I Need to Ask Everyone a Question (may be slightly political).

"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman) 09/03/2016 at 19:29 • Filed to: None

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Doesn’t it seem somewhat wrong that in BC, there’s an entire branch of government dedicated to enforcing safety standards on private vehicles, considering the police take care of that job pretty much everywhere else in Canada? Does that seem like it could potentially lead to corruption, quotas, and targeting of modified car owners? Incredibly clean box Town Car on air ride for your time.

Nibby > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/03/2016 at 19:31

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aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/03/2016 at 19:32

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Eh, the way I see it the modifying scene is so small the chance of any corruption or targeting is pretty small.

Spridget > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/03/2016 at 19:33

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In Montana, a state just over the border from BC, you can register your car without a safety or emissions inspection.

dogisbadob > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/03/2016 at 19:33

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Yeah, it seems like the feds would deal with the imports, and the regular police would do the rest.

What are they targeting more, the JDM imports, or the people who buy their cars down here to pay less?

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > dogisbadob 09/03/2016 at 19:48

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Basically, if you drive a modified car, they target it. If they aren’t sure if you’re legal or not, they still slap you with a ticket. If you feel the ticket is unfair, they bog the appeal process down through lengthy and picky processes.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Spridget 09/03/2016 at 19:48

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Same here, but if you drive a modified car, they’ll pull you over and slap you with a ticket, even if they only *think* the modification is illegal or unsafe, but in reality done to the letter of the law.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 09/03/2016 at 19:50

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Trust me, I passed by a “checkpoint” the other day, and they had four or five cars pulled over, all visibly modified. Meanwhile, this dude in his crappy Taurus consisting of 50% bondo sailed by no problem.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/03/2016 at 19:56

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I have a feeling they most departments and governments aren’t fans of modded cars of any kind.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 09/03/2016 at 20:03

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Fair enough. Except in Michigan. Nobody cares in Michigan.

jimz > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/03/2016 at 20:26

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the little I know about Canadian policing boggles my mind. it’s weird to me that only three provinces have a police force, and the patchwork way police services are contracted out from cities to provinces or to RCMP is confusing at best.

down here, it’s pretty consistent. there’s technically no federal equivalent to the RCMP (we do have federal law enforcement e.g. FBI, and BATFE but they’re typically called in after the fact in an investigatory role.) Every state has some form of state police/highway patrol, counties typically have a sheriff’s department, and townships and unincorporated communities might have their own police departments, or contract with the county sheriff for policing.

Frenchlicker > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/03/2016 at 21:27

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Or Indiana, land of the free*

*Except if Pence has his way

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > jimz 09/03/2016 at 21:44

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Some provinces are federal/provincial/county/town. Some are federal/county/town, some are just federal/county/town. In the Okanagan Valley, the third biggest area in BC (next to Vancouver and the Lower Mainland), we only have federal. And then you get overlap with provincial vehicle safety enforcement and local bylaw enforcement. Did I mention that the school system varies by province, liquor sales vary by province (from as open as grocery stores to as closed as province-run and regulated stores), as well as much more.