Jabba 18389 Report post Posted October 15, 2013 Saw a wild story about two idiot bikers tearing up a section on Hwy 105 in Quebec-land. The road to Wakefield. They got caught close to the cop shop and each face fines in excess of $10k and could stand to lose about 113 demerit points. One guy had a helmet cam & recorded the crazy ride. Cops used it to bust his nuts. I didn't know you had over 100 demerit points to even lose!? What does that mean...you lose your license for the next 5000 years? Years ago, I got nabbed for passing on the right & got fined about $75.00 & lost 2 demerit points. Took about a year to earn them back. Anyone have bigger boo-boos to confess? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Polydeuces 1167 Report post Posted October 16, 2013 3 months after getting my G2 license and my first car at 24 (a green 2-door Mazda MX-6 Mystere), I got stopped on the highway for careless driving. I was weaving through traffic at about 130 km/h. The officer was on his way somewhere and he hadn't clocked me or anything, so he came and gave me the ticket at home the next day. Told me I could fight it in court and he'd drop it to speeding. I was young and careless and I missed the court date. The ticket was 6 points and 400$. A month later I got an improper left turn ticket. I was running out of gas and I saw a gas station and turned into it and didn't see the sign. So I had 8 points on a license that gets suspended at 9 points. I had to go to a class about safe driving too. My first year of car insurance (before the tickets) was 2400$. 2nd year's insurance was 3600$. My insurance didn't come down under 2000$ for several years. Polydeuces Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cometman 35115 Report post Posted October 16, 2013 Driving the bike on Highway 20 through Quebec a couple of years ago, I thought I'd had it. I was on a deadline to meet a cute little Mexican gal ( ), so I was hammer down steadily at 130 kph. Twice, I checked my mirrors and saw nothing but, all of a sudden, the cops had their lights and sirens on. To my amazement, they blew by me and did a U-turn to get someone else. Maybe I do live right, after all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bcguy42 38594 Report post Posted October 16, 2013 Because of what I do for a living, I can't afford to collect points. However, there is a stretch of road near my house that has always been 80 kph. A couple of years ago they knocked it back to 70. I got nicked at 85 when I forgot about the change. Got 3 points. They just fell off my record this year. The first time I drove in Canada was on the 401 from Detroit to London. I was doing 120. Getting passed like I wasn't moving. Up to 130. Same. 140. Now I'm keeping up. Glance in the rear-view and a cop pops over the hill behind me. Crap. No. What? He passed me?? I stopped at the next service centre and asked. I was told as long as I was going in a straight line, they didn't care. Start weaving through traffic? Nail you in a heartbeat. So I proceeded accordingly. That was back in the early 80s. Before some of you were born. Crap. Now I'm gonna go back to my corner, sip some gruel and feel old! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
