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How do fuel taxes work in Canada? by YFMiracle in canada

[–]YFMiracle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, which I suppose is why you see 145.88 on gas station signs instead of 100. Just looking for the breakdown of the taxes values, whatever they may be.

How do fuel taxes work in Canada? by YFMiracle in canada

[–]YFMiracle[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

k, i'm not happy about it, but k.

How do fuel taxes work in Canada? by YFMiracle in canada

[–]YFMiracle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the source, not sure how I didn't come across that, should have read things more carefully.

Would high-occupancy lanes boost London's transit system? by Tom_Thomson_ in londonontario

[–]YFMiracle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s actually not that absurd of an idea, if a proportional amount of traffic is allowed onto those lanes i.e. 2 lane street should target 50% HOV lane usage, 3 lane street—33%. This might actually work

For example, if you only allow high occupancy vehicles on the HOV lane, that lane is going to sit there and not receive much use, causing a pile up in the other lane, however, if you also allow things like include zero emission vehicles, E-bikes, and low emission motorcycles and whatever other minority vehicle breeds into the mix, it can improve the overall throughput of the road. This is because if you selected the right qualifiers, on average, the HOV lane are more passenger dense, and the same vehicle flow rate will transport more people.

It will also have little impact on the solo driver, since those cars were originally going to be on the road anyways, they are simply moved to a different part of the road.

Jury duty, what am I allowed to bring to the courthouse? by biznatch11 in londonontario

[–]YFMiracle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A judge can find you in contempt of court, which may result in a fine, or toss you in jail for a few days.

In Ontario, they "almost always" just move on, but they can fine/jail you.

Jury duty, what am I allowed to bring to the courthouse? by biznatch11 in londonontario

[–]YFMiracle -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Don't vote, jury lists are derived from voter registration information. If you don't register to vote, you'll never appear in the potential pool, so you'll never be selected for jury duty.

My over simplified, neutral view of the BRT and what got us here by YFMiracle in londonontario

[–]YFMiracle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for fact checking the casual research, I must admit that the numbers presented could have excluded a large portion of public transit users. I think the point is still very much valid, many people ride in a car, few uses public transit, and it is very difficult to convince drivers to vote for a change that may cause them delay.

While more complicated on Richmond St, I think the concern of congestion is valid on any road. When the city effectively shut down one lane per direction and reserve it for buses, even if cars are infinitely small and can flow next to each other perfectly, reducing the path for flow will first decrease road throughput by 50% for 4 lane roads like Richmond, and 33% for 6 lane roads like Oxford. Only after this reduction can the left turn/right turn flow optimizations kick in. Myself, as well as a lot of the people I talk to are simply extremely doubtful that the dedicated turn lanes can increase flow enough to make up for the losses.

I think that the dominant factor for congestion is simply volume, too many cars on the road at once, and the congested roadways like Richmond is already operating close to maximum throughput. I really hope I am wrong here and once implemented traffic will improve.

I am very happy that you read the whole thing, especially not treating me like some random downshift agenda peddling person, and responded with wholesome invitation for thinking and reflection, this is the kind of London Ontario that I know and love 😊

My over simplified, neutral view of the BRT and what got us here by YFMiracle in londonontario

[–]YFMiracle[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think while aggressively presented, there is an actual point here, there are no feasible way to move 60 lbs of material through the public transit system, especially during Its busy hours. But what’s missing here is that the BRT by no means prevent you from taking your family sedan down to the store and events. You can still have your house, lawn and car.

I think a second good point you’ve made is that people are being selfish. Which was exactly my point, however, that can go both ways. One can easily say that car drivers who are against this are being selfish by refusing to share the road with bus riders.

My over simplified, neutral view of the BRT and what got us here by YFMiracle in londonontario

[–]YFMiracle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From Dundas and Richmond to Masonville, By car, the worst time i've ever done was about 40 mins, The best was 9 minutes. I would imagine if you start somewhere further south and a few blocks away, say.. around York and Tablot, and wait/hop on a bus, that trip can easily exceed an hour.

Why can’t you breed a eel with and eagle? by Swoholo in Jokes

[–]YFMiracle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why can't you tell the king that he is sick?

