F'n Ontario nanny state!

Drif10 · 10-28-2008, 07:10 PM

http://www.gtamotorcycle.com/vbforum...ad.php?t=74022

Thank you Markham, for that bitch MPP Helena Jackek, sliding this one in to the system.

Quote:

An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act to prohibit the driving and operation of motorcycles with child passengers

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The Highway Traffic Act is amended by adding the following section:
Prohibition of passengers under 14 years old on motorcycles
38.1 No person shall drive or operate a motorcycle on a highway if another person under the age of 14 years is a passenger on the motorcycle.
Commencement
2. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

What a fucking cunt.

Thraan · 10-28-2008, 07:39 PM

That sucks!

Has it gone through? Anything we can do to lobby against it?

drcool · 10-28-2008, 07:41 PM

Do our politicos have nothing better to do? Good thing I taught jrcool the salute

Do they think it's any safer for our kids to ride around in a peice of shit School Bus with no seat belt on and kids standing in the isle. Thats Bullshit.

How do we take a proper rant and tell the gov to Fuck Off.

Like you Drif I was planning something with my son for next summer and this isn't going to help.

Drif10 · 10-28-2008, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Thraan

That sucks!

Has it gone through? Anything we can do to lobby against it?

Contact your MPP, I just did.

Thraan · 10-28-2008, 07:48 PM

hjaczek.mpp@liberal.ola.org

http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/m...ale=en&ID=7092

First reading only. We have to make a lot of noise to get it stopped. I'm calling my MPP tomorrow.

Thraan · 10-28-2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Drif10

Contact your MPP, I just did.

Yeah, I read the thread. Thanks. Email is usually just filed. I'm calling tomorrow. I might pay them a visit if I can get a morning off work this week.

David Zimmer is my local guy.

http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/m...ale=en&ID=2148

Drif10 · 10-28-2008, 08:06 PM

Just dropped a line to the MMIC as well.

Steve G. · 10-28-2008, 10:31 PM

What about side-hacks?
You know, I'm getting worried about this slow tightening of our social freedoms. It's like a slow push of social engineering towards the nanny state where we won't be allowd to do anything, unless it's virtual on a friggin computer.
Steve

configurationspace · 10-29-2008, 12:39 AM

Next step might be to make it illegal for kids to ride in cars. Because cars are dangerous. And it should be illegal for them to walk outdoors. Because kids can get hurt there.

Drif10 · 10-29-2008, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve G.

What about side-hacks?
You know, I'm getting worried about this slow tightening of our social freedoms. It's like a slow push of social engineering towards the nanny state where we won't be allowd to do anything, unless it's virtual on a friggin computer.
Steve

They're motorcycle derived, betcha I know what the answer will be to that one.

Icewalker · 10-29-2008, 03:18 AM

Wow ... next thing you know they'll be banning guns

Sun Tzu · 10-29-2008, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Icewalker

Wow ... next thing you know they'll be banning guns

Sun Tzu · 10-29-2008, 04:22 AM

My daughter (6 years old) is ecstatic as she can now reach the foot pegs as pillion (the legal requirement for a passenger.)

She could still use a little growing, but next spring she wants me to take her to school on the bike.

I think I can manage that.

-Sun

Bueller · 10-29-2008, 05:15 AM

Fuck that! You should move to the states where you'll have real, true freedom!

On second thought, um, nevermind...

ZZR_Ron · 10-29-2008, 05:31 AM

I wonder what the ruling on GPS's will be?

they are going to make any handheld electronics illegal in a car.

GPS's that stick to the windshield are still legal.

Now, I run a Garmin handheld on the bike, is it legal if it's attached to the bike?

Do our MP's not have better things to do?

And why do dumb laws that apply to Southern Ontario have to be applied up here, where we have one of the lowest population densities in the country?

10-28-2008, 07:39 PM	#2
Thraan Beastly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Bayview Village Oddometer: 14,033	That sucks! Has it gone through? Anything we can do to lobby against it? __________________ tEAM nONGA Work is the curse of the drinking classes - Wilde Free OldOzy!

