05-31-2009, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by evildick
Kinda reminds me of here in Ontario, the liberals came up with this new street racing law, if you go over 50 km/h over the speed limit they impound your vehicle for 7 days and you get a minimum $2500 fine, etc.
Anyway, the local police made a visit to the fire department and told all the volunteer fire fighters that if they were responding to a fire and were speeding they would get the same treatment as everyone else, i.e. a street racing charge.
The fire chief said, OK, that's fine, but told the officer that if they get any calls to a police officer's house they won't break the speed limit by 1 km.
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I'd be surprised if a fire truck could go over the speed limit by 50km/hr. Those things are massive and weigh a ton.
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