Guys all the car in the world is no good without the tires to back it up!

[p1l0t]

https://www.carscoops.com/2020/04/po...e-blowout/amp/

271 KPH! Thats like 168 Murica Miles!

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[Irace86.2.0]

He should have swerved to miss that nail in the road.

[DarkSunrise]

This guy was going 2.5x the speed limit on a public road and the officer found weed in the car? I have no sympathy for idiots like this. For the sake of other drivers, hope they keep him off the roads for a long time.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

This guy was going 2.5x the speed limit on a public road and the officer found weed in the car? I have no sympathy for idiots like this. For the sake of other drivers, hope they keep him off the roads for a long time.

The weed would have been perfectly legal if in the trunk or otherwise "not readily available".

The article makes it sound like the road side penalties are it. They are not. He could (and probably WILL) end up with a $10,000 fine, 6 months in jail and a 2 year suspension. Will also cost him around $1,200 to get his car out of impound. Be as much as another $2,000 for the careless driving and $200 for the pot. His annual insurance just went up to about the cost of Denmark's GNP!

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

This guy was going 2.5x the speed limit on a public road and the officer found weed in the car? I have no sympathy for idiots like this. For the sake of other drivers, hope they keep him off the roads for a long time.

Neither do I, but I don't really care about the weed. Better than alcohol by a wide margin or a million other things.

Many states don't have open bottle laws, and in Mississippi you can drink and drive. You just can't be drunk apparently.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/open-...-law_n_4653013

Tcoat said it best.

[HaXx]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The weed would have been perfectly legal if in the trunk or otherwise "not readily available".

The article makes it sound like the road side penalties are it. They are not. He could (and probably WILL) end up with a $10,000 fine, 6 months in jail and a 2 year suspension. Will also cost him around $1,200 to get his car out of impound. Be as much as another $2,000 for the careless driving and $200 for the pot. His annual insurance just went up to about the cost of Denmark's GNP!

plus legal fees if he gets a lawyer to speak on his behalf, which could easily double everything, nightmare. didnt read the article, but the driver is the culprit, not the tires.

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by HaXx

plus legal fees if he gets a lawyer to speak on his behalf, which could easily double everything, nightmare. didnt read the article, but the driver is the culprit, not the tires.

Yes, which is also why I joked that he should have avoided the nail in the road, but now I am thinking, is the OP right?

Take a look at the tread on those tires. I mean, it is April, and he is in Canada. Winter tires? Look a little narrow? I guess they could be 275s. Probably aren't meant for 168 mph.

[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The weed would have been perfectly legal if in the trunk or otherwise "not readily available".

I prefer to take the facts as they are. You could also say his speeding would have been perfectly legal if he was on a track or if he was on a private road, but that's not reality...

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The article makes it sound like the road side penalties are it. They are not. He could (and probably WILL) end up with a $10,000 fine, 6 months in jail and a 2 year suspension. Will also cost him around $1,200 to get his car out of impound. Be as much as another $2,000 for the careless driving and $200 for the pot. His annual insurance just went up to about the cost of Denmark's GNP!

Yes and he will deserve all of those penalties. If you're going to be stupid enough to go 160+ mph on public roads in your 707 hp, 4400 lbs car, don't have weed or any other reflex-impairing drug/alcohol anywhere near you. Just compounding risk needlessly.

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

Neither do I, but I don't really care about the weed. Better than alcohol by a wide margin or a million other things.

Many states don't have open bottle laws, and in Mississippi you can drink and drive. You just can't be drunk apparently.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/open-...-law_n_4653013

Tcoat said it best.

Might be better than alcohol, but still impairs reflexes.

Marijuana significantly impairs judgment, motor coordination, and reaction time, and studies have found a direct relationship between blood THC concentration and impaired driving ability.7–9

Marijuana is the illicit drug most frequently found in the blood of drivers who have been involved in vehicle crashes, including fatal ones.10

Several meta-analyses of multiple studies found that the risk of being involved in a crash significantly increased after marijuana use13—in a few cases, the risk doubled or more than doubled.14–16

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publicatio...affect-driving

[p1l0t]

They tire on the left doesn't look all that worn though. I assume these are positraction now a days? I mean they don't do one-leggers right? So I would think it wasn't rated for speed but he could have hit something too.

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[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Might be better than alcohol, but still impairs reflexes.

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publicatio...affect-driving

I fixed it...

Listening to Justin Bieber significantly impairs judgment, motor coordination, and reaction time, and studies have found a direct relationship between singing to Justin Bieber and impaired driving ability.7–9

Nicotine is the drug most frequently found in the blood of drivers who have been involved in vehicle crashes, including fatal ones.10

Several meta-analyses of multiple studies found that the risk of being involved in a crash significantly increased after cell phone use or eating a Whopper 13—in a few cases, the risk doubled or more than doubled.14–16

[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

I fixed it...

[RToyo86]

That happened about 10 minutes from my house. I know the area, definitely not a great spot to speed. I'm fairy certain they're Quebec plates too.

There has been a lot of people getting nailed with 50+ stunt driving the last month.

This popped up on our local FB club. Not a member but pulled at the 401 near the 416 @200km.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

I prefer to take the facts as they are. You could also say his speeding would have been perfectly legal if he was on a track or if he was on a private road, but that's not reality...



Yes and he will deserve all of those penalties. If you're going to be stupid enough to go 160+ mph on public roads in your 707 hp, 4400 lbs car, don't have weed or any other reflex-impairing drug/alcohol anywhere near you. Just compounding risk needlessly.



Might be better than alcohol, but still impairs reflexes.



https://www.drugabuse.gov/publicatio...affect-driving

The facts as they are is that pot is legal in Canada. If he did not have it readily available there was nothing to charge him with. Your statement he was a fool for having pot n the car. He was only a fool for having it in the wrong place in the car. He was not charged with impaired so there is no indication he was high.

My statement remains accurate and factual.

[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The weed would have been perfectly legal if in the trunk or otherwise "not readily available".

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If he did not have it readily available there was nothing to charge him with.

The bolded parts are where you're changing the facts. Those "if" statements are actually false. The driver did, in fact, have the weed in the car where it was accessible to him.

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Your statement he was a fool for having pot n the car. He was only a fool for having it in the wrong place in the car. He was not charged with impaired so there is no indication he was high.

Actually my statement was that he was an idiot for going 2.5x the speed limit on a public road with weed with him in the car. If he was simply driving around like a grandma with weed on him, well... actually I'd still think he was an idiot. Just much less so than while also blazing down the road at 160+ mph in a neon green car with "707 hp" written down the sides. What a douche