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Porsche pulled over after going 80 km/hr over speed limit - News1130 (http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/319276--porsche-pulled-over-after-going-80-km-hr-over-speed-limit)

Another case of street racing in the lower mainland, this time on the Trans Canada Hwy near Westmount exit.

A slap on the wrist from the cops. The court system and the laws need to change to stop this dangerous racing from happening.

No license suspension or confiscating the cars for a definite period.

[J89]

"Two drivers nabbed at a speed trap have West Vancouver police shaking their heads. They were going so fast."

"One speeder, a 54-year-old BMW driver, was clocked at 159 km/hr in a 90 km/hr zone Wednesday night. The other, a 25-year-old behind the wheel of a Porsche, was going 168 km/hr. He was caught early Thursday morning"

:fuckthatshit::fuckthatshit:

[smaggs]

Where'd you get street racing from? This was two separate incidents of speeding. And they DID get their cars confiscated. And they WILL get their license suspended if they had any previous points on their license or depending if they were given tickets for anything else and racked up the appropriate amount of points.

[XplicitLuder]

Porsche pulled over after going 80 km/hr over speed limit - News1130 (http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/319276--porsche-pulled-over-after-going-80-km-hr-over-speed-limit)

Another case of street racing in the lower mainland, this time on the Trans Canada Hwy near Westmount exit.

A slap on the wrist from the cops. The court system and the laws need to change to stop this dangerous racing from happening.

No license suspension or confiscating the cars for a definite period.

"Two drivers nabbed at a speed trap have West Vancouver police shaking their heads. They were going so fast."

"One speeder, a 54-year-old BMW driver, was clocked at 159 km/hr in a 90 km/hr zone Wednesday night. The other, a 25-year-old behind the wheel of a Porsche, was going 168 km/hr. He was caught early Thursday morning"

:fuckthatshit::fuckthatshit:

:alonehappy::alonehappy:

[FerrariEnzo]

"Speeders also face the Driver Risk Premium when re-insuring their vehicles."

WTF.. THIS should be applied RIGHT away...

[Nlkko]

Speeders everywhere these days. If I was a cop in an unmarked car, I could probably write 10 tickets or more on my way from downtown to UBC. Could probably do 20 or more if I go to my gf place in east van.

And there's cut offs, tail-gate to the point you cant even see the headlight. Yea.

[boostfever]

that's a very nice straight stretch of highway 1 near westmount/cypress exit. 160 km/h in a Porsche is weaksauce though. sucks for the guys.

few years ago a biker was clocked over 250 km/h around there, cops didn't chase him. they arrested him at his house afterwards though.

[Manic!]

"Speeders also face the Driver Risk Premium when re-insuring their vehicles."

WTF.. THIS should be applied RIGHT away...

It is applied right away. They collect next time they insure there cars. With a ticket you can not pay and still insure your car.

[Redlines_Daily]

such drama over speed these days..in my opinion its not they guys doing 160km in a straight line that kills people, its the douche bags weaving in and out of traffic. The media and police try make it out like excessive speeding is the worst thing ever, give me a break...IF the drivers only offense is driving fast then give them a hefty fine and let them be on their way, if they are also doing other dangerous things then give them a suspension.

[nlo]

this^

[Soundy]

Speeders everywhere these days. If I was a cop in an unmarked car, I could probably write 10 tickets or more on my way from downtown to UBC. Could probably do 20 or more if I go to my gf place in east van.

And there's cut offs, tail-gate to the point you cant even see the headlight. Yea.
And yet people still labour under the idea that police have "quotas" to fill - if that was the case, there are plenty of places they could hit quotas for the month within two days, and spend the rest of the month kickin' their heels up.

such drama over speed these days..in my opinion its not they guys doing 160km in a straight line that kills people, its the douche bags weaving in and out of traffic. The media and police try make it out like excessive speeding is the worst thing ever, give me a break...IF the drivers only offense is driving fast then give them a hefty fine and let them be on their way, if they are also doing other dangerous things then give them a suspension.

