License plate blocker

D23 said:
Because they think crying about the price justifies being a scumbag....

Personally I don't want to pay for a motorcycle. Guys, what the best condo parking lot to steal one from? They cost more than what it costs in raw materials to build them so I'm justified in being a POS thief.
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I laughed at this.

invictus43 said:
Ok, you're a thief.
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Succinct and to the point.

bigguy1 said:
Maybe you should think about parking your bike and your cage. Until you have matured and are able to handle the responsibility that goes along with owning such things. If you can't pay the toll don't use the road.
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That would be the conclusion of an ethical person.

06ravenS said:
I love threads like these. Have any of you even read the original post. The guy is asking if anyone has used this product. He is not asking if you think he is a criminal or for your political views. Good for you if you are straight as an arrow and have never broken a law in your life but some of us are not like you so if you have no input for the question at hand keep your slandering comments to yourselves

and to Jonny5 the others that actions like these really bother you as an individual is simply sad and you should really get a some hobbies or a friend or something

as for the question no I haven't tried it but the tricplate is something I"m looking into
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Slandering can only be done by saying something untrue about someone. Calling a thief a thief is not slander.
 
Griffin said:
Slandering can only be done by saying something untrue about someone. Calling a thief a thief is not slander.
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"Prospective thief" would be more accurate, but I'm not sure if the difference rises to the level of libel (slander is spoken, not written ;)).
 
caboose483 said:
For most commuters mass transit is not viable. Other cities manage to do it properly, why can't the GTA?

The 401 through Toronto at 9am on Sunday = "Rush Hour" through Atlanta.
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Have you ever driven during rush hour in Atlanta? It is far worse than the 401 on a Sunday. How it compares M-F, not sure, but it has taken me 1 hr to go less than 10 miles in Atlanta on I-85. Sadly that is normal coming from the north.
 
lol ya bad choice of words I just thought is sounded a little better than "lame *** goodie two shoe law loving winey baby over reacting comments"
 
revrandy said:
Have you ever driven during rush hour in Atlanta? It is far worse than the 401 on a Sunday. How it compares M-F, not sure, but it has taken me 1 hr to go less than 10 miles in Atlanta on I-85. Sadly that is normal coming from the north.
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Yes I have. I-75 Southbound at 7am on a Thursday (i think.. maybe it was a Friday) Carpool lane was doing 80-90kph, the lanes to our right were doing 60-70ish.
 
daveyflakes said:
I believe SAF's are no longer charged... unless you kept the same plan as you had before SAFs was killed.
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Do you honestly think they haven't just incorporated the fee into your plan in another way?
 
CrazyKell said:
Do you honestly think they haven't just incorporated the fee into your plan in another way?
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It's quite possible. I can't say for sure since I don't have similar old and new plans side-by-side to compare. But keep in mind that with or without the fee, they still have to stay competitive with the newer, smaller, carriers.
 
Johnny5 said:
When i see people with their plates whited out or otherwise blocked out on the roads i wish to hell i was a cop just so that i could pull them over and i'd hit them with every other fine i could come up with too at the time. A-holes trying to get away with *****.. Just follow the rules of the road like the rest of us and you won't have to worry about hiding your plates. :mad:
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I didn't read the whole thread as it's 7 pages long so if anyone mentioned this I'm sorry.

I think the whited out plates are a problem the MTO had with the plate manufacturer and was not done on purpose by the plate holder. If you notice, it only happened to a certain series of plate #'s. I've seen all walks of people with these types of plates and can't picture most of the people (I've seen carrying these plates) actually scrubbing or whiting out the #'s themselves.

As for the 407, ride fast and swerve onto the farthest part of the shoulder just before passing under the "tron" cameras and you'll get away with it. Works for me every time:p
 
Englishj said:
If the tolls were lowered the 407 would just become a parking lot like the other 400 highways.

For this reason alone they have keep the prices high.

It's a choice not a need to take it.
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Then wouldn't that mean there is an equality in society (which by the way I strongly believe there is but don't agree with)? If you can't afford the rich man's highway (407) you must take the poor mans highway (other 400 series).
 
turbodish said:
Or you encourage alternate transport, be it car pooling or mass transit. If driving a personal car is cheap, that's what people will do even if it's slow. People will listen to the radio, maybe read the paper, do their make-up, talk on the phone, and kill time in traffic in those and any number of other ways.

Throw a higher dollar number on the cost of commuting whether through gas prices or toll charges, and more people who have the option will start to look at the other alternatives - mass transit, or relocating closer to where they need to travel, or changing work/school locations tolocales nearer to their homes.

Right now, there is insufficient "pain" effect to force people to consider any of that, and as a result traffic volume and commuting distances continue to remain and rise at levels that are not sustainable in the long run.
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Buddy this goes back to my point of affluence. If they were to raise the cost of driving a car, whether it by tolls, gas or even the cost of tires, it would definitely choke the less fortunate (and people who choose not to spend) into alternate means of transportation. Would this alleviate some of the traffic? Sure. Would this cause more problems for the people who are now forced into this alternate means to get to work? For the most part, absolutely.

Who would you still see driving their cars to work? People of affluence who can afford to drive or cannot afford not to drive. The working poor, good luck.
 
inyaknow said:
Then wouldn't that mean there is an equality in society (which by the way I strongly believe there is but don't agree with)? If you can't afford the rich man's highway (407) you must take the poor mans highway (other 400 series).
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Welcome to the real world!

- If you can't afford to fly business class you get packed into the sardine can what is coach.
- If you can't afford to drive a car you take the bus
- If you can't afford a fancy restaurant you eat at East Side Marios.
 
daveyflakes said:
I believe SAF's are no longer charged... unless you kept the same plan as you had before SAFs was killed.
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I was unaware... I got a really good grandfathered $20 plan that waives SAF, so I haven't been keeping my ear to the ground like I used to.

CrazyKell said:
Do you honestly think they haven't just incorporated the fee into your plan in another way?
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I did little digging and found Telus and Bell dropped it, but raised their rates accordingly. Rogers upped all plans by $5 and introduced a Government Regulatory Recovery Fee... So you actually end up paying more with Rogers (depending on province). Anyone with a plan prior to the changes are still paying SAF unless they go on a new more expensive contract or have a sweet deal like mine!:p
 
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daisoman said:
I don't mind paying for the 407 but let's make it reasonable for all not just some
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At the end of the day, the 407 is, as mentioned before, a business. And their ultimate goal is likely to make as much money as possible. And that probably means their prices are set based on continued analysis of price vs. volume. Nothing else really matters.
 
Johnny5 said:
When i see people with their plates whited out or otherwise blocked out on the roads i wish to hell i was a cop just so that i could pull them over and i'd hit them with every other fine i could come up with too at the time. A-holes trying to get away with *****.. Just follow the rules of the road like the rest of us and you won't have to worry about hiding your plates. :mad:
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You seem like a calm individual who goes about minding his own business on a daily basis. This may be a wildly inaccurate observation on my part.
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