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Most modern car ecu's let you set a top speed. The complicating factor is many are a one-way street, you can lower at will but there is no way to raise the limit without an expensive replacement ecu.
True, a tune would be cheaper than a new ecu. Rental companies selling tuned vehicles would be a surprise. I guess the fleets are big enough that they could retain a company to make a flash or each model that just clears the speed restriction (is it possible to write just one field?).
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Remember the old adage, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse"?This driver claims they didn't know flashing lights and sirens meant emergency vehicles. Seems like a great candidate for licence cancelation and restart at G1 test.
East York man claims ignorance after failing to stop for Durham police
An East York man is learning the hard way that police vehicles with their lights and sirens on are actually emergency vehicles. Durham police officers at Cen
Assuming the police present a good case, this level of ignorance would hopefully open the path for the JP with the driver starting again. Obviously they have a fundamental misunderstanding of the entire system and require a fundamental change in their knowledge and behaviour. Paying a ticket will do nothing to solve the issue. Maybe it was just a bad excuse and they were trying to get rid of something/give time for their intoxicant to clear but even in that case, the punishment seems to fit the crime.
Unfortunately, I doubt that it will rise to the level of re-education. Failure to stop for police is a 7 point offence. There appears to have been no other charges laid. At best he gets a warning letter from MTO, at least unless he has previous convictions.
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Had a similar thing happen to me in the late 80s. Phoenix rental car company had no standard cars... Gave me, 21 yrs old, a 7 series BMW. 165 Mph later I came back from the desert to Phoenix in handcuffs, with car on a hook.
This is typically what happens if you set your GPS as you're leaving, instead of before you leave.
I'm assuming it was a fire hydrant someone carelessly left in his parking spot.
Definitely a pad mount transformer. You can see it before she hits it and at 0:28 you can see it in front of the car. It would be interesting to see how far the damage went. Did the bus bars just pull off or did the cables get yanked hard underground? Maybe Brampton needs bollards around all infrastructure (and backyards).
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Wait for the final report. While gravel trucks are known to drive like they're running at a NASCAR event, passenger vehicle drivers aren't exactly known for considering the realities of physics, when maneuvering around them.This bears repeating. There is no justifiable reason to drive to/in Brampton. Ever. The phrase "It's noon somewhere" should be the city's motto.
Male driver killed in crash involving two transport trucks on Brampton-Caledon border
One person is dead following an early morning multi-vehicle crash involving two transport trucks near the border of Brampton and Caledon.
Rock slingers are a plague upon society. Full stop.
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