Well, your opinion is stupid.

[Nlkko]

such drama over speed these days..in my opinion its not they guys doing 160km in a straight line that kills people, its the douche bags weaving in and out of traffic. The media and police try make it out like excessive speeding is the worst thing ever, give me a break...IF the drivers only offense is driving fast then give them a hefty fine and let them be on their way, if they are also doing other dangerous things then give them a suspension.

I dont know about that. It's true guy traveling at high speed AND focus in their surrounding won't cause much havoc. But it's never like that in the real world. You have these creatures behind the wheels doing 1001 things they're not supposed to be doing instead of focusing on driving. That AND excessive speed is the recipe for disaster.

Plus when they speed and they're blocked off by other people doing limit, they're gonna drive calmly behind? No. They have the tendency to do whatever they can to continue speeding.

When you realize this is not Germany and 70% of the drivers around you are retards, it makes a lot more sense to punish speeding.

[wbean]

i agree with everyone's posts here ...

but should we be the one to say such comments like

"those idiots" and "stupid" ....

don't tell me that everyone who posted these comments have not once sped up to these kind of speed on I5 going down to seattle or on a road trip where it's just a stretch of road.

as well going 160km/h and 150 km/h is honestly not that much more than going 120km/h on a highway. on any car with more than 300 hp it's literally 3 seconds of not modulating the throttle and you will accidentally get up to 150 km/h ...

Albeit their actions weren't correct, but to go as far as saying "INSTANT SUSPENSION" or "Up his insurance now!", what would you do if you were caught speeding one day when it was "safe" in your opinion and ended up in their shoes.

The last thing you would hope for is getting your license suspended and car impounded indefinitely. We should be fair in judging their character and not just because of an incident where they were caught doing the wrong deed and say all those who speeds deserve a death sentence.

It's only wrong when you get caught right? They were in the wrong spot doing the wrong thing at the wrong time.

Just my 2cents.

[Nightwalker]

I've gotten busted at those speeds before on a quiet highway, but it was in a boring car and I got let off with a lesser ticket.

They got a hefty fine and got towed (that sucks.) What's the Driver Risk Premium? I bet that's costly. These penalties sound plenty high to me.

[VrrM604]

kinda sucks but I guess to a certain degree it depends on the type of car you drive as well. A story is not as newsworthy if it were a Hyundai or Toyota at the same speeds..

[GabAlmighty]

that's a very nice straight stretch of highway 1 near westmount/cypress exit. 160 km/h in a Porsche is weaksauce though. sucks for the guys.

few years ago a biker was clocked over 250 km/h around there, cops didn't chase him. they arrested him at his house afterwards though.

Ya, that stretch of road is fun at 3am

[dangonay]

as well going 160km/h and 150 km/h is honestly not that much more than going 120km/h on a highway.
Hands down the most ignorant comment in this thread. I always bring up this example, and people still ignore it.

Any modern sports car (Porsche, Ferrari...) will take longer to stop from 80MPH than the average grocery getter will take from 60 MPH. Sports cars, although they have higher limits, are also not able to change lanes at 80 MPH and avoid something on the road as easy as a grocery getter can at 60 MPH.

The whole idea that "modern cars are far safer and more capable" is complete and utter BS. Yes they are safer, but no, they are not capable of defying the laws of physics.

[twitchyzero]

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[Geoc]

i agree with everyone's posts here ...

but should we be the one to say such comments like

"those idiots" and "stupid" ....

don't tell me that everyone who posted these comments have not once sped up to these kind of speed on I5 going down to seattle or on a road trip where it's just a stretch of road.

as well going 160km/h and 150 km/h is honestly not that much more than going 120km/h on a highway. on any car with more than 300 hp it's literally 3 seconds of not modulating the throttle and you will accidentally get up to 150 km/h ...

Albeit their actions weren't correct, but to go as far as saying "INSTANT SUSPENSION" or "Up his insurance now!", what would you do if you were caught speeding one day when it was "safe" in your opinion and ended up in their shoes.

