Get Your Excessive Speeding In Before Midnight Tonight

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/261778

The new street-racing law goes into effect tomorrow, and OPP Sgt. Cam Woolley predicts "shock and awe" over the tough new provincial legislation.

If a driver is caught going 50 kilometres over the speed limit, police will impound the vehicle for seven days, issue a minimum $2,000 fine and suspend the driver's licence for seven days.

Ahem.

I think I especially like that this law not only presumes guilt without a court case (something you are entitled to under the law- even for a speeding ticket), but that it also is static in terms of the 'amount of the the limit'. Meaning, if you're doing 100 in a 50, you probably need to be given a smack upside the head- but if you're doing 150 in a 100, maybe a big ticket is a better and more fit punishment.

My favorite part of the article is this-

"If a motorist is coming off the 400-series highway at 100 kilometres an hour and hits an 80 zone and then goes through a small town with a 50 zone, they will be 50 over the limit and will get their car impounded," Woolley said.

I like that the OPP is essentially giving a heads up that otherwise innocent drivers can have their cars seized because of idiotic speed changes- which aren't all that uncommon especially on minor highways outside of the Toronto region.

Chalk another one up for the Black Helicopters gang.

Some People Have Apparently Failed Their Plagiarism Courses In University

I refer you today to the oddly named 'GM Inside News' website- a site that I used to frequent myself until about 2 months ago or so. Oddly named because most of the time it has nothing to do with GM, is populated by outsiders, and as today's little morsel of information proves, has no 'news' per se. For those that don't know, I left that site of my own accord, and have since swept it from the vast expanse of my mind. In the meantime, all mentions of The Mags Report have been deemed against the rules at GM Inside News, as though the site administrators were Gestapo quelling the French resistance. So all has been good... until a little birdie told me about a new thread started by one of the 'news' contributors (read: makes shit up and/or copies it and pretends it's exclusive).

The link of the day is-

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49268

What's that link you ask? And I quote...

For the 2008 model-year only the Cadillac CTS and Cadillac STS will utilize the new direct-injected V6. It has been speculated that Cadillac would be the only GM division to use it until a new, larger-displacement High-Feature V6 is ready for exclusive-use at Cadillac. The 3.6L is said to be capable of being bored to up to 4.0L, which is likely what GM will do for Cadillac.

It turns out that Cadillac is getting exclusive-rights to the new V6 for just one model year.

Sounds awful familiar don't it? Oh wait, that's right, THE MAGS REPORT had that very news all the way back on March 31st.

http://themagsreport.blogspot.com/2007/03/40-hf-engine-coming-to-cadillac.html

An internal source is indicating that Cadillac and GM are couching a bit on the upcoming 2008 CTS. Everyone knows that the base engine will be the current 3.6 motor making 255 horsepower. Likewise, Cadillac and GM have announced that the uplevel motor will be the same engine with direct injection making about 300 HP. What hasn't been unveiled yet is that Cadillac will be receiving an exclusive High Feature variant with a 4.0 litre displacement for model year 2009, slotting above the 3.6 DI engine. It will make about 350 horsepower and will be a placeholder until the Ultra V8 can be slotted into the CTS as it moves upmarket to battle the BMW 5 Series.

So apparently the douchebags at GMI feel free to plagiarize articles and take credit for news that isn't their own. Is anyone really surprised? Second rate website, second rate contributors, second rate administration, and new to the party, second rate plagiarism- all hallmarks of GMI. What might be most amusing is that I posted a commentary about the plagiarism on the site, but the mods saw fit to remove it. They need to protect their asses after all, right?

MF