The Bad Drivers of Ontario Thread

I'd think it would be fairly easy to install protections on trucks.. an alarm when the bed is raised... would probably prevent most of these incidents.
 
A single company is responsible for 6 of those bridge hits and BC suspended their operating license. Didn't stop them, though, as they're still using their operating licenses in other Provinces, to operate in BC.
 
raginduck said:
I'd think it would be fairly easy to install protections on trucks.. an alarm when the bed is raised... would probably prevent most of these incidents.
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Car horn in cab when bed is above its stop and speed is above 10 km/h seems like a decent start. No matter how loud your movie is playing, you couldn't ignore it. Easy to test function during pre-trip or mto inspection. Non-functional alarm should be immediate oos. If defeat switch is found, company and driver should be in court facing cancelation of license.
 
raginduck said:
I'd think it would be fairly easy to install protections on trucks.. an alarm when the bed is raised... would probably prevent most of these incidents.
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We’re talking people that cut holes in their floors so they can bypass having to bother with using piss jugs. You think they’re not going to ignore any legislation to install them or disconnect them?
 
FullMotoJacket said:
We’re talking people that cut holes in their floors so they can bypass having to bother with using piss jugs. You think they’re not going to ignore any legislation to install them or disconnect them?
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No more piss jugs :(
How will we know when the Brampton truckers rolled through our area... Oh yea the bags of garbage...
 
GreyGhost said:
If you have no license and no insurance, why would you bother with a plate? It can't help much at that point.
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It is, in fact, a way to identify the rider without having to stop them, in the event they run. I've seen a number of unplated bikes on the roads in Brampton, over the last few years. Likely the same idjits I hear racing around residential streets at 3:00am.
 
raginduck said:
DD has a pretty high bar to convict... marked departure, intent, etc..
As stupid or ignorant as the action was.. I don't think it rises to that level.
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The way I see the crash evolving is that there are three lanes and the gravel truck is in the right one being passed due to its lower speed. Cars are moving into the vacant space in front of the truck.

Something ahead appears to impeded traffic in the left lane so there is movement to the centre lane and from the centre to the right. The black SUV decides to cross over two lanes to grab some travel advantage, possibly with vision blocked and the truck, trying to maintain its speed, hits it and loses control etc.

The truck driver failed to read the mind of the SUV driver. There is a blurry line between reading a mind and reading a potentially risky scenario. I am very cautious when passing a line of slow or stopped cars. Driver judgement generally sucks when it comes to estimating the time needed to execute a lane change

A careless driving ticket would be the same as if the semi was replaced by a SUV that was able to slow enough to make the crash a non threatening wreck. The SUV driver didn't think "I'm going to wait for a semi to cut off." so the careless charge stands largely due to no intent.

The problem is that the low value ticket fails to open the eyes of the public to the potential massive damage their actions could cause. The "I didn't think that was going to happen" excuse. 0.001% of mishaps occur because the person thought it wouldn't happen. 99.999% were wrong.

Paranoia vs caution vs feeling lucky vs I'm invulnerable. Pick your poison.
 
Stolen plates, phony plates, buried plates, covered plates, no plates - it's a wild west show.
There aren't enough cops out there (especially Brampton and the like) to do much about it, or so it seems.
What would it take ? I'm asking, not telling.
 
TK4 said:
Stolen plates, phony plates, buried plates, covered plates, no plates - it's a wild west show.
There aren't enough cops out there (especially Brampton and the like) to do much about it, or so it seems.
What would it take ? I'm asking, not telling.
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No plates, no vehicle on public property would be an easy starting point. Sure they won't catch them running but most stop somewhere. If the impound was automatic and required plates, insurance and a licensed rider to bust it out of storage, that would clean up some of this.
 
TK4 said:
Stolen plates, phony plates, buried plates, covered plates, no plates - it's a wild west show.
There aren't enough cops out there (especially Brampton and the like) to do much about it, or so it seems.
What would it take ? I'm asking, not telling.
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Nothing short of road blocks for "random document checks" that involved a half dozen police, at random locations every day, I'm thinking.
 
GreyGhost said:
No plates, no vehicle on public property would be an easy starting point. Sure they won't catch them running but most stop somewhere. If the impound was automatic and required plates, insurance and a licensed rider to bust it out of storage, that would clean up some of this.
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A vehicle can be towed, immediately, if not legally on the road (ie. no plates, invalid plates, no insurance, etc.), because it isn't legal to drive it away.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Nothing short of road blocks for "random document checks" that involved a half dozen police, at random locations every day, I'm thinking.
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On the bike front, there are a few obvious points where they could get a look at a lot of bikes. If they are being extra diligent, wait for a plateless bike to pass and then setup doc checks at both ends of the stretch with a chicane through cop cars. No way out.
 
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