The last thing you would hope for is getting your license suspended and car impounded indefinitely. We should be fair in judging their character and not just because of an incident where they were caught doing the wrong deed and say all those who speeds deserve a death sentence.

It's only wrong when you get caught right? They were in the wrong spot doing the wrong thing at the wrong time.

Just my 2cents.

Just because your car is 500hp and can go 0-60 in 4 sec with just a twitch of a throttle doesn't justify anything. You are still driving at a higher speed.

Going from 120km/h to 160km/h IS FUCKING HUGE DIFFERENCE. In the even of a crash the energy of the impact is approximately is 1.78 times more than colliding at 120km/h. That is easily a difference between life and death. It is also way beyond the threshold of what the cars are crash tested for.

Also creating an accident or a collision is also a case of wrong spot, wrong time. Debris on the road? Wrong spot, wrong time. Animal running across the highway? Wrong spot, wrong time.

I am not saying that penalties for speeding is fair or not. In fact, I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole, but get your facts straight first.

[Marco911]

Hands down the most ignorant comment in this thread. I always bring up this example, and people still ignore it.

Any modern sports car (Porsche, Ferrari...) will take longer to stop from 80MPH than the average grocery getter will take from 60 MPH. Sports cars, although they have higher limits, are also not able to change lanes at 80 MPH and avoid something on the road as easy as a grocery getter can at 60 MPH.

The whole idea that "modern cars are far safer and more capable" is complete and utter BS. Yes they are safer, but no, they are not capable of defying the laws of physics.

Nobody said the grocery getter shouldn't be capable of driving 80 mph either. Picking 60 mph as the speed limit is rather arbitary. The same arguments can be used to propose that nobody should drive above 30 mph under any circumstance. I'm sure people living during the horse and buggy age decried the move to faster mechanized transport too.

[Marco911]

Just because your car is 500hp and can go 0-60 in 4 sec with just a twitch of a throttle doesn't justify anything. You are still driving at a higher speed.

Going from 120km/h to 160km/h IS FUCKING HUGE DIFFERENCE. In the even of a crash the energy of the impact is approximately is 1.78 times more than colliding at 120km/h. That is easily a difference between life and death. It is also way beyond the threshold of what the cars are crash tested for.

Also creating an accident or a collision is also a case of wrong spot, wrong time. Debris on the road? Wrong spot, wrong time. Animal running across the highway? Wrong spot, wrong time.

I am not saying that penalties for speeding is fair or not. In fact, I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole, but get your facts straight first.

1) 120 km/h is also way beyond the threshold of what cars are crash tested for.
2) Driving at 160 km/h can be reasonably safe if the conditions permit.

In all the unlikely cases you mention, there is also a chance of death and/or injury if you are driving at the speed limit.

Sure, speeding generally increases risk, but I wouldn't argue driving above the speed limit becomes risky. Driving at night, or during rush hour, or longer distances increases risk too.

People do risky things, like strap on a pair of skis, or snow board down a black diamond run because it's fun. Driving fast in a performance car is fun too.

[dangonay]

Nobody said the grocery getter shouldn't be capable of driving 80 mph either. Picking 60 mph as the speed limit is rather arbitary. The same arguments can be used to propose that nobody should drive above 30 mph under any circumstance. I'm sure people living during the horse and buggy age decried the move to faster mechanized transport too.
You're trying to twist around what I said - it won't work. People have a (wrong) belief that their sports car is just as safe at a slightly higher speed (like 80 MPH) than regular cars doing 60 MPH, which is false.

How many times have people posted on RS that their car handles "like it's on rails" or that modern sports cars are much safer at speed than previous cars? It shows that what most people believe is out of touch with reality.

Your chance of dying in a car crash goes up dramatically with an increase of speed over 60 MPH. So much so that you could walk away from a collision at 60 MPH with bruises, but die going only 20 MPH faster. Yet people think that that extra 20 MPH will only result in a slight increase in injuries or chance of death. Again, people who don't have a clue about basic physics.

