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griff2 does raise good points, as tax payers we haven't spent another dime on the 407 since the sale. We actually made a 1.5B profit on the sale, however there are numbers out there arguing that we spent $100B acquiring the land. 407ETR has spent over $1.2B in extensions and expansions. Does...

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Not directed at @ZX600, but using a flip plate on the 407 is not a good idea. If you're taking the same on and off-ramp at the same time every day; it wouldn't take them much effort to get an OPP toll collector to wait for you at either end, especially with a supersport... they'd have YRPs Air-2...

@griff2 twenty years later, VDOT still allows motorcycles in their HOV lane: http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/hov-rulesfaq.asp This suggests that that there is still "no evidence that allowing motorcycles to travel on HOV lanes in Virginia has an adverse impact on motorcycle safety or...

You raise a good point regarding fatalities vs. injuries; even then we're still below the national average for injuries. Two weeks of whiplash = personal injury? My own personal opinion is that fatalities should be the measure, however in the real-world we need to find a balance with both...

FWIW your comments are consistent with Transport Canada's 2013 MVC Statistics. Motorcycles account for ~2.7% of total vehicle volume for all of Canada. Although we all ***** and moan about ONterrible, we're the safest province in the country.

The safety argument is simple: if motorcycles are in the HOV lane they're less likely to be in a congestion related crash. Virginia DOT study shows there are less incidents while motorcycles travel in the HOV vs. non-HOV lane. Understandably, some members here have had unpleasant experiences...

I posted this in another thread, might be worth reposting here. http://youtu.be/oqfFe2MlZG8 No, everyone will be forced to use a transponder when entering/exiting the HOV/HOT lanes at all times; similar to how 407ETR requires ALL transport trucks to use transponders. There will be buttons to...

This is unfortunately in violation, your only hope is to bring it back to the stock configuration; bring receipts, and pictures to the crown. Tell the crown you purchased and safetied the bike as-is and did not know it was in violation; play the dumb card. Choose the early-resolution option...

Jernigan, J.D. & Lynn, C.W. (1995). The Effect of Motorcycle Travel on the Safety and Operations of HOV Facilities in Virginia, Virginia Transportation Research Council Abstract The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 mandated that motorcycles be permitted to travel on...

By all means, use anything you'd like.

@Roomie, that's not an excuse. That's the justification the U.S. Federal Department of Transportation uses to allow single riders into the HOV. See here: http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freewaymgmt/faq.htm#faq15 @slayerofsouls, i sort of wrote that to get their attention. I agree there are a lot of...

http://youtu.be/oqfFe2MlZG8 No, everyone will be forced to use a transponder when entering/exiting the HOV/HOT lanes at all times; similar to how 407ETR requires ALL transport trucks to use transponders. There will be buttons to switch between Toll/HOV on the transponder. The police will have...

My Email Good Evening, Minister, please consider allowing single rider motorcycles into Ontario's HOV lanes. As you may know the City of Toronto and York Region (where you're the MPP) both allow single rider motorcycles in their HOV lanes. Even with the Pan-Am games it is nonsensical to have...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v_yuWf1upE http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/65m-invested-in-qew-interchange-at-dixie-road-1.2478150 Kendra Mangione, CTVNews.ca Writer Published Monday, July 20, 2015 2:13PM EDT Two levels of government have teamed up to invest $65 million in improving a high-traffic...

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Texas has a similar law for left turns, basically the driver can turn into ANY available lane. British Columbia has regulatory lines painted on their grounds. http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/96318_00 Driving on laned roadway 151 A driver who is driving a vehicle on a laned...

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