New speeding laws...TT, why bother?

[Ztoon]

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..

[tjlazer]

TT? bragging rights at a meet. lol

[kenchan]

so your street racing dayz are over?

[Jeffblue]

WTF thats absurd

[Push370zzz]

for the track!

[theDreamer]

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.

[Cell]

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

[Carno]

British Columbia?

[Ztoon]

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!

[Ztoon]

Boofoon sounds bout right.

[Red__Zed]

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.

[nicknick]

Originally Posted by Ztoon

B.C. now has the toughest speeding laws in the country.
40 kms. over, or about 25 mph, gives a mandatory 7 day suspension,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..

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.

[JB-370z]

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.

[ZzzZz]

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?

Originally Posted by nicknick

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.

[ARFCOM]

Originally Posted by ZzzZz

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.