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Comment on New Consequences for Excessive Speed Introduced by WendiG

WendiG — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:36:49 +0000

Considering what other, more serious things cops get away with, it will be the victim’s problem, at least until someone sues the gov’t over compensation..then the law, if it is ever enacted, would be removed form the books..

Comment on New Consequences for Excessive Speed Introduced by theleftcoast.ca

theleftcoast.ca — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:49:11 +0000

My concern is with the charge that is dismissed after the courts find that the cop has made an error of some kind. Will the costs incurred by the now-found innocent driver be reimbursed? Believe it or, cops do make mistakes and their equipment does fail on occasion.

Comment on New Consequences for Excessive Speed Introduced by WendiG

WendiG — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:50:36 +0000

Doing forty klicks over the speed limit is just a bit excessive, to start with..a bit dangerous with kids in the car?
Although I am empathetic with the frustration that the police must feel, this goes way beyond their mandate..I can see the civil liberty lawyers rubbing their hands, even now…

Comment on Is Stephen Harper Going to Fire the Chair of the CRTC? by Kaitlin

Kaitlin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:38:06 +0000

Fabulous, succinct commentary. Stephen Harper terrifies me; does he have an ethical bone in his body?

Comment on Is Stephen Harper Going to Fire the Chair of the CRTC? by WendiG

WendiG — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:55:22 +0000

Is it appropriate for Harpo to starve out the CBC? Is it appropriate for him to even be seen to be involved in this -hell no!
Is it appropriate for Gordon Campbell to lie and cheat his way through the HST fracas? Or sell our Province to the highest bidder?
And yet they both keep getting elected..which tells me more than I ever wanted to know about these twin creeps… and the Canadian electorate. As I read recently on Huffpost, when people vote, the progressive parties get in..when election numbers are down (and they are always down, it seems) then the result is..rightwing whackjobs…who are going to gleefully dismantle everything positive about this country if we keep sitting back and letting them…*yawn* pass the remote, wouldja?

Comment on New Consequences for Excessive Speed Introduced by thatsawrap

thatsawrap — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:23:16 +0000

Good point, LeftCoast.

Imagine a Lower Mainlander (with two kids in the car) caught ‘speeding’ near Dawson Creek. She somehow has to get everybody home to Coquitlam and then a week later go back for the car. If later found innocent in a real court of law, her expenses would be many thousands of dollars.
Who pays that? Maybe the Superintendent…or the cop?

Not a chance!

So I guess our hapless driver could get a lawyer and sue, once she figures out just who to sue. Good luck with that.

Comment on Rafe Mair calls out the group “BC Citizens for Green Energy” by Christian Lee

Christian Lee — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:17:14 +0000

we must shift into the use of Green Energy to prevent further pollution of this planet`,~

Comment on Translink Musing About New Pattullo Bridge by 2015 by Jessica Adamson

Jessica Adamson — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:43:30 +0000

They are going to hike up transit fares of course!

Comment on Translink Musing About New Pattullo Bridge by 2015 by theleftcoast.ca

theleftcoast.ca — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:43:23 +0000

Very true, however I do not see the Queensborough, Arthur Lang, Oak or Knight Street or Alex Fraser as reasonable alternatives to the Portmann or Pattullo. Maybe the Alex Fraser Bridge but not the others so much. But you are correct, the bridges you mentioned are not tolled.

Comment on Translink Musing About New Pattullo Bridge by 2015 by istvan

istvan — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:19:41 +0000

The Arthur Lang,the oak st. the queensbouro,the tunnel,the knight st.and the 3 sea island briges are not tolled.