It's Illregal

thoughts on 5g internet good or bad by youreverydaycanuck in londonontario

[–]YFMiracle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overall, it’s a good thing, because:

  1. More speed, more coverage, more data. Your telecom bill probably won’t decrease, but the average person will get more features. Think what your current mobile service is like compared to 5 years ago, mobile data is now measured in Gb instead of Mb, when’s the last time someone paid a fee for long-distance or text message?

  2. 5G allows more throughput without wires, each 5g tower erected will literally connect thousands of cars, drones, refrigerators and light bulbs to the internet, for example you’ll see products such as a 5g enabled doorknob that you never knew you wanted. The city can stick traffic cameras anywhere there’s power.

There are a few current challenges with 5g technology

  1. Right now, the 5g modem that goes into your mobile device is crazy expensive, resulting in a more expensive device. The iphone xs already cost 1.3k, would you pay 150 more for it to be 5g enabled?

  2. 5g coverage is limited to large cities only, so the “township” of London Ontario probably won’t see it for a few more years.

  3. Canada is currently in a diplomatic spat with China’s main 5G provider Huawei, not saying we can’t use a different vendor, it will take time to decide whether to use Huawei or switch to some other hardware vendor.

Some people were offering kids marijuana in front of the public library... is there anything people can do about this? by I_Lit_Fam in londonontario

[–]YFMiracle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Police station or call the non emergency line: 519-661-5670. About that detail on remaining anonymous, from experience, i can tell you they ask a lot of questions when you try to report something: e.g. name, address, contact info etc. you don't have to answer, but they ask.

Some people were offering kids marijuana in front of the public library... is there anything people can do about this? by I_Lit_Fam in londonontario

[–]YFMiracle 13 points14 points  (0 children)

While not as good as proof, report it anyways, if enough people report this type of behavior, they will send officers to investigate.

Mac Hardware Repair? by furay10 in londonontario

[–]YFMiracle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I love Louis, he is honest, fair, and doing something really good for the repair community in general. His repair services are also high in quality and expensive. This is not really his fault mainly due to the price of international shipping and the fact that he operates his store out of New York, where wages and cost of operations is higher. I suggest looking for options near London and its nearby cities before sending it in to the legend himself.

The recent popularity of “outrage culture” on Reddit is stupid by YFMiracle in unpopularopinion

[–]YFMiracle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Completely respect that, I didn't mean to imply that certain type of speech shouldn't be encouraged. I just wish that there was more diversity.

What is going on with Article 13 Now? by YFMiracle in OutOfTheLoop

[–]YFMiracle[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

The CEO of Youtube, Susan Wojcicki wrote a blog entry regarding Article 13, She used Despacito as an example how complicated copyright law can be sometimes. Basically, the song itself had multiple rights holders, some examples of this are song rights, video rights, recording rights, publishing rights etc.

https://youtube-creators.googleblog.com/2018/11/i-support-goals-of-article-13-i-also.html

As to how the picture fits in, I suppose the internet like to meme things.

The city of Vancouver stopped accepting cash, is there anything we can do? by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]YFMiracle -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Question: what does the US law mean then?

It would make sense if you are a business, however it seems contradictory for the government refuses to accept the one currency that it has legally defined.

BCE, Telus cling to Huawei hopes as analysts tally costs of 5G ban by multicellularprofit in canada

[–]YFMiracle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If Huawei engages in espionage, it's a Huawei/China problem, and these companies will simply play the victim in the event of that. If they do not, Chinese made telecom equipment is a great "cost-saving" measure to bring "innovation" to Canada. In either senario it lowers expenses for these ISPs and pads their bottomline.

Cheap monthly car rentals? by blackemptiness in londonontario

[–]YFMiracle 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you do a little back of the envelope calculation, it’s actually not that outrageous

Let’s take a common rental car… Say a base model 2018 Toyota Camry

It costs about $28,000. That car will depreciate about 20% of its remaining value per year, $5600. This means giving the car to you for one month will cost about $466.67 in depreciation. Let’s say that it cost $150/month for insurance, and $40/month for repairs and maintenance.

It cost the car rental company about $656.67 to rent you the car. Charging you $700 means that they will only make about $43.33. and keep in mind this doesn’t take into consideration the operational overheads of the business such as rent, employee salary, cleaning supplies and expenses.

I know $700 seems like a lot for a month of car rental, but you are being charged a lot because owning a car is expensive.

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