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The Bad Drivers of Ontario Thread

GreyGhost said:
Sadly, you need to ensure there is some contact. Otherwise the system punishes you for missing them.
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True. If there is no contact, then it is usually written off as you failing to control your vehicle. I've seen a number of times, both in person and in video, when a rider went down while trying to avoid being hit by a car. I was once taken out by one of them though I, who was far closer to the car, avoided it.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
True. If there is no contact, then it is usually written off as you failing to control your vehicle. I've seen a number of times, both in person and in video, when a rider went down while trying to avoid being hit by a car. I was once taken out by one of them though I, who was far closer to the car, avoided it.
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That's why I like ABS, it makes it harder to fall off the bike.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
True. If there is no contact, then it is usually written off as you failing to control your vehicle. I've seen a number of times, both in person and in video, when a rider went down while trying to avoid being hit by a car. I was once taken out by one of them though I, who was far closer to the car, avoided it.
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The knee jerk reaction to avoid a collision bothers me. Most of the time it's just a swerve but if one crashes into another innocent party the swerving party wears the noose. A single vehicle crash is little different. The initiator of the crash gets off free. Lynch party anyone?
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Pretty hard for someone who trained himself on "brake and evade", and took two Pro Rider courses at Humber that emphasized it.
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More than that I think. What's Pedro up to nowadays, and was the other instructor Steve, most of the time?
It seemed that every year the course was different.

Edit: Saw this this evening:
Driver of stolen car slams into Ottawa home
 
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Baggsy said:
More than that I think. What's Pedro up to nowadays, and was the other instructor Steve, most of the time?
It seemed that every year the course was different.

Edit: Saw this this evening:
Driver of stolen car slams into Ottawa home
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It's been quite a while since I took the course, so no idea what they're up to now. I would have kept taking the course but it wasn't run for a few years, so I fell out of the habit. Took FAST instead for a number of years.
 
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Mikedezo44 said:
:ROFLMAO: I like the one a little lower down. No insurance isn't working out too well for this driver.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1652020197899812885
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With every OPP vehicle having ALPR now, this kind of stuff should quickly get rarer. The odds of getting caught went up exponentially as even if you are driving normally, they still check your plate and realize it is no good. Now, you could make a good fake plate from a vehicle with insurance but how often do you make another one? Unless the plate owner is complicit (and why would they be as that would get them tickets/tolls), you never really know if the insurance on the donor vehicle is no longer good.
 
GreyGhost said:
Whoops. Porsche driver had his license plate cover down when they should have had it up. I'm surprised they went with a mechanical solution. They have lots of money and a photochromic solution is instant, not very visible and may have police believing they were mistaken.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1655350671753838592
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There's a very good reason for the mechanicla solution. You can detect the LCD solution with a simple pair of polarized glasses, whether activated or not. How many cops do you see NOT wearing sunglasses?

Mikedezo44 said:
:ROFLMAO: I like the one a little lower down. No insurance isn't working out too well for this driver.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1652020197899812885
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Multiple convictions is escalating penalties, as well.
 
Mikedezo44 said:
:ROFLMAO: I like the one a little lower down. No insurance isn't working out too well for this driver.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1652020197899812885
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Offence​

(3) Every owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who,

(a) contravenes subsection (1) of this section or subsection 13 (11); or

(b) surrenders an insurance card for inspection to a police officer, when requested to do so, purporting to show that the motor vehicle is insured under a contract of automobile insurance when the motor vehicle is not so insured,

is guilty of an offence and is liable on a first conviction to a fine of not less than $5,000 and not more than $25,000 and on a subsequent conviction to a fine of not less than $10,000 and not more than $50,000 and, in addition, his or her driver’s licence may be suspended for a period of not more than one year. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.25, s. 2 (3); 1996, c. 21, s. 50 (4); 2002, c. 22, s. 33.

Minimum of 15 grand in fines. Wow.

I always though first offence was up to 5000.00, was I ever wrong.
 
Soulcatcher668 said:

Offence​

(3) Every owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who,

(a) contravenes subsection (1) of this section or subsection 13 (11); or

(b) surrenders an insurance card for inspection to a police officer, when requested to do so, purporting to show that the motor vehicle is insured under a contract of automobile insurance when the motor vehicle is not so insured,

is guilty of an offence and is liable on a first conviction to a fine of not less than $5,000 and not more than $25,000 and on a subsequent conviction to a fine of not less than $10,000 and not more than $50,000 and, in addition, his or her driver’s licence may be suspended for a period of not more than one year. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.25, s. 2 (3); 1996, c. 21, s. 50 (4); 2002, c. 22, s. 33.

Minimum of 15 grand in fines. Wow.

I always though first offence was up to 5000.00, was I ever wrong.
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Might still get away with it. I had IDSYM incident with a pizza delivery driver who had no insurance, and a suspended license. He plead poverty and got away with something like $1K in fines instead.

I saw him on the road again within a week of the incident, delivering again, while I barely able to walk. He dodged police for several weeks, when they kept trying to catch him at home.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
There's a very good reason for the mechanicla solution. You can detect the LCD solution with a simple pair of polarized glasses, whether activated or not. How many cops do you see NOT wearing sunglasses?
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If you do conventional black LCD, you can see that. I thought the solution that goes white under power behaved differently. I could be wrong.
 
GreyGhost said:
If you do conventional black LCD, you can see that. I thought the solution that goes white under power behaved differently. I could be wrong.
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LCD uses a polarizing filter in order to function. Black or clear default can be changed simply by flipping the filter around. When using polarizing sunglasses the filter goes black, whether or not the LCD is under power.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
LCD uses a polarizing filter in order to function. Black or clear default can be changed simply by flipping the filter around. When using polarizing sunglasses the filter goes black, whether or not the LCD is under power.
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I know that's how the black behaves. I thought white was using a different technology to go opaque. I haven't played with a piece of white smart glass. You can buy a demo sheet that would cover a license plate on amazon though for $65. They say it's not waterproof.
 
GreyGhost said:
I know that's how the black behaves. I thought white was using a different technology to go opaque. I haven't played with a piece of white smart glass. You can buy a demo sheet that would cover a license plate on amazon though for $65. They say it's not waterproof.
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I used to turn the filters around in calculators so that I'd get clear on black, instead of black on clear. Also have played with a few damaged laptop screens, over the years, just because I see a lot of them.
 
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