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Ont. Gov't Seeks To Crack Down On Street Racers, Drunk Drivers
Thursday April 12, 2007

Street racers and drunk drivers could face stiffer punishment here than anywhere else in the country if proposed provincial legislation is passed.

The bill, brought forth by Dalton McGuinty's Liberals, would give police power to automatically suspend the driver's licences of offenders for up to a week. They'd also be allowed to seize street racers' vehicles for the same amount of time.

If made law, the plan would hit guilty parties hard in the wallet, with fines of up to $10,000. That would be the highest fine for such an offence in Canada.

McGuinty delivered the message that neither drunk driving nor street racing is acceptable in the province and those who choose to break the law will face major consequences.

"There can be no tolerance in Ontario for people who put other people's lives at risk on our roads," McGuinty said. "We want to make it clear - if you drink and drive or if you street race, you'll pay and the penalty will be tough."

British Columbia and Manitoba have already brought in tougher punishments for such offences. Attorney General Michael Bryant suggests repeat offenders could face losing their wheels forever.

"In order to increase road safety, repeat drunk drivers would now face the possibility of having a civil court order their cars forfeited forever," Bryant said. "We will use every civil and criminal tool available to us to keep Ontario's roads safe from drunk drivers."

The proposed legislation, if passed, would:

Allow the courts to take away vehicles from repeat drinking and driving offenders

Establish an early ignition interlock program for Criminal Code offenders

Increase roadside drivers licence suspensions for drunk drivers

Take drivers licences away from street racers and increase fines

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Blah Blah Blah, the government doesn't give a flying piece of poo about the safety of Ontario roads. They are simply attaching themselves to any spotlight that they can get!!

If they wanted safer roads they would put money into:

A) Improving the quality of the roads themselves, how many of you people in the GTA(where most of the provincial money goes) have driven in Hamilton?

B) Get old people and bad drivers off the road, that can't read signs, understand everything happening around them, or are too small to drive in a safe position.

C) They would take action against all of the unsafe vehicles on the road, instead of harassing people that understand and love their cars enough to want to modify them properly.

HOWEVER these things don't give the Provincial Government really good press to all of the soccer moms out there that are afraid that ever teen in a car, modified or not, wants to race it!!

Damn the man, f*ck the police, and power to the people!

'nuff said!!

 
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just another way for them to get money

 
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I have heard that the police and such are trying to arrange some sort of legal street racing, i'm hoping that they will set something up at the Downsview airport, like a weekend event!

One could only dream!!!

 
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and for the cops that will be a gold mine, tickets being handed out left, right, and center , i will pass on any "street racing" event held by Police

 
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open a track in the gta when u collect enough money from ricers

 
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problem is, and its been poroven over and over again, the police will go to events such as the free pacer drag racing day and what not and pull you over as you leave. ive been harassed twice after leaving cayuga years back by the cops, they sit and wait and everyone gets stopped. really, why would i go to the track to get harrased afterward when i can just race ont he street