Not to defend any bad behaviour by police in Canada or anywhere else but my
experience has been to be stopped only twice in 10 years driving my van in
every province of Canada over 120,000km. Both times entirely justified. 1.
Heading south through NY state - got a very polite speeding ticket from a
State Trooper. 2. RCMP got me  in Manitoba  for 110 km in a 90km zone.
Received a polite, good humoured lecture on risking the lives of my wife and
other passengers - no ticket - on site sentence consisted of having to agree
to buy  my wife a nice meal to make amends. Very polite, very effective and
a  source of unending amusement for my wife, who greatly enjoys telling the
story. Apparently I do too.

Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: Driving In Canada

In a message dated 5/14/2002 9:09:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

> Driving In Canada

       Never been pulled over for any random checks in the Ottawa area nor
seen or heard of any of this nonsense around here !  Come on down for <A
HREF="http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm">
BusFusion</A> and enjoy some "Real" Canadian hospitality !

Cheers

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, May 30, 31, June 1, 2, 2002
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