The bottom line is speed is the #1 cause of traffic fatalities.

[Geoc]

1) 120 km/h is also way beyond the threshold of what cars are crash tested for.
2) Driving at 160 km/h can be reasonably safe if the conditions permit.

In all the unlikely cases you mention, there is also a chance of death and/or injury if you are driving at the speed limit.

Sure, speeding generally increases risk, but I wouldn't argue driving above the speed limit becomes risky. Driving at night, or during rush hour, or longer distances increases risk too.

People do risky things, like strap on a pair of skis, or snow board down a black diamond run because it's fun. Driving fast in a performance car is fun too.

1) So a car is not even crash tested for 120km/h, let alone 160km/h further proves that the risk of death upon collision at 160mk/h is extremely high. Trying to criticize technicalities that is beneficial to the weight of my argument is not going to help your case.
2) What is considered safe is completely arbitrary, and you left it vague. That argument holds no value whatsoever. Try again.

Driving at a relatively slower speed will decrease risk. Whether it be risk of death in the event of a collision, or the ability to avoid event of collision itself. That is physics, nothing to argue about here.

People who do risky things like snowboarding have a extremely low if not non-existent chance of harming others. Whereas, on a public road, the chances are high.

You can drive safely at high speeds in a closed course where everything is monitored. But on a public road there are so many variables that the driver can't control (including other drivers).

Argue all you want, but you can't change the laws of physics.

[geeknerd]

IMO
Its not really the speed thats dangerous but the combination of the speed limit and speeders.
ex/autobahn????
ex/
If one person is going 170 while others are going 100 = a higher chance of collision?

I dont have the facts but when i am driving in other countries where city and hwy speed limits are much higher, i feel no difference in the 'level of safety'.

[Eastwood]

IMO
Its not really the speed thats dangerous but the combination of the speed limit and speeders.
ex/autobahn????
ex/
If one person is going 170 while others are going 100 = a higher chance of collision?

I dont have the facts but when i am driving in other countries where city and hwy speed limits are much higher, i feel no difference in the 'level of safety'.
We drive 140km/h on the Autobahn in the winter. Vancouver roads are different however, with 80km/h speed limits.

[Marco911]

You're trying to twist around what I said - it won't work. People have a (wrong) belief that their sports car is just as safe at a slightly higher speed (like 80 MPH) than regular cars doing 60 MPH, which is false.

Fact: Sports cars do have more active safety than regular cars ceteris paribus.
Picking 80 mph and 60 mph to make your point -though valid - is disingenuous considering nobody has claimed 80 mph in their vehicle is just as safe as 60.

How many times have people posted on RS that their car handles "like it's on rails" or that modern sports cars are much safer at speed than previous cars? It shows that what most people believe is out of touch with reality.

Those sound like subjective statements to me and seems perfectly valid if they were able to frequently drive their vehicles in such manner and arrive at their destination.


Your chance of dying in a car crash goes up dramatically with an increase of speed over 60 MPH. So much so that you could walk away from a collision at 60 MPH with bruises, but die going only 20 MPH faster. Yet people think that that extra 20 MPH will only result in a slight increase in injuries or chance of death. Again, people who don't have a clue about basic physics.

1) Your chance of dying at 60 mph is higher than at 30 mph. The question is, given the right conditions, is driving at 80 mph risky? My opinion is that it isn't.

2) People don't have a clue about risk either. You probably have a higher chance of death if you drive 100,000 km/yr while never exceeding the speed limit than if you drive 50,000 km / yr often exceeding the speed limit in a reasonable and prudent manner.

The bottom line is speed is the #1 cause of traffic fatalities.

