New Street Racing Bill In Ontario Options

[elvasoshexai]

http://www.frank-klees.on.ca/CurrentIssues/StreetRacing.htm

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentSe...id=968332188492

172.1 (1) If a police officer has reason to believe that a person is driving, or has driven, a motor vehicle on a highway in a race, the officer may,

(a) request that the person surrender his or her driver’s licence;

(b) order the motor vehicle that was being driven by the person to be impounded; or

(c ) both request the surrender of the driver’s licence as provided in clause (a) and order the motor vehicle to be impounded as provided in clause (b).

[..]

No appeal or review
(9) There is no appeal or review from a licence suspension or impound order under this section.

nitrous is gonna be illegal too

wonder what they will consider 'enough reason' to impound a car/take someone's license



This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Jun 10, 2006 - 10:09 PM

[saleeka]

I strongly dislike the way that the people who are backing this bill characterize modified cars' owners as unlawful people with the soul purpose to go out and street race... The kid with the B16 civic isn't at any more of a disposition to brake traffic laws than the 45 year guy who bought a corvette during a mid-life crisis (or the housewife who's kids are fighting in the backseat and shes running behind scedule to get home)... Worse yet, this is the type of bill that nobody wants to challege because, as already stated, you get characterized as insensitive and "all for street racing"... This situation is very similar along the lines of the patriot act- suspected of terrorisim, you don't get due prosses in the legal system. Both are against the core issues of democracy in that you don't get to defend your actions and therefore are at the mercy of the higher power- and this is why I feel that this bill is inappropriate, regardless of it's good intentions. So what happens to the kid who has just rims on his 96 accord and passes a car at 61 in a 55 and gets a prick of an officer who knows the above proposed law? Before you say "well I dont street race so I dont need to worry", how do you figure? What happens to the kid who IS street racing- In his dad's maxima? All it takes is a cop who knows how to manipulate the law in his favor, and your screwed and you dont get a fair say because "you were street racing" ....