I don't know too much about canadian laws, but shouldnt there be a
grandfather clause for those vehicles that already have the parts in
question installed? I mean, if you knew when the laws were going to be
enacted, what could they do if you installed the parts before the laws went
into effect?
Gary Hedlin
in article BA36521E.14C0E%blkwidow1@primary.net, "Jon N. Benignus" at
blkwidow1@primary.net wrote on 12/30/02 7:42 PM:
>
>> Street racers do cause mayhem. They cause death and horrible injuries. They
>> kill themselves (seldomly) and innocent bystanders and in a case last year a
>> womans unborn child.
> But street race cars do not. Prosecute the person, not the equipment. Cars
> don't kill people, people do.
> No matter what kind of car they have, street racers will race. If all they
> drove were Model Ts they would race them. Outlawing certain equipment, like
> a wing does not prevent one single death.
> You say 28 people were killed by street racers? (notice it was street
> racers, not street race CARS-notice he said "some irresponsible punk", not
> some irresponsible car) How many people drowned in the same period? I'll bet
> the number was pretty close, if not more, but I don't hear the gov't
> mandating use of personal flotation devices or outlawing swimming pools.
> No offense intended, but you have to change behavior. Outlawing every
> inanimate object in the world still won't prevent people from doing stupid
> thing, and you can't fix stupid.
>
> Rant mode off.
> Back to your regularly scheduled threads on oil, tires, air filters,
> etc....and THE PIT!!
>
> Jon
> STL MO
>
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