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TrackVol t1_jd3fqtd wrote

There's no way they truly believe this. This is like the equivalency of a fake "insanity" plea. They're lying, we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, but they keep up the charade anyway.

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DaMusicalGamer t1_jd3g1m7 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,291,848)

May wanna check your math there. If he was going 142 and was 62 over, the posted limit would've been 80. And if you've spent any amount of time on US interstates, you know going 10 over isn't anything unusual.

He's still in the wrong, but the excuse at least checks out.

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Boondala t1_jd3je9j wrote

What kind of car has a speedometer that does not indicate both MPH and KPH??

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T-ks t1_jd3ka3q wrote

The unit km/h is literally on the speed limit sign

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Bind_Moggled t1_jd3m27u wrote

He didn’t think something might be amiss while he zoomed past every other car on the road?

Sorry, being stupid is not an excuse.

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jnmjnmjnm t1_jd3nh1s wrote

I know a guy who picked up a rental car in Calgary and headed out on the highway to Edmonton. He got pulled over. The previous renter had the digital speedo set to MPH. He got off with a warning.

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Dent13 t1_jd3y9pg wrote

Replying to permabanned007 (#2,292,920)

Not all older cars do. Especially pre 70s oil crisis cars. Pretty much anything made stateside pre 1975 (the year Canada switched to metric) was mostly sold in the States and Canada and there was minimal sharing of parts between production in the US and in other countries. There was really no reason to include KPH on them so they didn't, and even reproduction parts for the cars that managed to become classics tend not to include KPH unless it's on digital gauges.

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twistedcheshire t1_jd3ypbs wrote

Replying to Boondala (#2,292,210)

In some cars, you can switch it from Km/h to MPH and back. I had a car that did that, completely forgot I had it set to Km/h and was wondering why I was getting passed by people here in the states...

Yeah, fun times, but it CAN happen! LOL

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tehjeffman t1_jd43t0d wrote

To be fair, that is the flow of traffic is Texas on all road regardless for speed limit.

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ArenSteele t1_jd48wml wrote

Replying to Sputnickky (#2,292,562)

The Imperial System originates from….Imperial England. So Imperial IS the English system. (It’s just that the English one day looked up and said “hey the way the French do this is much better!”

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GrandmaPoses t1_jd4el6d wrote

"I'm sorry, officer, I...didn't realize I couldn't do that."

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Omnizoom t1_jd4glam wrote

Where’s the randy marsh

“Oh I’m sorry I thought this was America”

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darkonark t1_jd4jj72 wrote

Been to Canada a few times. Every border crossing that I've seen has a large, purposefully-difficult-to-miss sign mentioning that they post speeds and distances in km.

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vacuous_comment t1_jd4qm7s wrote

> ... but with new vehicles these days, they’re more than capable of being able to switch between miles and kilometres,”

Errrr, what planet does he live on?

I cannot get any of my US specs car to display degrees C, they are stuck on F.

That said, the guy was a moron and deserved his impoundment. Though it does seem a trifle harsh to impound the car for 14 days with the 10 year old in it.

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Shot-Spray5935 t1_jd4tmdz wrote

Replying to jnmjnmjnm (#2,292,536)

They probably pulled him cuz he was going too slow. The only time you'll see people driving at the speed limit on the QE2 highway is in the middle of a blizzard with near zero visibility and a foot of fresh snow.

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Dan19_82 t1_jd52a17 wrote

Well you learn something new everyday... British use miles and Australian and American, I'd have thought the last colony would have too.

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LuvCilantro t1_jd53el6 wrote

Replying to Boondala (#2,292,210)

Our cars have digital dashboards, and the speed is indicated as one large number, not a dial. We can alternate between KM and Miles depending on where we are driving, but we don't get both.

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LuvCilantro t1_jd53pqy wrote

Replying to twistedcheshire (#2,293,375)

I did the opposite. My car was set to MPH and not KPH, so while the speed limit was 70 kph (around 40 mph), I was gearing up to go up to 70 mph. I only noticed because there was one of those signs that tell you your speed, and when I went by it just said SLOW DOWN.

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Timbo_007 t1_jd58b31 wrote

The price to pay to keep thos Freedom Units

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CapHillster t1_jd5fuxm wrote

I had a friend from Europe who claimed he thought the freeway name (I think it was 101?) was the speed limit.

The cop actually let him off.

He's now a C-level exec at a fortune 250 company.

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collimat t1_jd5mbr7 wrote

142km/h is a stunt? That would be the least exciting show... ever.