10-28-2008, 07:41 PM	#3
drcool cameltoejockey.livetoride Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Burlington, Canada Oddometer: 2,148	UnFuckinBeleivable Do our politicos have nothing better to do? Good thing I taught jrcool the salute Do they think it's any safer for our kids to ride around in a peice of shit School Bus with no seat belt on and kids standing in the isle. Thats Bullshit. How do we take a proper rant and tell the gov to Fuck Off. Like you Drif I was planning something with my son for next summer and this isn't going to help. __________________ FREE Oobah-Moto Originally Posted by WaterWheel One time I almost lost it into some trees doing 65 on a jeep trail and I practiced shitting my pants. "Go to bed with bad breath, wake up with bad breath Go to bed with fresh breath, wake up with bad breath"....nothin ever changes, jrcool "Silence is Golden......Duct Tape is Silver". jrcool It's alright to have a brain fart, please remember to leave the fan on. drcool screwed with this post 10-28-2008 at 07:50 PM.

10-28-2008, 07:48 PM	#5
Thraan Beastly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Bayview Village Oddometer: 14,033	hjaczek.mpp@liberal.ola.org http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/m...ale=en&ID=7092 First reading only. We have to make a lot of noise to get it stopped. I'm calling my MPP tomorrow. __________________ tEAM nONGA Work is the curse of the drinking classes - Wilde Free OldOzy!

10-29-2008, 03:18 AM	#11
Icewalker -7.1 -3.69 Joined: Apr 2006 Location: New Hampshire - 'Girly Bike' Rider Oddometer: 20,643	Wow ... next thing you know they'll be banning guns __________________ RIP Hootch Welcome home Basil and Ebbie. Trading up to a simpler life “No one ever laid on their deathbed and wished they had spent more time at work” "Life is worth much more than gold" Bob Marley http://www.afghan-schools.org/ http://www.growbiointensive.org http://www.hartzvictims.org/

10-29-2008, 04:22 AM	#13
Sun Tzu Adventure Commuter Joined: May 2006 Location: Rochester, MN Oddometer: 3,180	My daughter (6 years old) is ecstatic as she can now reach the foot pegs as pillion (the legal requirement for a passenger.) She could still use a little growing, but next spring she wants me to take her to school on the bike. I think I can manage that. -Sun __________________ "The beard is hot, and overweight you are not." - NoMystery "I couldn't cope if you crashed today, All the things I forgot to say" - Radiohead

10-28-2008, 10:31 PM	#8
Steve G. Beastly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2004 Location: British Columbia Oddometer: 3,791	What about side-hacks? You know, I'm getting worried about this slow tightening of our social freedoms. It's like a slow push of social engineering towards the nanny state where we won't be allowd to do anything, unless it's virtual on a friggin computer. Steve

10-29-2008, 12:39 AM	#9
configurationspace delooper Joined: Jan 2003 Location: BC, Canada Oddometer: 4,791	Next step might be to make it illegal for kids to ride in cars. Because cars are dangerous. And it should be illegal for them to walk outdoors. Because kids can get hurt there.

10-29-2008, 05:15 AM	#14
Bueller Cashin? Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Hide Away Hills, Ohio Oddometer: 14,263	Fuck that! You should move to the states where you'll have real, true freedom! On second thought, um, nevermind...

10-29-2008, 05:31 AM	#15
ZZR_Ron Underground Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Oddometer: 6,179	I wonder what the ruling on GPS's will be? they are going to make any handheld electronics illegal in a car. GPS's that stick to the windshield are still legal. Now, I run a Garmin handheld on the bike, is it legal if it's attached to the bike? Do our MP's not have better things to do? And why do dumb laws that apply to Southern Ontario have to be applied up here, where we have one of the lowest population densities in the country? __________________ Great minds think alike;small minds seldom differ...

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