canada: bike owner charged after loaning out bike

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Originally Posted by karl_1052

The article is very vague, it never says if he left the parking lot, or even if he was wearing a helmet.

Welcome to Daltario

As much as I'd like to blame Premier Lair for all of this, I can't. The racing and stunting law and ramped up penalties for NOT being drunk in the Province of Ontario were both pushed through under Bill 203, which was voted for UNANIMOUSLY by all members of Provincial Parliament. That means that all three of the major parties supported it completely.

Some of the other crap that's been put forward was actually instigated by Frank Klees, who is a PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE member of Parliament.

They're all bastards who put 'feel good' legislation, that will garner votes from special interest groups, above their duty to make good law. In some cases when someone asks that a law be passed in order to stop something from happening the best answer is, "No."

We didn't have a problem with street racing. Ontario's streets are statistically the safest on the continent.

We didn't need to come down harder on people who have a couple of beers and then drive, with a blood alcohol level below legal impairment. The people who cause injuries and deaths are typically 2 to 3 times the legal limit and have been driving like that for years, frequently without a valid license.

Shaun de Jager has a great website about this stuff and gets the occasional radio interview, to try and raise awareness among the Ontario public. Pass it on.

http://www.thelonelyrider.com/