I do not have a front plate on my 07 Shelby or my 93 Gmc Typhoon. They said that they will be giving out tickets starting next week to anyone missing front plate, rusted plates, blocked plates and plates that are fadded. I am not about to drill the front bumpers on either one. Just another cash grab
British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Ontario require the licence plates to be mounted on both the front and rear of the vehicle. It is not a new regulation.
Yeah, but it's a stupid regulation. If you just use a rear plate, you're cutting your use of natural resources to manufacture these things by 50%. Cars look better without them, everybody wins, except the government, of course.
This car got me a ticket!! police flashed his lights, at a Toyota ahead of me ,who was speeding and wheeled around He past the Toyota, and pulled me over for no plate!! I told him it was a special Pace car, and do not have a spot for a plate... HE SAID MAKE ONE $110.00 FINE
Front plate is the perfect surface to point radar at to get a good reading...
Well if that is the case then it makes sense to enforce the regulation....I see too many speeders and bad crashes on my travels to cottage all summer and here around town.
Look at the bozo who disrupted 3 million people's lives yesterday on the Don Valley Parkway by rolling his SUV.
I normally take 10 minutes or less to get home after work. Yesterday it took one hour and 10 minutes because of this crash.
Then there is this one from this morning in Brampton, one dead two in hospital.
-- Edited by 73SC on Friday 5th of June 2009 08:40:48 AM
A 17 year old was killed in London yesterday. Lost control of his SUV trying to answer his cell phone. He veered into the median and flipped the truck several times...
My son tells me they can be on a traffic stop dealing with one person then somebody doing something 10 times as bad will fly by, not enough resources to deal with all of the gong show driving out there.
At the end of the day this isn't a tax grab, they are trying to keep honest and hard working good drivers and pedestrians safe.
While we're talking about this here is an article about the "Move Over Law" in Ontario. Please read and do your best to obey. There's a mother in my house and a grandmother too that worries ever shift that their son gets home safe.
There has been an e-mail circulating recently in which the author complains and 'warns' drivers about a new 'tax grab' that no one knows about. In it, the author suggests that he was recently charged under the 'new' Move Over law and feels that he was "screwed".
Ontario enacted the Move Over law several years ago. The law serves to protect police officers, firefighters and other emergency personnel whose vehicles are stopped on the shoulder of the province's roadways with red lights flashing. Through the media and various outlets, the public was made aware of the when it was enacted, and there is plenty of information on the internet about it.
Motorists have to slow down and, where possible and safe to do so, move to a lane not adjacent to the one in which the emergency vehicle is situated.
Emergencey workers routinely risk their lives to provide assistance to drivers. Enforcing the law and providing roadside assistance is inherently dangerous for police, fire and other emergency workers. Emergency personnel stopped for an incident at the side of the road are sometimes in danger. Frequently, they are placed in close proximity to vehicles travelling at extremely high rates of speed.
On June 7, 2000, three officers from the Ontaro Provincial Police pulled over a vehicle suspected in a bank robbery. The OPP cruisers were pulled over and staggered properly and safely on the shoulder of the highway. A transport driver ran into the cruisers, the offers, and suspects. The OPP cruisers were so damaged they were unrecognizable as police vehicles. All were rushed to hospital with grievous injuries. Sergeant Margaret Eve died fo her injuries.
Unfortunately, incidents like this occur routinely all over North America. In particular, officers are too often injured or killed in the line of duty on highways. Therefore, several states, and Ontario and Saskatchewan enacted the Move Over law to protect offiers and other emergencey workers. They risk their lives daily and deserve all the protection we can give them.
THE LAW:
- Requires drivers to slow down, and proceed with caution when travelling on all highways in the same direction as a stopped emergency vehicle with its red lights flashing. If the highway has two or more lanes, the driver must move over into another lane if it can be done safely.
- In all circumstances drivers must take into consideration traffic and weather conditions when taking the appropriate action when approaching a stopped emergency vehicle with its red lights activated.
