JDM now banned in Quebec for the next 180days!

[SAAQ_my_DEEK]

Right now we're trying to organize a cruise @ 60kmh on the highway to end up in either the SAAQ parking or Mme Boulet office.

Love the idea..... what time and date ? We were thinking of something similar...

http://www.jdm.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=177

but this sounds even better.....

[604R32]

For you Quebecers, it's probably a good idea to voice your opinions now.. during this 180 day probation period.

I have a feeling the politicians are hoping for a 'no-contest' and extend this ban permanently. I can see them say, "See? No one is affected.. might as well let this ban pass!"

[FarShark]

IF you guys want to make this work, you also NEED media coverage. Someone in Quebec is going to have to go through the trouble to get a hold of the media reporters to do a story on you guys. Or a small clip for the news.
This is your best and only real offense right now, rallying is fine, but not everyone will know about it and hence it will be like it never happened. You need to show the whole province and the rest of Canada that there are supporter and they are affected and willing to stand up.
Good luck! your fate will eventually determine ours.

[deliberate32]

Take a news crew for a ride, and show them how safe they really are.

[Futura]

I suggest that the media be taken for a ride in a RHD Delica or one of those cute little RHD trucks.

It would not help to have a kid fresh out of high school take a news reporter and videographer out for a spin in a tuned GTR with guages stapled to the dash. If that happens we're toast.

Would a boring ass adult with a RHD adult car step up please and reach out to the media.

I have this fear that the rally event will turn out poorly because 'what bleeds leads" and it takes just one numb nuts in a shyt box poorly maintained JDM rocket to show up and do a brakie for the news crew. IF that happens we're toast.

Good luck Quebec.

[klys]

my dad is 52 yo and has a pretty much stock GTS-T

i'll try to see if we could arrange for a reporter to come have a look

[GTRs13]

This is sad news indeed.

I am not from Canada, but feeling the aftershock from this decision already.

My best regards go out to you JDM freedom fighters! Good luck!

[Super-Skyline08]

who knows what would happen after these 180 days and they plan to keep rhd cars legal would everything go back to normal or would the law be realy strict about having some cars??

[m_melen]

when voicing your opinions, it might be a good idea to point out that several other kinds of "dangerous vehicles" are allowed to be on the road. SUVs (do more damage to other cars in accidents and are more likely to roll over), motorcycles (hard to control in emergencies), and even just supercars like ferraris and lamborghinis (theyre absurdly fast and their drivers usually speed).

[CanadianGTR]

I guess garbage trucks are going to be illegal. :roll:

[DarkCaporaL]

I guess garbage trucks are going to be illegal. :roll:

Canada Post trucks aswell.

[PopolZ]

They're already excluded from the ban...

[TougeR32]

There was an article in The Province about this weekend as well:

Right-hand-drive car owners in B.C. fear ban

By Susan Lazaruk, The ProvinceMay 2, 2009Comments (53)

VANCOUVER — Owners of right-hand-drive (RHD) vehicles in British Columbia worry their days on the streets may be numbered, after learning Quebec may announce a ban of further imports into that province because of safety fears.

The increasingly popular vehicles — from the Mitsubishi Delica diesel van popular with Tofino surfers, to the cute Nissan Figaro sportster, to the Nissan Skyline that appeals to racers — have been flooding into B.C. and across Canada from Japan for about the past five years.

The steering wheel in a RHD vehicle is on the right, rather than the left, side of the car.

Despite a Canadian rule that restricts foreign imports to vehicles older than 15 years, 73,000 second-hand vehicles were imported between 2000 and 2006, according to Transport Canada.

It’s not known how many are RHD, but Transport Canada reported imports of right-hand vehicles reached 200 a month in B.C. alone at one point.

“Over the past several years, they have become more popular,” said Insurance Corporation of B.C. spokeswoman Kathy Taylor.

The boom prompted ICBC in 2007 to tally the number of collisions involving RHDs.

The study found a 40 per cent higher accident rate, compared to left-hand drives.

“The increased rate of collision is believed to be a consequence of the reduced direct field of view for drivers of right-hand-drive vehicles, especially to see oncoming traffic when making a left turn, changing lanes, and pulling away from a curb,” she said.

The study also found the first accident in a RHD vehicle occurred, on average, 223 days after purchase, compared with 705 days for left-hand drives, or 68 per cent sooner, she said.

The report also compared the severity of crashes, but found no difference between the two types. The report’s authors noted more research is needed to determine “injury probability and cost.”


“We ask customers who are considering purchasing right-hand-drive vehicles to do their homework and be aware that these vehicles present a greater risk,” Taylor said.

Transport Canada, which cited the ICBC reviews, said it launched its review of the 15-year exclusion after requests from provincial and territorial governments.

Transport Canada said it’s continuing to monitor the risk level and is inviting comments through its website.

Grant Gates of Tyee Imports in Campbell River, B.C., who has imported 600 RHDs over the past five years, said the cars he imports are in excellent condition for 15-year-plus vehicles with low mileage.

He said if the exclusion was upped to 25 years, it would likely kill his business.

“There would be nothing worth bringing in,” he said.

Vancouver Province

[Dragon Humper]

Yea i like how they conveniantly left in a loophole for the garbage trucks and the postal vehicles (are we living in North Korea?). This is the letter I just wrote to SAAQ.



Subject: Complaint
Question or comment: It is very disturbing to me to hear that you are having a 180 day suspension on registering RHD vehicles in the province of Quebec. Such heavy handed and missguided actions only show that you are not acting on the behalf of the public at large but at the request of your local Used Car Dealership Associations concerns that their livelyhood is threatened. I am the current owner of a RHD car and am a mechanic. I can tell you that my car only needed $170 dollars worth of parts and a general cleaning to pass BC's strict inspection process. The excellent cond. of this almost 20year old vehicle far exeeds that of a 5 year old locally aged vehicle. Zero rust, low km's (58 000km) and a tightness of the drive gear that can only be described as "like new". The issue of RHD is really a non-issue. I have been to Japan on several occasions (my wife is Japanese) and have seen in person the mixing of RHD and LHD. The accedent rate of LHD in Japan is no more than the normal RHD. That is saying something because the LHD vehicles in Japan are generally much larger than most of the JDM vehicles that exist there. Just think of how much harder it is to traverse a very narrow street in a Caprice station wagon (very popular over there) with no more incidents than a car half the size. To ban RHD vehicles would be assuming that we in Canada are somehow inferior to Japan and Europe. To treat us like children who can't possibly know any better would be a mistake....the internet tells all. To deny us the freedom to purchase the car that most fits our needs based on the urging of the automitive lobby is not benifiting the community at large. Jon Herman.


I wish I had caught more spelling mistakes.....:roll:
Flood them with intelligent comments, even short ones from all over the country and they will get the hint that we can see right through the BS.



Jon.

[dah_hunter]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/05/06/righthand-drive.html

Comment away boys