elwoodblues
Elwood Blues
join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON
| [Serious] Rusty TTC bus pulled off road
I'm sure some of you are saying.. yeah yeah.. NO this was a bus in service, with GARBAGE BAGS stuff in the frame.
»www.torontosun.com/news/torontoa···sun.html
This is your tax cuts at work. you may have more money (I doubt it) in your pocket but the our public infrastructure is falling apart |
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HiVolt
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Toronto, ON
clubs: | There are some rusty TTC buses out there, thats for sure. Too bad there isn't a pic of this one.
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Styvas
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said by elwoodblues  :This is your tax cuts at work. you may have more money (I doubt it) in your pocket but the our public infrastructure is falling apart Excuse me? Did Miller or McGuinty cut taxes, because I don't think your pet federal complaint applies to municipal transit issues. Regardless, keep it to CanPol. 
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elwoodblues
Elwood Blues
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Toronto, ON | I'm talking about Harris, and his decision to no longer fund municipal transit systems.
The Harperites have decided it's a provincial responsibility, but they have kicked in some bucks |
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Wolfie00
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Sounds more like incompetence to me, rather than lack of money. Once again, the first line of my sig seems to be the explanation we are looking for here! 
With hundreds of expensive new buses being purchased with federal and provincial handouts and major service expansion announcements, the TTC doesn't exactly seem to be wallowing in poverty:
»www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/347159
»www.marketwire.com/press-release···198.html
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happylurk
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I could see this having gone the other way with the headline reading "TTC WASTES TAX DOLLARS SCRAPPING COSMETICALLY DAMAGED VEHICLE"
I seriously kinda wonder if this is a "Damned if ya do and damned if ya don't kinda scenario?" |
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Devanchya
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Ajax, ON | Well in this cases, the police car was being HIT by rust flakes and metal shards as it drove behind the bus.
What's the old rule? If you can use your car like it's the Flintstones, time to get a new car. |
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HiVolt
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| said by Devanchya :Well in this cases, the police car was being HIT by rust flakes and metal shards as it drove behind the bus. What's the old rule? If you can use your car like it's the Flintstones, time to get a new car. I had a friend who was pulled in an old shitbox 1984 mustang 4banger, he had a huge chunk of his rear trunk rusted out, and much of the rear wheel well sheetmetal as well. This was years ago, I dont think he was given a ticket just an order to get it repaired and safety tested afterwards.
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Snickerdo
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said by Devanchya :Well in this cases, the police car was being HIT by rust flakes and metal shards as it drove behind the bus. The officer also had the courtesy to let the bus finish dropping off passengers and only ordered it off the road at the end of the day, rather than kicking everyone off the bus and taking it off the road the moment the metal started to hit the car. The TTC are fuming over the "conduct" of the police, but in my opinion they have a lot of nerve to say peep about this. I suppose this is what happens when the largest transit system in the country is run by a 31 year-old socialist who's never had a real job in his life.
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elwoodblues
Elwood Blues
join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON | I can't agree more, the cop was more the courteous.
Buses are supposed to last some 20+yrs (I think they get a rebuild in between) but this is crazy! |
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elwoodblues
Elwood Blues
join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON
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Back in my College days I had an old Pontiac Astra, it sucked more oil then gas.
Got pulled over by the cops because of the fumes coming out of the back. They rocked the seats to make sure they didn't come apart, then made me get a Safety at the DOT.
Well I spent more then a few days doing a bondo job on the rust and giving it a spray can paint job.
It was taken from me at the Keele Street DOT to get tested, while they were checking it out, it was just SPEWING oil fumes...
Not a peep.. a few minor issues which I fixed the next week and it passed the Safety... these days I suspect they'd look at the fumes and pull the plates due to environmental concerns |
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Last Parade
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join:2002-10-07
Port Colborne, ON
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I love how the stupid Sun is about an inch away from defending the TTC's actions. I would've chosen a more strongly-worded headline. |
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