Topic: Amusing Street Racing Article

[quadzilla]

Most 400-series highways have design speed of at least 130 km/h (80 mph), although the posted speed on signs is 100 km/h. Exceptions could be made for sections in urban areas where a 130 km/h design speed cannot be realistically implemented, including Highway 403 through Hamilton (90 km/h), Highway 406 through downtown St. Catharines (80 km/h), and near approaches to border crossings (Highway 401 in Windsor, 402 in Sarnia, and 405 in Niagara-on-the-Lake), which all have a maximum speed of 80 km/h (50 mph).

including Highway 403 through Hamilton (90 km/h)

I take this way when I drive from TO - London. It is great when you have no traffic in your way and can hit 139kph (140kph is 50 over) going through the corners.

[The Mighty Duck]

Most 400-series highways have design speed of at least 130 km/h (80 mph), although the posted speed on signs is 100 km/h.

:yawn:  No one is arguing that the roads are physically capable of high speeds.  Indeed, I think we can all agree on that.  That says nothing about the people driving on those roads...

A Veyron can do 300 mph on a public roadway.  That doesn't mean it should.

[safristi]

300MPH...watcha smokin'...? I keep my Kar to 299MPH!!!! fer safety

[aquadorhj]

A Veyron can do 300 mph on a public roadway.  That doesn't mean it should.

I'm sure you meant 257MPH, not 300MPH.

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on an entirely tangential topic, my car was towed away on illegal parking 8 minutes into rush hour..   cost me $80 for 2 minutes it was hooked up to tow car...  At least i didn't have to find a ride to city impound lot and wait 3 hours. :p

[barrie1]

300 MPH is correct as it was on British telley with Jeramy Clarkson I believe doing it last year. 

[The Mighty Duck]

I'm sure you meant 257MPH, not 300MPH.

  Quite right.  Top speed is 407 kph, iirc, ~= 254 mph.

[initial_D]

World's Fastest Production Car ...

The SSC Ultimate Aero has an average top speed of 256.15 mph, besting both the Bugatti Veyron and Koenigsegg CCR .

http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z14212/SSC_Ultimate_Aero_TT.aspx

[initial_D]

300 MPH is correct as it was on British telley with Jeramy Clarkson I believe doing it last year. 

They both musta been driving a loaded bottle ... 

[The Mighty Duck]

I'll bet a Veyron is a better car in every way, though.  But if the folks at SSC would like to prove me wrong, simply send me a test car with a full gas tank. 

[Wolfe]

Another interesting article....

Street racing: thousands charged, few convicted but all were punished

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/06/09/street-racing.html

Papazov says that means many drivers, like him, are paying for something for which they're never convicted.

But OPP Sgt. Cam Woolley says taking vehicles off the road is the entire point of the law.

"Ultimately, we've seen an increase in safety and really the best thing about this law is [the] immediate consequences."

Following that logic... Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.

[safristi]

  the less 'sunts' tha better?