Ontario Ups The Ante For Aggressive Drivers

Beware Ontario motorists, car and bike alike. Hefty new restrictions have been implemented on any sort of driving that might even remotely resemble aggressiveness. 50 kph over the limit will see your vehicle impounded and face an immediate $2,000 fine with a one-week license suspension. Look for a much larger fine after a later reaming in court. Burnouts and wheelies will get you got too. There is no chance for appeal. If you doubt this is safety-related and is a cash grab for the province, you'd be right in part. The police admit as much in the article that it is their "business". One thing the province anticipated? The increase in vehicles fleeing enforcement for fear of the reprecussions, and they might not just be those reckless teenagers anymore.

Toronto Star article

Joshua Jackson Filming New Bike Ride Movie

Dawson's Creek actor Joshua Jackson has begun filming a new movie where he plays a cancer-sticken character who sets out aboard a Norton on a motorcycle journey across the left-half of Canada. One Week is the title and it aims to capture the beautiful scenery between Toronto, Ontario and Tofino, BC.

WestCoaster.ca Article

Maritimes Finally Get A Motorcycle Show

For those Maritimers who've been yearning for an annual manufacturers bike show like the larger western cities get, the MMIC has yielded and come February 15th, 16th & 17th 2008, the inaugural Atlantic Motorcycle & ATV Show will be held at the Moncton Coliseum in New Brunswick. The only show to occur east of Québec City, this will serve the 1.8 million people residing in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, a region of the country forgotten about all too often.

Canada East Online Article

Horseback Riding Is More Dangerous Than Motorcycling

Photo by Formula Photographic

It appears that our mothers were wrong, motorcycling is not a dangerous activity, at least not as dangerous as riding a horse. Western-style riders look to be more at risk because of a lack of standard safety gear while equestrian English-style riders tend to be equipped with helmets and even Kevlar vests. Do I see a parallel with cruiser and sportbike riders here? Hmmmm. It should be noted that Christopher Reeve was injured while show-jumping, an English-style event. He was wearing a helmet which prevented brain-injury, but his upper vertebra were crushed, causing paralysis.

Globe and Mail article
Calgary Sun article