Semantics. Since the traffic flow is often above the speed limit, it becomes convenient to suggest that speed is the cause of the majority of accidents. How is the data collected? Is a fatality involving a speeding drunk marked as both speeding and DUI? I'd just as easily mark "human error" as the cause of the majority of accidents. I'd conjecture that if you placed a professional driver in 95% of scenarios where a fatality was involved, the accident could have been avoided. So is speed a factor? Or lack of driver skill? Or lack of attention?

One could even argue that increasing speed limits saves lives even if it resulted in a couple of extra fatalities if you added up all the minutes and seconds saved by the vast majority of drivers benefitting from faster speeds.

[Marco911]

1) So a car is not even crash tested for 120km/h, let alone 160km/h further proves that the risk of death upon collision at 160mk/h is extremely high. Trying to criticize technicalities that is beneficial to the weight of my argument is not going to help your case.
2) What is considered safe is completely arbitrary, and you left it vague. That argument holds no value whatsoever. Try again.

Think about what you just said: "What is considered safe is completely arbitrary...(thus) the argument holds no value whatosoever." Yet, you are trying to justify why you feel certain speeds are unsafe.

Driving at a relatively slower speed will decrease risk. Whether it be risk of death in the event of a collision, or the ability to avoid event of collision itself. That is physics, nothing to argue about here.

1) Driving less frequently and shorter distances decreases risk
2) Driving a vehicle equipped with the latest safety technologies decreases risk
3) Installing higher performance tires on one's car decreases risk
4) Becoming a better skilled driver decreases risk

Those are all choices that people can make to decrease risk. Driving faster than the speed limit, where the conditions are appropriate, is NOT an inherently risky activity.


People who do risky things like snowboarding have a extremely low if not non-existent chance of harming others. Whereas, on a public road, the chances are high.

Look at injury/death rates per mile of travel vs. winter sports and you'll probably find your statement is false.

You can drive safely at high speeds in a closed course where everything is monitored. But on a public road there are so many variables that the driver can't control (including other drivers).

Argue all you want, but you can't change the laws of physics.

Can you guarantee that there will be no deaths or injuries if everyone drove at the speed limit? Surely you cannot. We've arbitarily picked a level where we balance the risk against convenience. You have yet to put forward any arguments showing that this level is set reasonably.

I often say that a more attentive driver is far safer than a driver in "auto pilot" mode. Driving at a reasonable and prudent speed keeps me attentive, and makes me a better driver.

[dangonay]

Fact: Sports cars do have more active safety than regular cars ceteris paribus.
Picking 80 mph and 60 mph to make your point -though valid - is disingenuous considering nobody has claimed 80 mph in their vehicle is just as safe as 60.
Vehicles are much safer and driver aids have contributed signifcantly to vehicle safety. But vehicle saftey and driver aids have not made cars exponentially safer than previous cars. Meanwhile, higher speed does increase risk exponentially.

Do you even read threads on RS? People regularly claim that vehicles are so much safer that speed limits should be raised to reflect the enhanced capabilities of modern vehicles.

Those sound like subjective statements to me and seems perfectly valid if they were able to frequently drive their vehicles in such manner and arrive at their destination.
Being able to drive fast and get home does not make it safe. My dad was an alcoholic who drove his entire life (often drunk) and never had an accident. Should we stop charging people for drunk driving because most drunk drivers arrive at their destination? I bet everyone on RS knows someone who has or still drives after drinking and still manage to get home in one piece.

1) Your chance of dying at 60 mph is higher than at 30 mph. The question is, given the right conditions, is driving at 80 mph risky? My opinion is that it isn't.

2) People don't have a clue about risk either. You probably have a higher chance of death if you drive 100,000 km/yr while never exceeding the speed limit than if you drive 50,000 km / yr often exceeding the speed limit in a reasonable and prudent manner.
It is riskier simply because the ways cars are designed. Modern vehicle crumple zones and body structures are tested to survice the most common types of accidents. Here's an example.

