My uncle had a Ford Crown Vic, fully loaded including air suspension. He took it to the Ford dealer for an oil change and the mechanic didn't lock out the air suspension before putting the car on the hoist. Blew out the bags or something. An expensive oil change for the dealership.Once had a tow guy went to hook up to the front of my rear wheel drive, had to tell him no.
Years ago had a crash in January, I went to hospital, car was towed. Found the car 2 days later, 4-ways still on, battery dead, driver's window still down, lucky no snow or rain, & my Ray Bans from the 70's were missing, good luck finding them.
Some tow guys don't know, don't care.
Worse part, Dave Williams, the owner was a good friend of mine when we were in high school.
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The Bad Drivers of Ontario Thread
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Peak Brampton. If the story is true, women hits a car and tries to flee. Other driver stops her, fleeing driver gets out and tries to beat him. Her car rolls away. Then she gets ****** and calls the cops. I don't think that is going to end how she hopes it will. I'm not sure the cops will do anything about an attempted hit and run in a parking lot but they can write her up for assault based on the video.
It's still failure to report and leaving the scene, on private property. The laws that control insurance and liability don't go into abeyance because something happens in a parking lot, rather than on a public street.
If she keeps her mouth shut and has good representation, attempted leaving the scene shouldnt be that hard to beat. She was just driving to a safe place to park. I still would not be surprised if cops don't bother to charge as chance of a conviction could be low (unless she blabs and sinks herself and then you might as well lay the charge because a conviction is almost guaranteed).
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Yup. A similar thing happened to me last year (I think I posted it here). A fellow crunched my car in a mall parking lot, checked the damage then fled. An older pink-haired lady saw it happen, recorded him checking the damage then fled. Fortunately, she got a clear pic of him and his plate.
Called YRP, they ran the guy's plate then paid him a visit. They gave him a choice: pay for the repair or take a leaving the scene charge and have my insurance cover it.
He chose to pay cash. YRP told him they would follow up in 10 days, if he wasn't good on the deal they would proceed with the charge. The guy was good (and quite scared), and after 10 days YRP closes the case..
In yours they had evidence and a witness that the driver knew there was a collision and fled. In this situation, there is no mention of 3rd party witnesses and the "fleeing" driver was still in the parking lot. Imo, that gives a lot more room for reasonable doubt.
Perhaps, but she would have even bigger worries with an assault charge. And comparing damage on the two vehicles would still likely have insurance paying out.
(So glad I've got dual cameras with bump sensors)
Jerk of the day (yesterday, actually).
Came upon a brown Toyota Tundra from behind on 20 SR Halton Hills, which was driving 10 km/h below the 70 km/h posted speed limit on straightaways and slower in corners, but due to hills and corners and occasional oncoming traffic, was not able to overtake for probably 6 or 7 km. Stopped at traffic light at Guelph Line. When it turned green, I followed across the intersection then pulled out to pass, the intent being to get the overtake done quickly but below the speed limit. That didn't work. Shoulder check to go back to my lane found the truck still there, accelerating hard. No choice at this point but to keep going. I outaccelerated the truck but pulled back in without much distance between ... 115 km/h, and it was certainly not my intent to go that fast so I slowed down. Truck tailgated, headlights flashing, etc.
I don't know what triggered the other driver. YES, the overtake was on a double-yellow, but that's legal in Ontario (there are no intersections or hills or curves for more than 150 m at that location, as required). Maybe it was general "you shall not pass". Maybe it was being passed by an EV. The pass was completely safe until the other driver made it unsafe.
BOLO in the area. Brown late model Toyota Tundra extended cab, Milton Toyota license plate frame, owner may possibly live or work along 2nd Line Nassagaweya north of 20 SR because that's where the truck turned off, and there's no particular reason for anyone to use that particular road who isn't local.
