An Apology to my Canadian Neighbors
I wanted to post this several days ago, but did not have computer access. And, the thread that this is directed to, has since been closed. I have met and got to know several folks from Canada, ...
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JaxDad wrote:
Oh and don't fret being a few mph off the exact speed, our police are pretty tolerant, other than places like school zones, etc, you won't get stopped for doing 2 or 3 mph over the limit. In fact here in Ontario there is no penalty for anything less than 10 mph over the limit and a few years back the then head of our Provincial police, our State Troopers, made a public statement that officers would not stop people on the highway unless they were doing 15+ mph over the limit as long as they were not driving dangerously, hopping lanes, tailgating, etc.
We've been metric here in Canada since the 1970s so I suspect you mean kph, not mph, particularly when referring to any public official who would always quote in metric. 15 mph over is ~ 24 kph over and should attract the attention of the gendarmes, ignoring of course the morons who consistently run 140+ kph on the 400 series under the assumption they're invincible and somehow exempt from any special attention. :R