ADAC: 50mph crash-test shows weaknesses even in top-rated cars (http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1023126_adac-50mph-crash-test-shows-weaknesses-even-in-top-rated-cars)

A car that gets a 5 star rating at 40 MPH yet performs very poorly at only 50 MPH. Manufacturers know that crash energy rises expenentially with speed, and it would be economically impossible for them to design cars that were just as safe in crash tests only slightly faster than current test (or in real world terms, to make cars as safe at 80 MPH as they are at 60 MPH).

You said given the right conditions and reasonable and prudent manner. How do you know what conditions are right? Can you control those conditions? What is the definition of reasonable? Is it reasonable to do 150-160 km/h when the normal flow of traffic is only doing 100 km/h?

Semantics. Since the traffic flow is often above the speed limit, it becomes convenient to suggest that speed is the cause of the majority of accidents. How is the data collected? Is a fatality involving a speeding drunk marked as both speeding and DUI? I'd just as easily mark "human error" as the cause of the majority of accidents. I'd conjecture that if you placed a professional driver in 95% of scenarios where a fatality was involved, the accident could have been avoided. So is speed a factor? Or lack of driver skill? Or lack of attention?

One could even argue that increasing speed limits saves lives even if it resulted in a couple of extra fatalities if you added up all the minutes and seconds saved by the vast majority of drivers benefitting from faster speeds.Why are you talking about the causes of accidents? I never said speed caused accidents. I said speed caused fatalities.

Seriously? If a professional driver was involved they could avoid the accident? While that may very well be true, the road is not populated with professional drivers. Therefore the rules of the road have to be written to apply to the average driver. Even though some people are excellent drivers and may own extremely safe and capable cars they still have to operate on the same roads as the "normal" drivers. They don't have the right to use a public road as their personal racetrack.

[Marco911]

Vehicles are much safer and driver aids have contributed signifcantly to vehicle safety. But vehicle saftey and driver aids have not made cars exponentially safer than previous cars. Meanwhile, higher speed does increase risk exponentially.

Do you even read threads on RS? People regularly claim that vehicles are so much safer that speed limits should be raised to reflect the enhanced capabilities of modern vehicles.

I generally support the raising of speed limits, so I don't disagree with this argument. I think we need to stop debating based on the unrealistic premise that the objective is to get the highway fatality rate to zero. We need to accept that highway fatalities are going to occur and we are merely balancing the fatality rate against the convenience of quick transport and efficient commerce. Traffic congestion costs the economy millions of $ in waste. Slower speeds take time out of people's lives too. A goal to save a couple of traffic deaths is no less noble than an objective to improve efficiency for the vast majority of road users.

I'm sure you remember how Lion's Gate Bridge used to be congested and politicians were debating different transport options, such as a tunnel, or another bridge. They couldn't afford either option and decided to keep three lanes and widen/repave the bridge instead. Result, faster average travel speed and reduced congestion. I think fatalities on the bridge may have decreased as well because road conditions are safer. Clearly we can come up with solutions that benefit to society as a whole rather than "let's slow these people down"?


Being able to drive fast and get home does not make it safe. My dad was an alcoholic who drove his entire life (often drunk) and never had an accident. Should we stop charging people for drunk driving because most drunk drivers arrive at their destination? I bet everyone on RS knows someone who has or still drives after drinking and still manage to get home in one piece.

If the statistics show that drinking drivers are a low risk to society than, yes, I think it shouldn't be regarded as a serious offence. Unfortunately, drinking drivers don't benefit society, and they have high collision rates. The economic penalties for speeding in British Columbia a wholly out of proportion to the level of the offence.


ADAC: 50mph crash-test shows weaknesses even in top-rated cars (http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1023126_adac-50mph-crash-test-shows-weaknesses-even-in-top-rated-cars)

A car that gets a 5 star rating at 40 MPH yet performs very poorly at only 50 MPH. Manufacturers know that crash energy rises expenentially with speed, and it would be economically impossible for them to design cars that were just as safe in crash tests only slightly faster than current test (or in real world terms, to make cars as safe at 80 MPH as they are at 60 MPH).


