Wuddi@lemmy.zip to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoNew York Governor Set to Sign Into Law Speed-Limiting Devices for 'Super Speeders'www.roadandtrack.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNew York Governor Set to Sign Into Law Speed-Limiting Devices for 'Super Speeders'www.roadandtrack.comWuddi@lemmy.zip to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago economic death sentence. sounds like a great deterrent then… drivers are out of control these days
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agoAcross the border, in Ontario, get caught speeding 50km over (31 miles) and the following happens: Car is immediately seized, and stored at $250/day. You also get charged for towing. Fines up to $10,000, repeat offences, jail time up to 6 months. 14 day licence suspension. Insurance is cancelled, shunting you to predatory insurers who charge between $18-30,000 a year. 5 years minimum. So just one charge like this will cost up to $150,000. Street racing was out of control. This law ended it.
sounds like a great deterrent then… drivers are out of control these days
Across the border, in Ontario, get caught speeding 50km over (31 miles) and the following happens:
Car is immediately seized, and stored at $250/day. You also get charged for towing.
Fines up to $10,000, repeat offences, jail time up to 6 months.
14 day licence suspension.
Insurance is cancelled, shunting you to predatory insurers who charge between $18-30,000 a year. 5 years minimum.
So just one charge like this will cost up to $150,000.
Street racing was out of control. This law ended it.