Came upon a brown Toyota Tundra from behind on 20 SR Halton Hills, which was driving 10 km/h below the 70 km/h posted speed limit on straightaways and slower in corners, but due to hills and corners and occasional oncoming traffic, was not able to overtake for probably 6 or 7 km. Stopped at traffic light at Guelph Line. When it turned green, I followed across the intersection then pulled out to pass, the intent being to get the overtake done quickly but below the speed limit. That didn't work. Shoulder check to go back to my lane found the truck still there, accelerating hard. No choice at this point but to keep going. I outaccelerated the truck but pulled back in without much distance between ... 115 km/h, and it was certainly not my intent to go that fast so I slowed down. Truck tailgated, headlights flashing, etc.
I don't know what triggered the other driver. YES, the overtake was on a double-yellow, but that's legal in Ontario (there are no intersections or hills or curves for more than 150 m at that location, as required). Maybe it was general "you shall not pass". Maybe it was being passed by an EV. The pass was completely safe until the other driver made it unsafe.
BOLO in the area. Brown late model Toyota Tundra extended cab, Milton Toyota license plate frame, owner may possibly live or work along 2nd Line Nassagaweya north of 20 SR because that's where the truck turned off, and there's no particular reason for anyone to use that particular road who isn't local.
Had a good one yesterday but I just looked at the video, and it doesn't do it justice. Anyone who knows Brampton (Bramalea area, specifically) likely knows Avondale Blvd. It has a centre turn lane for some of its length between Birchbank and Bramalea Rd. I was driving south/east and got to the plaza. I pull into the turn lane and ahead of me is a white minivan, that does what so many drivers seem to do; turns into the plaza from the left lane, instead of the centre turn lane. Cuts off an oncoming vehicle, hard. I'm slowing down and expecting there might be an impact but, instead, the oncoming driver doesn't slow down, swerves into the turn lane to go around the minivan, and is now coming at me head-on. If I hadn't already anticipated some sort of issue I'd have been pizza. I figured he was doing maybe 65-70 in a 40.
Two morons for the price of one.
Two morons for the price of one.
Worked close enough (West/Orenda) that I'd use the CP @ the Shoppers at Avondale Mall frequently on my lunch to ship bicycle parts. I can't figure out how you'd be going southeast at the mall. Unless you meant southeast between Balmoral and Birchbank. At the mall it's either southwest or northeast.
South/east = south then east, as the road starts south at Balmoral and the turns east.
I've been wondering about the tanker truck explosion on the 401 in Pickering. Apparently one of the truck drivers lost control. IMO the biggest cause of loss of control is a stupid maneuver by a car. If there was a dash cam it probably went up in smoke.
A rather large number of trucking companies have installed dashcams, because of this. The Youtube channel Dashcam Lessons does truckers only segments, that clearly illustrate why this is necessary. The number of people who think that brake-checking a 35 tonne loaded rig is a good idea is just mind numbing.
They need to record to a black box if it's a tanker.
Is there any way a recording could be used to prosecute a brake checker for dangerous driving if the checked vehicle was a semi. Maybe we need some unmarked semis.
Brake check is in the definition of 172. Cops can play executioner at the side of the road.
Yes, though I've never heard of it being done. There are MANY things that people do, as a matter of routine stupidity or selfishness, that fall under the ONT REG 455/07 definitions.
Well, we have the answer to that question. Looks like the tanker truck driver was out before the crash. May never be able to tell whether they were distracted, sleeping or suffering a medical emergency. They sure as hell weren't driving.
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Idiot doesn’t know a truck won’t stop on a dime? Glad there’s a video of this asshat and hope they get charged fully.
Certainly appears to be asleep from the video. That slow drift without any kind of a correction is the tell tale. Medical issue or distracted there would likely be some movement up there. No brake lights at all rules out distracted for me. Would expect to see a small flash after the initial impact, even if for a moment.Well, we have the answer to that question. Looks like the tanker truck driver was out before the crash. May never be able to tell whether they were distracted, sleeping or suffering a medical emergency. They sure as hell weren't driving.
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Even if you had a massive heart attack or stroke that killed instantly, your body would slump forward onto the wheel and the truck would have darted much more suddenly. Very unlikely to just tip back in your seat, since most trucks have you stretched out forward a bit to reach the wheel.
Either way, a terrible uncessescary loss of life.
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