So what? If I could have road conditions where the average speed was 80 mph such as the German autobahn, and the overall fatality rate was similar to a US Highway at 60 mph, I would consider that to be a superior option.



You said given the right conditions and reasonable and prudent manner. How do you know what conditions are right? Can you control those conditions? What is the definition of reasonable? Is it reasonable to do 150-160 km/h when the normal flow of traffic is only doing 100 km/h?

Traffic research shows that the 85th percentile is the safest speed to travel at. On most roads I drive on, the 85th percentile is above the speed limit.
I think it's fine to leave it to the judgement of drivers to decide what is a reasonable and prudent speed.


Seriously? If a professional driver was involved they could avoid the accident? While that may very well be true, the road is not populated with professional drivers. Therefore the rules of the road have to be written to apply to the average driver. Even though some people are excellent drivers and may own extremely safe and capable cars they still have to operate on the same roads as the "normal" drivers. They don't have the right to use a public road as their personal racetrack.

1) Nobody is supporting driving at 99% of the limits of one's vehicle.
2) Fuck the average driver and their sloppy driving manners and poorly maintained vehicles. If we were serious about reducing fatalities AND efficient transport, we'd have laws and a driving culture similar to Germany. a) High level of driver training and first aid training requirements
b) High level of driver discipline on the roads (e.g. left lane discipline)
c) High level of vehicle maintenance and inspections

Not every person might be able to meet this extensive criteria to get a driver's license. Fuck 'em. Ride the fucking bus.

[Nlkko]

1) Nobody is supporting driving at 99% of the limits of one's vehicle.
2) Fuck the average driver and their sloppy driving manners and poorly maintained vehicles. If we were serious about reducing fatalities AND efficient transport, we'd have laws and a driving culture similar to Germany. a) High level of driver training and first aid training requirements
b) High level of driver discipline on the roads (e.g. left lane discipline)
c) High level of vehicle maintenance and inspections

Not every person might be able to meet this extensive criteria to get a driver's license. Fuck 'em. Ride the fucking bus.

You keep going on about this, and professional drivers. The truth is this is the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Green is the shits here. There is no way they would put in a licensing system that would allow an increase in speed limit. It doesn't work to their plan, to the image of the city. of the province.

The origin of the 40mph speed limit was from the States and safety wasn't the reason. It was to cope with the oil crisis. A city/province who is aiming toward eco-friendly will NEVER EVER in a million years allocate huge funding to bring the licensing system up to German standard. NEVER. Why use funding on licensing program when you could use that to build a metro system that is many times more efficient?

I am all for levying hefty fines on excessive speeders. Speeders cause variance in speed. Variance in speed kills. Repeated offenders should have vehicles impounded and auctioned off.

[Marco911]

You keep going on about this, and professional drivers. The truth is this is the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Green is the shits here. There is no way they would put in a licensing system that would allow an increase in speed limit. It doesn't work to their plan, to the image of the city. of the province.

The origin of the 40mph speed limit was from the States and safety wasn't the reason. It was to cope with the oil crisis. A city/province who is aiming toward eco-friendly will NEVER EVER in a million years allocate huge funding to bring the licensing system up to German standard. NEVER. Why use funding on licensing program when you could use that to build a metro system that is many times more efficient?

It won't take huge funding, the cost of obtaining a license should be a lot more than it is today and will be funded from applicants.


I am all for levying hefty fines on excessive speeders. Speeders cause variance in speed. Variance in speed kills. Repeated offenders should have vehicles impounded and auctioned off.

Easy there. No need to impinge on anyone's civil rights by confiscating private property. The point demerit system is enough to ensure that bad drivers are kept off roads. Enforcement of speeding laws should be much more selective and less punitive. I think if you have a number of at fault accident in a short period of time, you should have your driving license revoked and you should have to go back through the driver training program to obtain a license. I think that if you're driving under the speed limit and you're holding back traffic, the same fines/penalties should apply as going above the limit. Drive 20 km/h under the limit, while holding up traffic, and you should see the same fine as driving 20 km/h over.