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RCX_13 t1_jd5sx6l wrote

WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETRE🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅

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thirdeyefish t1_jd5vm6s wrote

There is a sign at the border crossing. Like, a big deal of a sign too.

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valley_G t1_jd5vvyj wrote

Wait what are they measured in in Canada? Is it the same as Europe?

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jamcdonald120 t1_jd677ul wrote

> Ontario police charged the motorist with stunt driving, prompting ... and their licence to be suspended for 30 days.

Wait? How? Presumably it is a New York License, the Ontario police CANT suspend it.

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anengineerandacat t1_jd6chp6 wrote

Replying to thebraddestbrad (#2,296,234)

It really depends... in my lil sports-car, 100% but in the SUV it's weird... almost like you are moving slower but somehow going faster.

I could go 120-130 mph in the wife's SUV and it would honestly feel like I was going 100-110 in my car.

Depends on what they were driving and how smooth it handled said speeds along with just how congested the highway was.

Largely empty highway? Don't think I would know if I was going 100-110 unless I was paying attention to the gauges (which when cruising... sorta isn't something I do).

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not_ch3ddar t1_jd6cmvu wrote

Replying to Bind_Moggled (#2,292,420)

I was driving in the states years ago and saw whatever the limit was on the highway. I went "Holy shit I'm speeding" and slowed right down, and then a split second later was like "wait why is everybody flying by me--ohhhh"

Felt super dumb.

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zgr024 t1_jd6g956 wrote

Replying to thebraddestbrad (#2,296,234)

125 mph in an Audi RSQ8 feels like 75 mph in a Ford Explosion. The difference is astonishing. I would not put it past someone to not know how fast they are going based on pure judgment, especially if they were in a German automobile

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the_cardfather t1_jd6nxpy wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,298,486)

That's the digital speedometer thing. I think every car that I've owned has had an analog speedometer as well that had MPH on top and KPH underneath. I normally use the digital readout for something else.

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dumbledor138 t1_jd6oap8 wrote

I just wouldn’t pay it and wouldn’t go back to Canada

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thegreatgazoo t1_jd6ptrc wrote

Can Canada suspend a US driver's license in the US?

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ash_274 t1_jd6q4ds wrote

Replying to jamcdonald120 (#2,299,373)

They can refuse to recognize it as a valid license to drive a vehicle.

For nearly all purposes, Canadian and American driver licenses are acceptable in each other’s countries as valid ID and proof of proficient driving ability. Ontario can’t ask New York to suspend his license, but Canada can declare his license as invalid for driving purposes.

If you get a DUI in the US in your personal car and later try to drive professionally (class-B or class-A) into Canada, they will turn you away at the border and it’s a huge process to get them to waive the restriction. Doesn’t matter to them if your license is still valid in the US.

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HandsOnGeek t1_jd6sib6 wrote

Replying to Boondala (#2,292,210)

General motors cars with the computer controlled faux analog gauge packages display only one set of units at a time. You have to push a button on the dashboard to manually switch between mph and kph.

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ArenSteele t1_jd6u53l wrote

Replying to pensezbien (#2,300,550)

It’s actually an Alias I created based on a character from this game I’m probably seriously dating myself. But I assume you are reading the Riftwar books the game was based on? I never read them myself

I’ve used it for online games since EverQuest

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bob4apples t1_jd6v2mg wrote

Replying to thegreatgazoo (#2,300,735)

Not clear. To ask a related question: Can New York suspend a New Jersey license?

In this case it is sort of moot because: 1) his car was impounded for 14 days and 2) he still has to wait another 16 days after that before he would be allowed to drive it back to the States.

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BrunoBraunbart t1_jd6xrjb wrote

Replying to zgr024 (#2,300,052)

I am an engineer at Audi. I've developed the R8, Lamborghini Huracan, Q7, Porsche Cayenne, Lamborghini Usus, Bentley Bentayga and so on.

Yes, those cars feel different but you still realize your speed. You feel at 200km/h as safe as if you are driving 120km/h in a shitty car. But you still understand that you are not going 120km/h.

I once drove a prototype with a setting to MPH. It took me under 5 seconds to realize that. The same was true for a colleague who didn't drive prototypes on a regular basis.

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CertainCertainties t1_jd73yhi wrote

As an Australian, where we changed from miles to kilometres in the 1970s, am trying to remember the imperial measurements that Myanmar, Liberia and the US still use.

