him and just wants to argue over something stupid.
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No wonder this province has taken a dump in the last decade. I bet you tell everyone how great health care is in Ontario too.
I'd weep for the future, but thankfully I am bailing on this pile, because it is nowhere near the rock bottom it is heading.
Exactly. Only they are out of date, that doesn't show the 3% wage hike they got this year...and are getting next year...or accurately account for the value in all of their benefits. If you can name one other blue collar trade that has wages that has only kept up with inflation over the last decade it would be a start. There aren't any, let alone ones that had wage increases that are 100% above inflation.
And yes, being a cop isn't a profession, it is a blue collar trade. And yes, every municipality in S.Ontario has to take in half their police budget in traffic citations per annum. Or they go bankrupt. Because of the skyrocketing police wages.
Am I speaking slow enough for you now?
PLau
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http://www.yrp.ca/default.aspx?pg=cba14fc0-9a86-4760-a138-30b91a503cce
I'm sure it doesnt veer too far off of YRP and its around the same salary.
What you're saying isnt a 3 percent hike, you're claiming a 500percent+ salary increase over a year.
Der math not your strong point? 90k * 1.03 does not equal $500,000 that you claim they make
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bunmanchi
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too bad we cant shoot beggars. its a good "make work " program if you think about it.
and is also good for the economy. you could sell Beggar tags.
gov't makes more in taxes, Stores sell more ammo, and weapons, gives the police something else to do
clears up streets from unwanted people. traffic rolls smoother, gives people with homicidal tendencies a
chance to do what they want, without getting in trouble. great for tourism.
this is a win/win
and is also good for the economy. you could sell Beggar tags.
gov't makes more in taxes, Stores sell more ammo, and weapons, gives the police something else to do
clears up streets from unwanted people. traffic rolls smoother, gives people with homicidal tendencies a
chance to do what they want, without getting in trouble. great for tourism.
this is a win/win
That is DEADLY!!! In more ways then 1...
