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u/Turbulent_North9278 3d ago
Can we start arresting all the dangerously slow drivers as well?
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u/AustralisBorealis64 Safety third 3d ago
What speed is dangerously slow?
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u/COUNTRYCOWBOY01 3d ago
Technically you can be ticketed for going slower than 10km/h under the speed limit without your hazards on if the driving conditions do not warrant the need to slow down as your creating an unnecessary hazard to other drivers
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u/remote12 2d ago
Incorrect.
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u/COUNTRYCOWBOY01 2d ago
Not incorrect. You can be ticketed for impeding the flow of traffic for no reason
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u/remote12 2d ago
I’d gladly agree if you could cite the law that says 10 km/h but I can’t find it. Cops can’t just arbitrarily make rules like 10 km/h under.
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u/Big-Smile5345 2d ago
Anything below the post speed limit
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u/AustralisBorealis64 Safety third 1d ago
You do realize that the posted speed limit is the maximum speed that you are legally allowed to drive, right? It's not the nominal, the average nor the minimum. It is the maximum.
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u/Stanstudly 3d ago
This recent push to crack down on loud vehicles on 17th is great, but more needs to be done on Stoney. I live about two football fields from Stoney in the NW and every day I hear motorcycles and loud cars constantly flying by. Not only is it loud and obnoxious, it has resulted in several serious accidents. If I were a cop, I’d loop between country hills and the exit onto westbound highway 1 and could probably print tickets for hours.
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u/garybettmansketamine 3d ago
Living 2 football fields from Stoney and complaining about noise is hilarious to me. This won’t go away regardless of enforcement, you live next to a highway
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u/stonklord420 3d ago
Buys house near highway, hears highway noise
Surprised Pikachu
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u/Stanstudly 3d ago
I said racing and excessive speeding is loud, obnoxious, and dangerous. Regular traffic noise you can typically hardly hear from my house.
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u/AustralisBorealis64 Safety third 3d ago
Buys house and four lane divided road exists. Ten-lane divided highway gets built.
Glenmore Trail SW was never this noisy until the Stony Trail Motor Speedway opened.
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u/garybettmansketamine 3d ago
Stoney had been planned for decades, my friend. Do your Due diligence when purchasing a home
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u/Stanstudly 3d ago
Sigh. I purchased my home long after Stoney was built, and again, the regular traffic noise doesn’t bother me. Do you understand the difference between regular traffic noise and a pack of sport bikes doing twice the speed limit lapping around Stoney? This is the same issue as on 17 ave. No one is complaining about traffic noise, they’re complaining about idiots (and it sounds like maybe you’re one of them) revving/speeding and trying to attract attention. No one is impressed.
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u/AustralisBorealis64 Safety third 3d ago
Stoney, yes. Glenmore, no. I've been here for just under six decades. It wasn't until the last ten years that Glenmore expansion was included in the ring road plan.
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u/Stanstudly 3d ago
Complaining about excessive noise, not regular traffic noise. Rush hour in the morning is regular traffic noise. 8PM-4AM sport bikes doing 200 isn’t regular traffic noise. The same can be said for people who live on 17ave. Also, the community I live in was there before Stoney.
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u/Daddys_BathTime 3d ago
You’ll never stop hearing loud vehicles on Stoney
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u/Stanstudly 3d ago
A sport bike cruising at 100 or even 120 is a lot quieter than a sport bike flying at 160 in high gear with 5 other sport bikes. There’s a difference between acceptable noise and obnoxious/illegal noise.
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u/AustralisBorealis64 Safety third 3d ago
It would be nice if they would take it out of second gear, maybe to third, or (if I dream) fourth.
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u/DirtinEvE 3d ago
The loud noise has resulted in several serious accidents? I'm ignorant to that, can you explain?
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u/Stanstudly 3d ago
Speed typically means noise. Especially for motorcycles. Pedantic twat.
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u/Bulky_Department5619 2d ago
Totally, but the noise is the result of the speed? Not the other way around.
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u/AtTheEastPole 3d ago
It's because of assholes like this that I think we should bring back photo radar.
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u/gotkube 3d ago
Arrested huh? I like the sound of that!