You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
Vancouver Off-Topic / Current EventsThe off-topic forum for Vancouver, funnies, non-auto centered discussions, WORK SAFE. While the rules are more relaxed here, there are still rules. Please refer to sticky thread in this forum.
But instead, random ones like silver Passat, and white MR2 got pulled in....maybe no seatbelts?
The Passat had his turn indicator on early and was never flagged down, he's going into the parking lot. The white MR2 was pulled aside because it doesn't have plates and from what I could quickly see, no temp papers showing.
__________________ nabs -Brianrietta are you trying to Mindbomber me? using big words to try to confuse me jasonturbo -Threesomes: overrated - I didn't really think it was anything special, plus it was degrading, marching to the bathroom to fart all that semen out Babykiller -And next to that, there's a little dot called a period. It's not the stuff you eat out of your sisters gash, it's a handy little tool for breaking up sentences so they don't look like nonsensical retard garbage.
My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: RevScene.net
Posts: 1,889
Thanked 1,284 Times in 420 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eugene
The Passat had his turn indicator on early and was never flagged down, he's going into the parking lot. The white MR2 was pulled aside because it doesn't have plates and from what I could quickly see, no temp papers showing.
Thanks. Re-watched it...yeah guess you can see the officer was staring at the MR2's rear/trunk at 01:37...
What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Richmond
Posts: 160
Thanked 133 Times in 42 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky_High
^ but if the cop wasn't at the scene of the accident. And say the car iss equipped with a bluetooth device....wouldn't it be hard to proof whether it was in used or not? It's just gonna be one's word against another...
hmm.. that does throw a wrench into things. i don't think even device log when bluetooth was used or not (timestamps and all). maybe something in the pipeline for phone developers?
btw, some vehicles now have sms-reading capabilities in the in-dash systems. again, this is read-only and won't let you reply to it. it's good that manufacturers are making steps towards making things more "handsfree", but sadly this still makes the driver more distracted.
funny how I can never seem to see any cops doing this sort of traffic cellphone seatbelt check on rainy, windy, cold days. Seems to always coincidentally be on sunny days....hmmmm
bingo,
thats why on sunny nice spring / summer days,
I go the speed limit and never touch my phone.
on rainy / windy / cold days, I know there will never be speed traps or any checks, because god forbid the cops get cold and wet.
resume speeding while on cell phone.
it seems like the role and job of a police officer has changed significantly over the last decade, instead of a whole presinct filled up with detectives and guys that deal with drug trafficers and muggers,
theres only a handfull of detectives, and the mass majority are all traffic cops.
im not saying they arent doing their job, but the legislation to have so many damn traffic cops everywhere must be coming from somewhere,
in retrospect, maybe I should be thinking of a career change, since il most likely just become a traffic cop and sit at a light for 8 hours, on a nice bright sunny say, with an nice cold coke in my hand, pointing at people with no seatbelts and texting, all day long. sounds nice.
and on the rainy days they all revert to their cave because they dont like getting wet.
Even though I check my cellphone while waiting for the light to turn green, and I gotta admit, its no really dangerous when your car is stopped, however, reading text or sending them while your car is moving, that is dangerous, and its good that police are doing something about it to make the road safer. I have a car, I do drive most of the time, but I still walk on the street, so of course I want the road to be safer not only for myself and my family and the people I care about. Not only that, it prob prevent a lot of car accidents where ICBC wouldn't have to raise the insurance $$$
I never quite understand the point of these threads. In my opinion, if you're too stupid to talk on your phone, text or not wear a belt... you deserve a ticket.
__________________
FOR SALE: 14'' MR2 MK1 wheels with 90% rubber $130, FD RX7 Transmission $200, Hitch Mount Snowboard/Ski rack w/ THULE clamps, locks $200. PM me for details!
thinking back...ya all the speed traps ive been through were on nice sunny days. i can't recall a time when they were standing in the rain/snow.
could it be that they think people are more inclined to speed on nice days?
It's really a hazard to be setting up traps like that during slick road conditions and poor visibility. Having officers run into the roads under those conditions would be a hazard to the officer and could cause more accidents from sudden/late breaking under poor visibility and slick stopping road conditions.
I never quite understand the point of these threads. In my opinion, if you're too stupid to talk on your phone, text or not wear a belt... you deserve a ticket.
The point of these threads are to let the community know that cops are actively working to prevent accidents on the road.
I'm sure a few people on RS are now aware of this and have stopped txting and driving.
They're sure preventing a lot of accidents from happening at that intersection...
Like this video doesn't make me feel any safer on the road, because the douchebag who's texting/phoning while sailing down the highway at 100km/h is still not getting caught.
Even though I check my cellphone while waiting for the light to turn green, and I gotta admit, its no really dangerous when your car is stopped, however, reading text or sending them while your car is moving, that is dangerous, and its good that police are doing something about it to make the road safer. I have a car, I do drive most of the time, but I still walk on the street, so of course I want the road to be safer not only for myself and my family and the people I care about. Not only that, it prob prevent a lot of car accidents where ICBC wouldn't have to raise the insurance $$$
its not dangerous when your car is stopped at the red light, but there have been numerous times when I have to honk at someone because they are texting or playing with their phone and they dont start driving when the light turns green again.
I'm glad the cops are doing this, so many people cant drive as it is in this city, you hit the nail on the head with preventing car accidents and preventing ICBC from raising insurance money.
They're sure preventing a lot of accidents from happening at that intersection...
Like this video doesn't make me feel any safer on the road, because the douchebag who's texting/phoning while sailing down the highway at 100km/h is still not getting caught.
I agree,
but as someone whose experienced an accident because the other driver was talking/texting, It saves me time and hassle when someone messes up and I have to go through ICBC to fix minor damages, this also helps decrease insurance premiums.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
![b0unce. [?]'s Avatar](customavatars/avatar28217_23.gif){kind=avatar}
