Speed Cameras on Deerfoot Gaining Support

[Raekwon]

Yeah just because it may be hard to enforce a cellphone ban is no reason not to implement it. Seatbelt laws may be hard to enforce but I got one on deerfoot one day way back, actually I had 2 seatbelt tickets before I started to just wear it.

One person one ticket at a time we can stop peopl from talking/texting while driving.

It reminds of the story a few months back of a guy who got a cellphone ticket and he said he was just warming up his ear. He fought the ticket and won after his phone records didn't show any calls at that time.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by 4X4

So are seatbelts. But I know a few people that have gotten tickets for seatbelts. And I don't think cell phones would be that hard to enforce. If a cop is driving along and he sees some shiddiot swaying back and forth in the lane and constantly tapping his brakes and then looks a little closer and sees the hand up to the ear... Pull him over and give him a ticket for undue care and attention.

I could get behind this. They could even set up in the same way for photo radar and just start taking photos of drivers coming at them for proof when they pull somebody over.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

No kidding ... twice in the last year I've seen a soccer mom T-Bone another vehicle right in front of me while gabbing on her cell phone. I only get into Calgary on average a couple times a month usually, so that seems like a rather high number to me.

When I was living in Toronto during the lockout year, I was crossing the street at Younge and Bloor and some soccer-mom on her phone took a corner against the pedestrian light and nearly killed me.

So I jumped on the hood of her car, smashed it in thoroughly while screaming at her to get off her effing phone.

Then I ran like hell.

[doozwimp]

Please no...speed is not the enemy! Dumbasses are...

[Tower]

Originally Posted by doozwimp

Please no...speed is not the enemy! Dumbasses are...

Please Clarify

[Cowboy89]

Seriously if this Herald opinion article's author is single, 4X4 should try for a date!

http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion...005/story.html

"maybe some people should make a connection there. It's the lane discipline," he says on a recent Kenzie Korner spot for Motoring TV.
"They're taught from the beginning: You stay in the driving lane, you pass in the passing lane."
Amen to that. The concept, although simple, is still foreign to these parts of the world.

As professional drivers know, driving in the wrong lane poses a far more significant threat.

The Traffic Safety Act requires all drivers "to use the right lane unless they intend to pass. The inside or centre lane is reserved for overtaking and passing manoeuvres."

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

Seriously if this Herald opinion article's author is single, 4X4 should try for a date!

http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion...005/story.html

I look at people who dont understand such a simple concept like they're martians. I have a buddy who drives in the left lane on the transcanada even though he's constantly passed on the right. I hate riding with him because I feel like a moron just being there.

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

I look at people who dont understand such a simple concept like they're martians. I have a buddy who drives in the left lane on the transcanada even though he's constantly passed on the right. I hate riding with him because I feel like a moron just being there.

Oh man, been there done that, it's worse when you're the passenger and they're passing on the right because you're the first one they see when they look over to give you guys the stink eye. You can't look back over because of the shame you feel.

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by Dan02

Oh man, been there done that, it's worse when you're the passenger and they're passing on the right because you're the first one they see when they look over to give you guys the stink eye. You can't look back over because of the shame you feel.

Ha ha, that is so true. You just kind of look forward or downwards to hide the shame. I hate it when I ride in cars that do this.

[Phaneuf3]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Actually, as long as it's done right it should be fine. The big thing would be allow police to view your call history from your phone or your provider after an accident. If you were on the phone- 100% at fault even if you ran a green light and hit somebody running the red.

"I wasn't on the phone. My passenger was using my phone."

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

Seriously if this Herald opinion article's author is single, 4X4 should try for a date!

http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion...005/story.html

Awesome. I think I'm in love!! Only problem would be bringing home a girl named Paula Arab. I think my parents would freak... Of course, I do love screwing with them...

[DESS]

Why, are your parents racist or something?

[4X4]

Originally Posted by DESS

Why, are your parents racist or something?

No. They just have this crazy idea of exterminating all muslim extremists.

[DESS]