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Glad to hear it's working out for you, after all. I was reading over the previous posts and really didn't know what to expect when I got to your follow up. Good luck as this proceeds and I hope you and your family are doing well.

A friend of mine has one. It's not my bag. A couple of things my friend has pointed out to me: It has three wheel paths, not one like a motorcycle or two like a car, therefore it's nearly impossible to avoid hitting road debris. Steering through corners at any speed at all is very hard on the...

Yeeeees, and I posted so that he would be more likely to be aware of that.

Do you listen to the radio when driving a car? What's the difference? I wear earphones with music all the time. I'm quite able to ride without crashing and to still be aware of my surroundings. and protect my hearing while I'm at it. Why would I not?

But to prove the charge the officer still has to present evidence to substantiate the charge. They can call the witnesses upon whom they have depended for the information to lay the charge, or they need to explain why the accident must have been the driver/operator's fault in the absence of a...

You can also have a sack of hammers or a 50kg bag of potatoes. If you have anything loose in your car you're in for a nasty (and potentially fatal) surprise in a collision. I store everything of more than a kilo or two in the trunk or in a bag seatbelted to the rear seat. The dog, well, you're...

Almost all HTA offences are strict liability. Mens rea is irrelevant. You may be able to raise a defence of due diligence but that won't prevent you being charged. Under the HTA the driver is responsible to ensure that all persons in the vehicle under the age of 16 are secured. If they aren't...

Interesting. I'd be interested in hearing why your lawyer said that. The Criminal Code is quite clear, only one party, i.e. the recorder, needs to know the conversation is being recorded. You "evidence" should have been admissable, unless your lawyer is either an idiot or you were in the Excited...

As is everyone else saying non one should buy anything worth having for fear of it being stolen. You should be able to enjoy your property without having to station armed guards on it. The shame here is that thieves steal stuff. Not that honest folks that enjoy a nice bike didn't do enough to...

I'm going to trust the people that I love far more than any lawyer. And, if I'm so badly screwed that the doctor's think pulling the plug is the right idea, I hope someone pulls the plug. Our society does everything it can reasonably do to keep people alive. Often they are far better off dead...

Amazing developments. A guy that has been on the board for more than two years and seems to have never posted other than in this thread. And all his posts in this thread have been about as offensive as he could make them. Wow. What's sort of interesting to me is that I actually agree with...

Unless I'm very much mistaken regarding insurance, liability is for what harm you do to someone else. Not to yourself. Most people are very under insured for life insurance. I strongly recommend that if you have dependents you review your life insurance with someone who knows the game. As an...

Statistically speaking, that's a pretty small sample size. lol

I just did some quick figuring. Assuming 200 motorcycle fatalities a year in Canada and assuming a six month riding season in Ontario and assuming equal distribution of riders by population across the country, you can expect one fatality a week in the GTA and 4 per week in Ontario.

If you don't want a confrontation just phone in the hit and run to the coppers. In front of her boyfriends. Then ride away. No biggee.

Or they think you're riding stunt in your car on two wheels. lol. Good post.

Not so much. I've fallen asleep on a Honda CBX with straight pipes. More than once. To use a police phrase, alcohol was a factor.:)

There's a theory that twin lights make you more vulnerable. The theory is that oncoming traffic assume you are a car, very far away, leading them to make turns in front of you.

To know the accident rate we need to know how many riders there are and how many deaths and injuries. All we get are the deaths. No way to tell if its more or less dangerous. If the number of fatalities is staying about the same, it is still necessary to know whether the number of riders is...

My kids are now adults. I didn't ride for much of their youth due to time constraints and the fact I drove for work and commuted and the last thing I wanted to do in my spare time was spend more time with a motor vehicle. Now I have more time and I ride more. If you are worried about the risk...