Garbage Truck Bagged For Street Racing
Here’s another one for TTAC’s new Whisky Tango Foxtrot category… Ontario’s new anti-street racing laws were enforced for the first time when a garbage truck was clocked doing about 70mph in a 40 mph zone. The Record reports that the Great Lakes Waste Management truck would be impounded for seven days, and the driver’s license suspended for a week– on top of a $2,000 fine for street-racing. The citation has caused the Ontario police to expand its investigations into alleged street racing beyond the initial targets (”young men in cars,” surprise, surprise). Their undue diligence now includes commercial vehicles. “The more we apply this new legislation, we’re seeing this problem is across the board,” says Ontario Police constable Joanna Van Mierlo. That, or garbage truck drivers are far more dedicated to time efficiency than previously thought. Talk about going like stink! [thanks to QuasiMondo for the link]