New speeding laws...TT, why bother?
 

B.C. now has the toughest speeding laws in the country.
40 kms. over, or about 25 mph, gives a mandatory 7 day suspension, car impounded, plus a $483 fine, 3 points on driving record, impound fees, and a 3 year insurance fee of risk-premiums of $320 per yr. for 3 yrs..

TT? bragging rights at a meet. lol

so your street racing dayz are over? :D

WTF thats absurd

for the track!

Wow, basically you cannot get up on the car in higher gears on the street then ever, and I would bet they do not take kindly to you doing hard launches from a dig.

where the hell is B.C.? Boofoo County?

British Columbia?

I'm all for shutting down street racing, and the general idiots that speed through populated areas. But when you're out in the country with no cars and a mile long stretch of empty hwy., yeah, I like the exhilaration of running through the gears occasionally.
In the past I accept the chance I may get a hefty fine, but the thought of having my baby hauled up on some yokel's tow truck is just too much!

Boofoon sounds bout right.

Track use?

I managed to avoid any sort of speeding trouble in my S while on the streets. Should be doable in a TT Z as well.

That sucks! It is the minority few that ruin it for all of us. speeding does NOT kill, it is speeding in an inappropriate environment. Unfortunately the Government adopts a blanket approach to speeding. The other thing is if the Government was REALLY serious about reducing the road toll, they would focus and adopt other measures to reduce the road toll, ie, more police on the road that use common sense and stop drivers who are blatantly driving at risk, not drivers who may be travelling fast but perfectly safely. Driver education, better roads, less traffic, better and cheaper public transport to entice the average "appliance" driver to take public transport, more on the spot drug tesating for suspicious looking drivers and more. These measures would reduce the road toll. Don't forget that considering the increase in population the road toll has actually gone down. Driving should be a privilege
and not a right, there are far too many drivers out there that should not be allowed to drive.

In Houston you got to jail for racing, get your car impounded, pay court fees, fines, and community service. Buy the tt becuase you want it not cause your not supposed to use it. In that case no one would have a fast car. I am a grandma driver and I still get a huge smile every morning when I crank her up and drive her.

How about a mandatory chip that would "sync up" with whatever the speed limit is on the road you are driving on. It would then act like a governor/limiter with the max speed being whatever the posted sign is.

But are they really looking to stop speeding or are they just using "public safety" as an excuse to generate revenue?

You can't be serious. Do you really want Big Brother directly controlling your life like that???

I'd rather keep the freedoms that I currently have and keep the government out of my life as much as possible.

In Virginia 20 miles over the speed limit and you are fried!

Why bother.. for the waushhhhhhhhhhhh of the blow of valves.. that worth the 10k alone!

Yep

so when you need to pass someone or get out of the way of a runaway truck or someone goes to change lanes into you can't accellerate to get out of the way?

20????..... I got a ticket on I77 for only going 7mph over. Cop was a d*ck. Plus you can't use radar detectors in VA. :wtf2:

Speed limit here is 55, I still do 80

That usually works because the troopers are doing 85. :driving:

Discretion is up to the cop. Bottom line, if they decide to ticket you, then all those charges are mandatory for 1st offense, including impounding your car for a week. And man, I don't even wanna get into charges for a second ticket!
Something about cattle prods .........

TT or not its easy to be 20+mph over in the Z...

Drives in the backroads of BC are great! This is a good warning for the down South visitors.

Two words: Cruise control

In Ontario if you are 50k's and over you get a street racing ticket. Car is taken for 24hrs :icon14:

yup 50 kiph, but i guess thats... reasonable.... theres not much reason for you to be doing 100 in a 50 zone. besides cops are usually nice if ur not a douche to them and if u dont look like a street racing thug.

That is the 1st here is 2nd and 3rd offense.

Those busted for excessive speeding a second time will have their vehicles impounded for 30 days and can expect to shell out as much as $1,243 up front, plus a $370 annual driver-risk premium each year for three years.

For third-time and subsequent excessive-speeding offenses within two years, drivers will suffer a 60-day vehicle impoundment and be charged as much as $1,903 plus an additional $430 ICBC <-(mandatory insurer in B.C.)premium each year for three years.

Currently My Z is $600 annually for ICBC's portion and $600 to top up others like collision an comprehensive,fora grand total of $1200.00 a year for full coverage on my Z

Uh...
Be smart when you decide to gun it bro...
Why'd you get a z if you're afraid of a speeding ticket?
lmfaooo

Speeding doesn't kill, it's the sudden stop against a highway divider that will. ;)

Government coming up with new laws main purpose isn't to make the roads safer. It's more income, especially when the Canadian Government are owing billions in debts.

The 40km/h or 50km/h over law doesn't makes sense at all.

Example:

Traveling 150km/h in a 100km/h zone (who hasn't done it?); that's 50% over the limit

VS.

Traveling 90km/h in a 40km/h zone (Never done so in my life); 125% over the limit.

If caught in either situation, you are violating the same law.

The law is like, you killed someone; you get the chair. You stole a loaf of bread to feed your family; you also get the chair.

Penalties for 50km/h over:

Towing charge: $250.00
Impound for 7 days: $700.00 ($100.00 a day)
6 demit points: max. $10K fine
Insurance: priceless. :tiphat:

Forgot to mention that 20 over is reckless driving in VA. Yeah, the radar pisses me off, that is why I can't wait to get the hell out of this state.

The majority of speed limits were set back in the early 1960's, before ABS, traction control, and a whole host of advances in the last 40 yrs..
Man, driving on our modern hwys., going the posted speed, the greatest risk is nodding off!

So is this why canadians have so much disrespect for U.S. traffic and speed laws???