Topic: Does Speed Really Kill?

[mixmanmash]

I would see fines for lifted trucks, vehicles with "lets pretend" HID headlights, blacken tail lights and also fine any shop that does this work to a vehicle intended for use on a public road.

Wait a minute?  You're in Edmonton?  Alberta?  Really?  Are you SURE you're an Albertan?  I thought I was the only one in the entire province that would do away with those things...

That makes at least 3 of us.

[tpl]

With support from Ontario

[Fobroader]

I would see fines for lifted trucks, vehicles with "lets pretend" HID headlights, blacken tail lights and also fine any shop that does this work to a vehicle intended for use on a public road.

Heres another Albertan that will throw his support behind ya....I hate rig rockets...

[tooscoops]

meh.. lifted to a certain point ( like 1-3" and well done) on a truck used off the road i'm ok with.....

totally agree with the rest though.

as for the tint you remove... if you were allowed to tint the front ones in alberta, would you keep it on? tint is one thing i'm really glad we are allowed to do in ontario. like the look and the function.

[sailor723]

^^^

this is why every multi lane highway should have maximum and minimum limits. (i've only seen this in NB)

I once got stuck on hwy 406 in rush hour.  Started with cruise on at 105km/h
the average driver does about 115km/h but some go 125 to 130
I ended up behind someone driving 70km/h  ------ in heavy traffic it took a while to find a moment to be able to pull in the left at 75 without someone flying at me at 130.   I seen a fee people do this and nearly get rear ended but it creates a massive chain reaction.   

Quebec also has a minimum, the guy going 70km/h would be fine as the minimum is 60km/h.   Again, way off from what's actually dangerous, which is probably around 90km/h when you start being  a hazard.

I saw an example of this yesterday on the 104 in Nova Scotia. I was in the passing lane in a string of cars doing about 125 when the cars in the right lane started braking hard. When I got up to the cause (and by this time the passing lane had slowed to about 110 or so) it was a 60's era sedan that looked like a Hillman or Austin of some sort. Given the speed the cars in the passing lane were going by him I'm guessing he was doing 70-80 tops. There were at least 5-6 cars stacked up behind him all trying to get out into tha passing lane while being overtaken by a stream of traffic approaching at speeds 40-50 kph faster. Hardly a safe situation!