[Nlkko]

It won't take huge funding, the cost of obtaining a license should be a lot more than it is today and will be funded from applicants.



Including re-licensing every single license holder in BC? It cannot be done. Not in a short amount of time, at least. You're talking about a long-term plan here.They have neither the infrastructure nor the personnel to do it. And even then it's not the direction the province is going. Eco-friendly is a steadily rising trend. And that's where we all heading, whether you like it or not.


Enforcement of speeding laws should be much more selective and less punitive. I think if you have a number of at fault accident in a short period of time, you should have your driving license revoked and you should have to go back through the driver training program to obtain a license.

I guess that viable. Doesn't stop them, e.g. older people, from driving unlicensed and uninsured though.


I think that if you're driving under the speed limit and you're holding back traffic, the same fines/penalties should apply as going above the limit. Drive 20 km/h under the limit, while holding up traffic, and you should see the same fine as driving 20 km/h over.

I believe you can get pulled over and get a ticket for impeding traffic by driving unreasonably slow. There's not a lot of people driving excessively slow, they're mostly tourists in rentals who have no clue where they're going. But there's a good percentage of drivers in Vancouver tend to speed.

[Geoc]

Think about what you just said: "What is considered safe is completely arbitrary...(thus) the argument holds no value whatosoever." Yet, you are trying to justify why you feel certain speeds are unsafe.

Nope, I don't see what's wrong with that statement. You have not established what YOU considered is safe. For all I know your believe is that 200km/h is relatively safe in your opinion in terms of accident avoidance and event of collision. For example, I feel safe knowing that the my vehicle has been crash tested at a certain speed.

Look at injury/death rates per mile of travel vs. winter sports and you'll probably find your statement is false.
This is comparing oranges to apples. Just because a sport have a injury/mile ratio doesn't mean it can be fairly compared to car travel. The objectives and geography of the locations are completely different.

Can you guarantee that there will be no deaths or injuries if everyone drove at the speed limit? Surely you cannot. We've arbitarily picked a level where we balance the risk against convenience. You have yet to put forward any arguments showing that this level is set reasonably.

Nope I cannot. But what I can guarantee is that in the event of a collision at lower speeds is much safer because of physics, and the fact NHTSA and other car safety regulators have crash tested and regulated vehicle manufacturers to designed cars to be able to sustain impacts at speed limits.

I often say that a more attentive driver is far safer than a driver in "auto pilot" mode. Driving at a reasonable and prudent speed keeps me attentive, and makes me a better driver.

That is definitely true, but distracted driving is also against the law, and subject to punishment as well. As attentive and prudent as you can be, you can't defy the laws of physics. There are also other drivers on the road good/bad, debris, black ice, and other variables that you cannot control. As good as a driver as you are, you can't make the car change the amount of energy that will be disperse upon you (or another car) in the even of a collision.

[Momo251212]

if... we dont need to drive faster than 90km/h, y does cars have so much power these days?

Ticket won't teach people how to drive, but education will. I hope our government understand this.

[Eastwood]

My girlfriend picked me up from Frankfurt a.M. airport for our drive back to Werdohl, where she's currently working. Anyway a 2 hour drive at speeds of 160km/h in a 69 horsepower Hyundai would have taken god knows how long on the Trans Canada Highway.

God I love the Autobahn.

[kuruuze]

My girlfriend picked me up from Frankfurt a.M. airport for our drive back to Werdohl, where she's currently working. Anyway a 2 hour drive at speeds of 160km/h in a 69 horsepower Hyundai would have taken god knows how long on the Trans Canada Highway

God I love the Autobahn.

Assuming the Trans Canada Highway limits you to 90km/hr it would take you 3.55hrs. :troll:

[tegra7]

For a second I though this was the blue gt3rs from fast & furious.

[Zulu]

Honda Accord Arab Drift with AK-47 - YouTube


Just need a couple ak47-out-the-window-drifting-down-the-street Arabs to get the heat off the speeders!