Sp3llbind3r t1_jd7jxpa wrote
Reply to comment by ItsNotButtFucker3000 in U.S. driver charged with stunt driving 'didn't realize' Canadian speed limits aren't posted miles by agaric
What the heck is stunt driving.
Around here we have „Raser“ laws, which kick in at certain level above speedlimit. In 30 km/h -> >70 km/h / 50 -> >100 / 80 —> >140 / 120 -> >200.
they take your car and at a certain point you get a mandatory jail sentence of one year minimum and you lose your license for at least 2 years.
Even below that you get fines on daily rates of your income.
More details here: https://www.rechtskraft.ch/raserdelikte-bin-ich-ein-raser/
rustymacdonald t1_jd8ejpy wrote
It's basically the same as your Raser laws, just a different name and different penalties. But the concept is the same in terms of harsher penalties for being 50km/h over the limit.
The nomenclature of "stunt driving" (performing dangerous, irregular maneouvres for the fun of it) or "street racing" (racing dangerously on public streets with regular traffic present and ignoring limits, signs, and signals) laws is because these were the motivations given for enacting these limits in the first place. That rhetoric caught on and became how people refer to these limits in everyday conversation regardless of whether the limits actually do anything to combat these activities.
ItsNotButtFucker3000 t1_jdavqlc wrote
Stunt driving is basically extreme speeds, going 40+ over in anywhere the speed is 80 or lower, and 50+ if the speed limit is over 80, is considered stunt driving. It's a roadside 30 day license suspension and your car is impounded for 14 days, at your expense, with a fine of $2000-10,000, and 6 demerit points. It's used to be called careless or reckless driving, but they upped it to a new charge.
What you listed is basically stunt driving in Ontario. During the pandemic and lockdowns, people were caught going 100+ over on the empty highways.
I drive a Ford Focus, so it's safe to say I'll never get a stunting charge! (I also don't drive like an asshole)
Crazy_280zx t1_jeb58b5 wrote
40 over isn’t even that crazy. That’s really harsh
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