P-51 Mustang

[Lightning Guy]

Requiring insurance is a fine law. If you have ever been rear-ended by someone with out insurance you know exactly what I am talking about. And you can drive without insurance, just be prepared to pay the fine if you are stopped by an officer or involved in an accident.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

or even better, you've stopped because of an acident with the officer in question ..................

 

[Lightning Guy]

Now that would royally suck.

 

[plan_D]

Yes, it would. I think it's a £200 fine for driving without insurance here, not nearly high enough, as insurance itself on average is about £300 a year.

 

[Lightning Guy]

Being stopped without insurance is a $500 here.

 

[Maestro]

And forgetting your driver's licence at home is 600 $ Can. here.
Using a personnal car as a work car (example : delivering pizza with your own car) is 1000 $ Can.

In Québec, I ever heard that I was FORCED to have car insurances though. But I must say that we have the SAAQ (Société de l'Assurance Automobile du Québec). It's a kind of gouvernemantal insurance. But it's still a good idea to also buy an insurance from a company.

 

[plan_D]

Now there's a weird system.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

not as weird as our government.............

 

[plan_D]

Our government is just not organised, not weird.

 

[Maestro]

Yeah, I must admit that our system is weird...

... So weird that if ever you drive a car while you're drunk, you got an accident, kill somebody and got badly hurt, of corse you'll lose your driver's licence and go in jail. But you'll got a compensation from the SAAQ for the wounds you had. If you can't work anymore (example : you're paralysed), they'll give you a life compention. That's the "no-fault" system. This system is so weird that we're trying to "reform" it.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i can't blame 'em, that's crap..............

 

[plan_D]

My God, that is stupid.

 

[Maestro]

I have to agree. Laws here are sometimes very stupid.

 

[cheddar cheese]

in alabama (i think its alabama) youre allowed to drink whilst driving and fire a gun whilst driving as long as your not pointing it at anyone

 

[Lightning Guy]

OK! I happen to be a resident of Alabama! And you are dead wrong on both of those!

 

[plan_D]

He said, he thinks it's alabama...calm down.

 

[Maestro]

An other weird law...

All across the Canada, it's illegal for all women to be topless on beaches... except in Ontario !

Honestly, who would be bothered to see a cute woman topless on the beach ?

 

[Lightning Guy]

I didn't even know they had beaches in Canada.

 

[Maestro]

I didn't even know they had beaches in Canada.

Oh... Their is beaches in Canada. But I must admit that they are not as sunny as US or Australian beaches.

Their is beaches all along the St-Laurent river, around the "Grands Lacs" (I'm sorry, I don't know the English name of that), on the West cost in British Columbia, in New-Brunswick and in Nova-Scotia. These are the most famous ones, but I'm sure their is many more.

 

[Lightning Guy]

Great Lakes, if you are referring to what I think you are referring to. Anyway, I appreciate the info. Thanks.