Coulda killed someone, damn good work!

That stretch is bad for speeders, wonder if he/ she loses their job too…..to be continued.

It was eastbound and was stopped near the entrance to Kwitzil Lake.

Too many people speeding and not enough police to enforce the laws. Good job on this one though.

Professional driver?

This is why my company went to GPS units in all company vehicles. Sends an alert when a driver goes somewhere about 10-15 above the limit anywhere. Can impede traffic in town sometimes (try driving down pulpmill road doing just over the limit and see how many people finger you) but it’s definitely a great thing to have.

The boss wanted him to speed!

Kwitzil:

Gravel Pit Lake?

metalman.

Going that fast on the ice we have now is easy. It’s not till trying to stop or turn or react to some bump or incident that it becomes obvious how little control (like none) there is over the vehicle. Hope this person thanked the cop. Tickets/fine/points are all far less serious than the other possibilities.

Its not the first time a company vehicle has been impounded and probably won’t be the last. Very expensive to get it out.
I suppose the driver will have to pay for that as well as the fines and losing his license for awhile. If the company is smart or not too dependant on the employee, he may lose his job as well.

All that because he was in a hurry? His wallet will tell him to slow down.
Personally, I think the speed limits should be fairly reduced in bad driving conditions and at night. People don’t seem to be able to think for themselves anymore. And the ones who do, are considered a menace on the roads by many.

“People don’t seem to be able to think for themselves anymore.”

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We’ve raised the past couple of generations with the belief that they don’t need to think for themselves or even accept personal responsibility. We’ve instilled in them the belief that the rest of society owes them everything.

So true axman.

Very true axman

“People don’t seem to be able to think for themselves anymore”

Isn’t there an app for that?

Why did they not publish the name of the company? If it was a comercial vehicle the name must be on the door.

You’ve hit the nail on the head, axman. Common sense is a dying thing.

Maybe it was the boss!

When driving in a marked work vehicle, you are representing the company. If I did that where I work, I’d be fired. No ifs ands or buts.

Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2015 @ 8:19 AM by JohnnyBelt

When driving in a marked work vehicle, you are representing the company. If I did that where I work, I’d be fired. No ifs ands or buts.

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I’m guessing you’re not unionized? :)

The last two generations are the only ones who can’t think for themselves and make terrible decisions behind the wheel as a result?

And what generation was that who lived in the era of muscle cars, where drinking and driving and no seat belts was common place? Maybe the same one who tends to make sweeping comments about current generations? Hmmm, that’s interesting.

I personally think previous generations are the best at making themselves sound way more responsible than they really were. I guess the aging process does weird things to people ;)

“Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2015 @ 9:16 AM by NMG

The last two generations are the only ones who can’t think for themselves and make terrible decisions behind the wheel as a result? ”

That’s not what I said. I said we’ve raised them to believe they don’t *need to* think for themselves. I believe personal responsibility is disappearing at an ever increasing rate.

And I doubt drinking and driving has ever been commonplace. Even in my youth (the 60’s) it was not common. Contrary to popular myth, not everyone wore tie dye and drove VW vans. :)

axmans says:

We’ve raised the past couple of generations with the belief that they don’t need to think for themselves or even accept personal responsibility. We’ve instilled in them the belief that the rest of society owes them everything.
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Do you have any reputable evidence to support your statement? Based on personal experience of working with young people for multiple decades, I will suggest that your statement is just more intolerant hyperbole based on your observation that many people do not think (or act) like you. Where in the article does it say that the driver was young? For all we know, the driver could have been a working senior.

“Based on personal experience of working with young people for multiple decades,…”

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Your personal experience is more “reputable” then mine? How arrogant of you.

Thanks NMG for raising the generation slagging.

Axman from generation slagging to culture slagging in defence “not everyone wore tie dye and drove VW vans.” So hippies in VW vans were the problem??? Not that I dont slag groups some times, its just NMG raises a valid point and your defence is back to square one.

I think there are still a wack of people who make bad decissions by only considering themselves. This is our culture not just any one group no matter the group. As a species we are weeds that usually default to being narcisissts. We need to be taught not to be, so axman you have a point you under emphasized. That is we continue to do a poor job teaching. We all need to be taught and teach how to be the best we can be.

“Axman from generation slagging to culture slagging in defence “not everyone wore tie dye and drove VW vans.” So hippies in VW vans were the problem???”

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Who said anything about hippies being a problem? I was simply pointing out that the popular idea of what the 60s were like is a myth.

But, I just came back to drop some numbers for “anotherside”.

In 1962 Canada had about 18.6 million citizens. 6,823 Juveniles were charged with Breaking and Entering in that year. By 1974, the population had risen to about 22.8 million and 19256 Juveniles were charged with Breaking and Entering that year. Do you still think that’s hyperbole? Behavior is getting worse as each new generation comes along. My generation were no saints but you can be damn sure you could walk down the street and not feel threatened.

Axman..whats the standard devation of error, sample reigon, sample size and population for those stats..? Have fun googling that..next time put some real thought into it before regurgitating numbers..

Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2015 @ 11:46 AM by northman

Axman..whats the standard devation of error, sample reigon, sample size and population for those stats..? Have fun googling that..next time put some real thought into it before regurgitating numbers..

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Those numbers are not samples; there is no standard deviation or any other statistical interpretation. Next time, try putting some real thought into your statements before you end up sounding like a total buffoon.

Some things get better some things get worse. I don’t know the stats but I believe most crime rates are at 40 year lows. It sounds like your perception of safety has shifted as opossed to the reality.

Back to the origional news story, we are not talking about criminal activity. The story is about people doing stupid selfish things.

This was certainly a stupid selfish act given the road conditions. Good thing they didnt hit someone or we would have been talking about a criminal act.