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The Ottawa Police Service is reminding drivers that telling an officer “I thought I was doing 150” will not overturn a stunt driving charge on Highway 417.

The police Road Safety and District Traffic Unit said an officer observed a driver going 164 km/h on Highway 417 at Carp Road on Monday.

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[–] mech@feddit.org 24 points 2 days ago (17 children)

If you drove that fast on a German highway, you wouldn't get a "stunt driving" charge.
You'd get a Diesel station wagon riding your bumper, flashing his brights.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (12 children)

In North America, there’s almost no vehicle safety standards, road standards are questionable, and the licensing process is a joke.

So instead of addressing the problems, and logically allowing a high rate of travel given the distances and populations involved, many jurisdictions have created this concept that any speed over a certain number is automatically stunting.

Obviously doing 150kph through a residential area is a problem, but there’s so much empty road!

That said, North Americans need to build trains. Better ones. And better neighborhoods.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

LOL, 100 years of car and oil lobbying money has entered the chat.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Trucking actually, it produces a lot more jobs than rail.

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