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Originally Posted by HaXx
im not entirely sure whats happening in this video, it appears cops are in the middle of the road pulling over anyone that has a modified looking car, despite the owners driving completely invisibly/safely in a line of traffic? is this correct, and normal in canada?
In the states its not so strict. consider you get two strikes and ur pulled over. if your car is modified thats one strike, but if youre just in a line of traffic minding your business driving invisibly, they typically wont bother you.
if you are driving a bit cheeky like youre in a hurry, most people drive like this i suppose, running yellow lights, thats one strike, but if youre in a toyota camry, they mostly wont bother you. we see people doing stupid stuff constantly to no bother of police. but if youre driving cheeky AND your car looks modified, theres your second strike.
my car is dumb modified, widebody, half the time the kit is off exposing massive wheel poke and cut fenders, no front bumper sometime, illegal 5% tint, catless exhaust, always functioning lighting however. but because i drive invisibly and safely and with a light foot, its not too much to push them over the edge.
so i think its ridiculous that that someone in canada driving a mazda RX-7 thats lowered, windows tinted, and catbacked, driving perfectly in order, not breaking a single moving violation, would be waved off into a parking lot and ticketed. i know its strict like this in australia too.
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This is in response to the growing issue with speeders/racing.
They setup near known hot spots where big car meets were happening. For years cops have always hung out around and pulled over bad apples, but this year has been WAY worse with Covid. They have officially shut down the main spot people went to for 10+ years, when the landlord finally pulled the plug after property damage was done by the truck incident I mentioned. The video footage is setup right near that meet spot. The police message is pretty clear that they don't want these gatherings as it attracts wreckless behavior.
It doesn't help our city is right on the border to another province(Quebec), we get extra influx of cars over to find meets or drive around.
I get it since there is a lot of toxic people around big meets. Too much ego and "showing off". Our 86 group runs pretty strong on a regular basis. We tend to meet on our own, and recently we have found small spots with other clubs where we draw no attention.