So an inch is the king's thumb. Three of those make the scrote, or Richard III's scrotum. And 12 inches makes a king's foot (King Alfred's?). And 3 of those make King Henry VIII's armspan, or a yard. And a bunch of those make a mile. How many?

Has any American considered their current imperial measuring system might be a tad feudal, monarchic and random? (Even though I did invent the 'scrote', the rest of the real imperial units are still a sort of weird, inbred form of measurements you'd reckon would be used by men married to their sisters.)

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zwaaa t1_jd79x5g wrote

Florida man visits Canada.

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Sartres_Roommate t1_jd7eo5x wrote

First time I drove to Canada I thought I hit the jackpot with their cheap gas prices...."per gallon"

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riktigtmaxat t1_jd7h1rb wrote

To be safe US drivers should just vacation in Liberia and Myanmar.

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Sp3llbind3r t1_jd7jxpa wrote

Replying to ItsNotButtFucker3000 (#2,295,775)

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/

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pensezbien t1_jd7nsha wrote

Replying to ArenSteele (#2,300,977)

I am rereading the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. Aren is a city in that world, and weapons made of Aren steel are high quality and hard to break. I was assuming you had just added the “e” to the end of the phrase “Aren steel” to make it sound like a person’s name.

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Osama_Bin_Drankin t1_jd7o2is wrote

Replying to CertainCertainties (#2,301,460)

Lol, the UK still uses MPH too. The funny thing is in the US, we learn both metric and US customary in school. When I did concrete research in college, all our work was published in metric. Our professors would also purposely mix units in problems to screw with us lol.

Our military, NASA, and some of our industries use metric. Our medicine, alcohol, and soft drinks are measured in metric. All of our scientific research is done in metric. Basically, we could fully switch to metric if we really wanted to, but tbh, there just isn't any political will to do so. Things that need to be in metric, are already in metric.

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johnson_united t1_jd7xhw2 wrote

If you’re 52 and don’t know Canada is metric, then you’re the idiot.

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rustymacdonald t1_jd8ejpy wrote

Replying to Sp3llbind3r (#2,302,566)

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.

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zgr024 t1_jd8mmte wrote

Replying to BrunoBraunbart (#2,301,152)

I beg to differ. I just had a passenger today that had never been in an RSQ8. I was traveling at 98mph on a highway, and he looked over and said he thought we were doing 70. Granted I've always had my dash in mph so I can't testify to the notion that it makes any difference, but if you aren't looking, you would never know.

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VelvetyPenus t1_jd8mubj wrote

What's a kilometer? Isn't that what Cocaine Bear ate?

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e-rekshun t1_jd8vjz8 wrote

Replying to dumbledor138 (#2,306,281)

The below states also have agreements with Ontario regarding failure to pay. But the article was about a NY resident. And vehicles are seized on the roadside.

  1. Alabama
  2. Arizona
  3. Arkansas
  4. Colorado
  5. Connecticut
  6. Delaware
  7. Idaho
  8. Illinois
  9. Indiana
  10. Iowa
  11. Kansas
  12. Kentucky
  13. Louisiana
  14. Maryland
  15. Michigan
  16. Minnesota
  17. Mississippi
  18. Missouri
  19. Montana
  20. Nebraska
  21. New Hampshire
  22. New Jersey
  23. New Mexico
  24. New York
  25. North Carolina
  26. North Dakota
  27. Ohio
  28. Oklahoma
  29. Oregon
  30. Pennsylvania
  31. Rhode Island
  32. South Carolina
  33. Tennessee
  34. Texas
  35. Utah
  36. Virginia
  37. Washington
  38. West Virginia
  39. Wisconsin
  40. Wyoming
  41. District of Columbia
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dumbledor138 t1_jd8wjzr wrote

Replying to e-rekshun (#2,306,396)

Georgia 🥳 again I was talking about what I would do. I think most of the redditors on this sub are too much sticklers for the rules for my taste. Hence my reply and the subsequent downvoting

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ItsNotButtFucker3000 t1_jdavqlc wrote

Replying to Sp3llbind3r (#2,302,566)

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)

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ItsNotButtFucker3000 t1_jdaw8t9 wrote

Replying to Senior-Sharpie (#2,302,907)

Haha, so true! Mine has kph on the outside, mph on the inside. Most highways have a 100-110 kph speed limit.

It blows me away when I see people trying to justify going over 100mph. Most roller coasters don't go that fast! The one I was on, tallest and fastest at the time (Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point) went 120mph and that was fast!

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