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How to lose your Porsche for a week....
Just visit beautiful BC Canada and experience North America's most retarded speeding laws....
Pack of Porsches impounded for speeding on Sea-to-Sky - British Columbia - CBC News |
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08-08-2012, 06:09 AM
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Probably an effective deterrent.
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Betting the lawyers will have a field day over this. "Selective enforcement" I believe its called...
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08-08-2012, 07:24 AM
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Wow, I just read some of the comments on the link.
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George Carlin said he could cure the parking problem in NYC. The death penalty for illegal parking. After a few executions folks would quit parking in front of fire hydrants. 
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08-08-2012, 07:37 AM
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For what this is worth, the speed limits on that road are insanely low. It's a road that begs to be driven at a decent clip, and it's almost impossible to stay on the limit in a Porsche.
The triumph of the nanny state.
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Unfortunately, several provinces have similar laws. Here in Ontario, 50km/hr (~30mph) over the limit & the same happens. But it is not selective. They have caught gramdmas, truck drivers, off-duty cops etc as well as Porsches, Ferraris, Lambos.
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Still unconstitutional. Illegal seizure.
Perhaps our resident local lawyer can chime in. Again.
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Perfectly legal seizure. New law is a couple years old.
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It was ruled unconstitutional in Ontario. But they still do it...
The judge found that Ontario’s street racing and stunt driving legislation carries a hefty possible prison sentence, but gives the accused limited grounds for defence.
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Sorry. Hadn't realized the law permitting seizure had been challenged.
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At least none of them were air-cooled.
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That is SUCH a beautiful drive...
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Not sure why anyone would think going 50% over the posted limit would result in a slap on the wrists. Just be glad it wasn't in Ontario....
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For us that are still using the archaic non-metric system (I think we should have converted decades ago) that's the equivalent of driving 81 mph in a 50. It would be a hefty fine here in NJ, and points (yearly surcharges) |
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I drove it at 75 in a Volvo. Holding a Porsche down on that road would have been awfully hard. Stunningly beautiful.
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