yllus
Elite Member & Lifer
Don't worry, Americans. This doesn't affect you - just us Canadians living in the province of Ontario. :|
When nitrous ban doesn't even specify nitrous
Ontario's Bill 241, the one that purports to ban nitrous oxide from road-going cars, sucks.
Mainly because it does not ban nitrous oxide from road-going cars.
Instead, as a proposed amendment to the Highway Traffic Act, it states: "No person shall drive or permit to be driven on a highway a motor vehicle with a prescribed part, containing a prescribed substance or equipped with prescribed equipment in prescribed circumstances."
Oh, well then, that's clear.
What is "prescribed equipment"? What is a "prescribed substance"? What are "prescribed circumstances"?
A subsequent provision says that the "Lieutenant Governor in Council" will make such prescriptions.
Today, it may be nitrous oxide.
Tomorrow, who knows?
Some bureaucrat or police officer might decide that you wouldn't need wider tires than those that came with your car, unless you were planning to go street racing.
Off with your head!
In fact, there's nothing in this bill to prevent said bureaucrat or officer from deciding that the tires that did come with your car are wider than you need.
This is the most generalized piece of legislation I've ever seen. If you think being pulled over and having your modded car scrutinized closely for anything a cop could charge you with is bad right now, just wait this tasty piece of law hits the books.
When nitrous ban doesn't even specify nitrous
Ontario's Bill 241, the one that purports to ban nitrous oxide from road-going cars, sucks.
Mainly because it does not ban nitrous oxide from road-going cars.
Instead, as a proposed amendment to the Highway Traffic Act, it states: "No person shall drive or permit to be driven on a highway a motor vehicle with a prescribed part, containing a prescribed substance or equipped with prescribed equipment in prescribed circumstances."
Oh, well then, that's clear.
What is "prescribed equipment"? What is a "prescribed substance"? What are "prescribed circumstances"?
A subsequent provision says that the "Lieutenant Governor in Council" will make such prescriptions.
Today, it may be nitrous oxide.
Tomorrow, who knows?
Some bureaucrat or police officer might decide that you wouldn't need wider tires than those that came with your car, unless you were planning to go street racing.
Off with your head!
In fact, there's nothing in this bill to prevent said bureaucrat or officer from deciding that the tires that did come with your car are wider than you need.
This is the most generalized piece of legislation I've ever seen. If you think being pulled over and having your modded car scrutinized closely for anything a cop could charge you with is bad right now, just wait this tasty piece of law hits the books.
