You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by bigtmac19

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-n...-and-run-death

So this guy hits and kills a little boy, leaves him laying like a dog in the street, tries to cover it up and gets a year of house arrest. This is disgusting.

"Filiault will serve eight months on the fail to remain charge and four months on the obstruction of justice charge, with GPS monitoring."

Wait.... so he was charged and sentenced for what he did AFTER the incident, but didn't receive any for the actual collision and death itself? WTF?

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

"Filiault will serve eight months on the fail to remain charge and four months on the obstruction of justice charge, with GPS monitoring."

Wait.... so he was charged and sentenced for what he did AFTER the incident, but didn't receive any for the actual collision and death itself? WTF?

There’s no proof of negligence I guess.

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

There’s no proof of negligence I guess.

Ah I guess I just assumed based on the uproar that he was driving recklessly and killed the kid or something. Possible the kid darted out in front of him and couldn't do anything, I should read on the circumstances I guess. If that's the case, while it's tragic and he's obviously a ######, hard to except a larger penalty if he wasn't at fault for the death itself.

edit: Looks like initially there was a 3rd charge of criminal negligence causing death, but there's no news past that as it appears it was magically dropped

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

There’s no proof of negligence I guess.

Why would someone go through all that effort to conceal their role in the accident if it was an accident that they couldn't avoid?

[Johnny199r]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Why would someone go through all that effort to conceal their role in the accident if it was an accident that they couldn't avoid?

People make lots of stupid decisions that defy common sense. There’s no rhyme or reason to it.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Why would someone go through all that effort to conceal their role in the accident if it was an accident that they couldn't avoid?

Would not be surprised he was drunk as well. He managed to to keep the police at bay for 2 weeks after the killing.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by chemgear

Would not be surprised he was drunk as well. He managed to to keep the police at bay for 2 weeks after the killing.

That's my thought or he was just speeding and driving reckless.

[SportsJunky]

Originally Posted by chemgear

Would not be surprised he was drunk as well. He managed to to keep the police at bay for 2 weeks after the killing.

Ding. Ding. Ding. That's my guess. Under the influence. Of course it's just a guess. We'll never know. But I'm a great guesser!

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Why would someone go through all that effort to conceal their role in the accident if it was an accident that they couldn't avoid?

While that’s likely what happened the crown would have to prove that happened. Unless crash investigation could show excessive speed or cameras or credit cards show him drinking at a bar it would be tough to prove.

[puffnstuff]

Ah yes, summer in Calgary. What is that smell?

[SportsJunky]

Edmonton?

[8 Ball]

Originally Posted by GGG

While that’s likely what happened the crown would have to prove that happened. Unless crash investigation could show excessive speed or cameras or credit cards show him drinking at a bar it would be tough to prove.

He was convicted on dangerous driving before.most likely habitual, but who knows. That should have been taken into more consideration IMO.

[mrkajz44]

Okay CP, I have something that grinds my gears but I need to know if it's legit.

The other side of our street in front of our house is someone else's sideyard (they are the first house in a cul-de-sac). As such, there is a long curb area on that side of the street that is essentially unclaimed area. Cars often park there from time to time, mostly visitors to homes along the street. We have a large window at the front of the house looking out to this area.

Now, in the past month or so someone with an ATCO truck has started using that as their permanent parking spot. It's one of those pick-up trucks that don't have the bed in the back, rather it's stacked full of compartments so it's extremely big and ugly (it beeps when it backs up to give a feel for the size). We noticed the guy park it there one day and walk away down the street and around the corner and just recently saw him in his yard that is one street over. So this guy parks on the his big ugly truck on our street, not very close to his home, so he can have a nice open driveway and front yard.

Am I right to be annoyed by this? I understand I don't own any parking in front or around my house and we use our garage so it's not even an issue of taking up space for us. He never parks there longer than 72 hours, so it's not a by-law issue, though he did leave it on the street during street cleaning (it's not like the area in front of his house didn't get clean!)

Please evaluate how much I should continue grinding my gears over this.

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by mrkajz44

Okay CP, I have something that grinds my gears but I need to know if it's legit.

The other side of our street in front of our house is someone else's sideyard (they are the first house in a cul-de-sac). As such, there is a long curb area on that side of the street that is essentially unclaimed area. Cars often park there from time to time, mostly visitors to homes along the street. We have a large window at the front of the house looking out to this area.

Now, in the past month or so someone with an ATCO truck has started using that as their permanent parking spot. It's one of those pick-up trucks that don't have the bed in the back, rather it's stacked full of compartments so it's extremely big and ugly (it beeps when it backs up to give a feel for the size). We noticed the guy park it there one day and walk away down the street and around the corner and just recently saw him in his yard that is one street over. So this guy parks on the his big ugly truck on our street, not very close to his home, so he can have a nice open driveway and front yard.

Am I right to be annoyed by this? I understand I don't own any parking in front or around my house and we use our garage so it's not even an issue of taking up space for us. He never parks there longer than 72 hours, so it's not a by-law issue, though he did leave it on the street during street cleaning (it's not like the area in front of his house didn't get clean!)

Please evaluate how much I should continue grinding my gears over this.

You shouldn't be annoyed by it. My house is the type of one across from you with that side yard, and tons of people use it for hard to park vehicles. They will park their trucks there, trailers, etc instead of bringing them into the cul-de-sac. I know what they are doing makes sense, so I can't complain to much, as long as they don't abandon it. It's a bit annoying for me if I want to park outside my garage... because I don't have a spot in the front with the stop sign being there.

[Wormius]

I am annoyed by this large landscaping company train of vehicles that park right by the crosswalk going to a local playground. They’re well behind the mandatory distance from the crosswalk, but because of the height of the trailers, it’s impossible to see if anybody is at the crosswalk waiting.

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

You shouldn't be annoyed by it. My house is the type of one across from you with that side yard, and tons of people use it for hard to park vehicles. They will park their trucks there, trailers, etc instead of bringing them into the cul-de-sac. I know what they are doing makes sense, so I can't complain to much, as long as they don't abandon it. It's a bit annoying for me if I want to park outside my garage... because I don't have a spot in the front with the stop sign being there.

No, he's allowed to be annoyed but he's also right that there isn't much he can do. It's a solid gear grinder.

[Sliver]

Definitely a reasonable gear grinder. Do you have a couple cars at your house you could park there nicely spaced to block him?

[Fuzz]

This is an easy one. He works for ATCO. Call about unsafe driving and looking like he was impaired, stumbling after parking. Once he is fired, he won't have a truck to park there.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by KTrain

No, he's allowed to be annoyed but he's also right that there isn't much he can do. It's a solid gear grinder.

The pinnacle of personal virtue is witnessing people doing small things that bother you, and yet still understanding the bigger picture and not turning into some meddling busybody b*tch about it. Pretty sure Marcus Aurelius said that.

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

This is an easy one. He works for ATCO. Call about unsafe driving and looking like he was impaired, stumbling after parking. Once he is fired, he won't have a truck to park there.