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For the record I'm female and I found nothing offensive with the way "women" was brought into the conversation. It's true though, most females can't drive worth beans and most men are asshats with their testosterone driving at some point. Can I start painting the oppinionated one with the same stick he's trying to shove down our throat yet?
There are some thing's better left unsaid, but you can bet your sweet a** I'm going to say them anyway.
I cant find this ISBN anywhere.
Anyone have this book?
Morally Ambiguous (submissions welcome)
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." - Oscar Wilde
You may have noticed that an OPP officer has been charged with giving out tickets to innocent drivers. That sort of action was described in my book. In fact while I was writing the book, it was happening to a friend of mine.
In his case, the police and the tow truck drivers were in cahoots and there was more than one cop involved.
Many of the people who bought the book had similar experiences. Catching one guy may make Fantino feel good but it isn't going to solve the problem.
At some point I may be declared an expert witness for the defence in street racing cases. There are two cases going on right now that I may participate in on that level.
In the meantime, my Freedom of Information Request to get the accident statistics from the Ministry of Transport is with the adjudicator who is supposed to make a ruling sometime soon.
The Ministry of Transport has been withholding all the stats ever since Fantino began making assertions and wild claims about how great a job the police are doing keeping Ontario roads safe. None of the other things like gas prices, layoffs, improving technology and so on had anything to do with it.
You may have noticed as well that the average speed of drivers has crept back almost to what it was before the street racing legislation came into effect.
Street racers as a group are still not the people being caught for street racing. The people being caught are joe average.
Of course boring old Petie will never get caught because he never gets his bike up to speed.
You have to ask yourself: Why does he own a motorcycle? To drive slowly on two wheels everywhere he goes? One of the great pleasures of owning a motorcycle is the fabulous sensation of speed that can only be had on a motorcycle going like hell. Could you die doing it? Certainly. I've seen some absolutely gruesome accidents and photos of motorcycle riders after meeting an immovable object. It happens.
But guess what? back when street cars were first deployed, they ran at five miles an hour. The carnage was fierce. People, horses and dogs were killed every day. Cars had to have a man with a red flag walking in front to warn pedestrians to move out of the way. At Home Depot, the tow motors always have a flag man accompanying the machine when it's moving.
The thing is, no matter how fast or slow people move, fatalities happen.
Anyway, those of you who want the book will have to wait until the next edition now because the new information is going to go in it before I sell any more.
I will post here when the time is close so people can pre-order.
Any word on these books?
"It's only once you've lost everything that you're free to do anything." - Tyler Durden
2005 SV650S : Mar 2011 - Oct 2011
Nope. Might be best to ask him, directly.
http://www.redroom.com/member/gullyfourmyle/
Morally Ambiguous (submissions welcome)
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." - Oscar Wilde
Thanks Rob.
"It's only once you've lost everything that you're free to do anything." - Tyler Durden
2005 SV650S : Mar 2011 - Oct 2011
Just wondering why, after 3 people have lost their lives in my area due to truckers running into or over their vehicles from behind there has been no uproar. No media, no OPP Comish commenting, no MPP forwarding some other law to prevent this. I guess as long as they were not killed from someone street racing, but just plain old boring distracted driving, which just happens to represent about 35% or all accident deaths, vs less than 1% for street racing it is not an issue. My co worker & friend, Norm Pope was killed on this very same bridge years ago by an innattentive truck driver that failed to slow down and ran in to the back of the vehicle that Norm was a passengwer in. The truck driver got off very light with just a fine.
http://www.quintenews.com/2011/12/fa...te-highway-37/
http://www.trentonian.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3374272
Last edited by Agent13; 12-28-2011 at 06:18 PM.
Get in sit down buckle up and shut up and hang on !
Agent13, I hear what you're saying and I believe you are correct in so far as only specific incidents (like certain high profile deaths) seem to garner enough attention to warrant such probes. The government only investigates and / or proposes legislation for those cases. And there in lies the basis for some of Mr. Newell's comments. The Ontario government picks and chooses what facts and which statistics are used to forward their chosen cases. Furthermore, again as Mr. Newell has indicated, they are reluctant to produce this information so others may scrutinize it. That in turn leads to speculation as to why the government feels the need to hide such information.
Although we are getting somewhat off topic I think it pertinent to point out a couple of issues regarding the accidents you have cited. In the case of your friend's death there may well have been factors you were not aware of that the court took into consideration when sentencing the individual at fault. I understand that gives little comfort to those effected by his death. But, you must understand that things are different in a court of law then they are in the court of public opinion.
Let me use the accident on highway #37 to illustrate. There was a huge outcry over those deaths and I recognise why. However, that doesn't justify the vilification of all truck drivers or the virtual lynching of this one in particular. I understand he (the truck driver) was to have been in court two weeks ago but I have not heard the outcome of this case. Please understand that I am in no way condoning nor condemning the actions of any of the drivers involved. I'm just saying that I believe I can look at it objectively without bias and by so doing I see things others do not.
The driver of the big rig has to take responsibility for the initial crash but, was he distracted as you stated? Maybe he misjudged his speed and the distance required to safely stop. Perhaps he had a mechanical failure, sneezed, or it was a combination of several other things. Again, I'm not making excuses just stating that there may well be more to it then the blanket statement that distracted driving covers. He is responsible because the law states you must be in control of your vehicle. However, what happened after that first impact was out of his control. The fact that the death car crossed into the path of southbound traffic indicates that either the wheels were turned, the car was angled towards the side road or both.
When making a left turn from one road onto another the vehicle turning should remain in the lane with the front wheels pointed straight ahead. This is done so that if hit from behind the vehicle will remain in it's lane and not do exactly what happened here, get pushed into oncoming traffic. Also, the driver would have lessened the damages and the extent of injuries if she had been watching her mirrors and recognized that the truck was not going to stop. Had she been doing so she might have been able to release the brakes allowing the vehicle to absorb more of the impact force by rolling forward. She may have been able to avoid the crash if she'd had the time and presence of mind to accelerate. Again I emphasize that I'm not trying to shift blame. I'm just attempting to highlight the other variables at work that people in the heat of the moment fail to consider.
Back on topic, even though this thread is dated now, I applaud Mr. Newell's efforts to uncover the truths behind some of our governments dealings.
Such topics always have a way of polarizing people into the us against them camps. When really it should be a lightening rod that draws us all together against a common foe.
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