- A person who contravenes these requirements will be guilty of an offence punishable, for a first offence, by a fine of $400 to $2,000 and for subsequent offences by a fine of $1,000 to $4,000, or to imprisonment for a maximum of six months, or to both a fine and imprisonment. All convictions will result in the addition of three demerit points to a driver's record. The court that convicts a person of an offence may also suspend his or her driver's licence for a maximum of two years.
-- Edited by 73SC on Friday 5th of June 2009 10:34:22 AM
I knew a cop who was hit while standing beside a stopped car too...not a pretty situation and good to enforce..
I wish they'd get a 'move over law' crackdown going on left lane bandits like they do in Europe!. It's not the fast lane, it's the passing lane so if you're not passing anyone, move the frig over!!!
On the front plate issue, keep your plate in the car...the bracket is 'on order' if anyone's asking..
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While we're talking about this here is an article about the "Move Over Law" in Ontario. Please read and do your best to obey. There's a mother in my house and a grandmother too that worries ever shift that their son gets home safe.
There has been an e-mail circulating recently in which the author complains and 'warns' drivers about a new 'tax grab' that no one knows about. In it, the author suggests that he was recently charged under the 'new' Move Over law and feels that he was "screwed".
Ontario enacted the Move Over law several years ago. The law serves to protect police officers, firefighters and other emergency personnel whose vehicles are stopped on the shoulder of the province's roadways with red lights flashing. Through the media and various outlets, the public was made aware of the when it was enacted, and there is plenty of information on the internet about it.
Motorists have to slow down and, where possible and safe to do so, move to a lane not adjacent to the one in which the emergency vehicle is situated.
Emergencey workers routinely risk their lives to provide assistance to drivers. Enforcing the law and providing roadside assistance is inherently dangerous for police, fire and other emergency workers. Emergency personnel stopped for an incident at the side of the road are sometimes in danger. Frequently, they are placed in close proximity to vehicles travelling at extremely high rates of speed.
On June 7, 2000, three officers from the Ontaro Provincial Police pulled over a vehicle suspected in a bank robbery. The OPP cruisers were pulled over and staggered properly and safely on the shoulder of the highway. A transport driver ran into the cruisers, the offers, and suspects. The OPP cruisers were so damaged they were unrecognizable as police vehicles. All were rushed to hospital with grievous injuries. Sergeant Margaret Eve died fo her injuries.
Unfortunately, incidents like this occur routinely all over North America. In particular, officers are too often injured or killed in the line of duty on highways. Therefore, several states, and Ontario and Saskatchewan enacted the Move Over law to protect offiers and other emergencey workers. They risk their lives daily and deserve all the protection we can give them.
THE LAW:
- Requires drivers to slow down, and proceed with caution when travelling on all highways in the same direction as a stopped emergency vehicle with its red lights flashing. If the highway has two or more lanes, the driver must move over into another lane if it can be done safely.
- In all circumstances drivers must take into consideration traffic and weather conditions when taking the appropriate action when approaching a stopped emergency vehicle with its red lights activated.
- A person who contravenes these requirements will be guilty of an offence punishable, for a first offence, by a fine of $400 to $2,000 and for subsequent offences by a fine of $1,000 to $4,000, or to imprisonment for a maximum of six months, or to both a fine and imprisonment. All convictions will result in the addition of three demerit points to a driver's record. The court that convicts a person of an offence may also suspend his or her driver's licence for a maximum of two years.
-- Edited by 73SC on Friday 5th of June 2009 10:34:22 AM
In BC we had commercials to speed up at accident sites don't slow down and stare. They have police and firefighters having a bbq and throwing a ball around. Then they cut to a real emerency and ask what do you think we're doing out here.
I just saw a program last night at what causes slowing of traffic. Lane changes, navigation systems, looking at maps, cell phones, hands free or not, dailing or texting was the same as a drunk driver by slowing reaction time. Here in BC a kid ran head on into a truck while texting.
That's just stupid. I don't think it's my fault the numbers on the plate they issued me faded. Oh well...we'll see if i have to get them replaced or if i slip under the radar like i did last year around this time. I like the plates, easy letters/numbers to remember. One of the first reflective ones from 1995 with still just 6 characters.
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