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What I don't understand (looking in from Europe) is why the Police just doesn't confiscate every single truck that is blocking or honking all day? Can't you cit

What I don't understand (looking in from Europe) is why the Police just doesn't confiscate every single truck that is blocking or honking all day? Can't you cite them with improper operation of a vehicle or reckless operation and impound the vehicle? Also if you are going to start freezing bank accounts, how are you going to identify people? They may not even have an ID on them and the truck might be stolen for all we know.

cloutchaser 5y ago
As far as I know many many towing companies are refusing to help. How do you get rid of trucks without towing trucks?
- baq 5y ago
  Tow with a tank. I mean, isn’t it getting close to that?
  - tpxl 5y ago
    Using military to do police work is a dangerous business.
    - baq 5y ago
      So is freezing bank accounts of innocent people…
      - muzika 5y ago
        Without a court order..
- NoPie 5y ago
  Easy, by diplomacy not by force. Talk to truckers at first. Listen what they want. Get rid of useless vaccine mandates and the truckers will leave on their own accord.
  - Ekaros 5y ago
    That would just prove that the fascist were wrong. Can't have that. The opposition to totalitarianism is always wrong. You have to understand that those who are in power don't want solutions or good of the people. They want total obedience.
    - candiodari 5y ago
      You'd think that having 5 "waves", two of which easily infected 50% of the population, most waves while having vaccines available, lockdowns and ... would have proven beyond anyone's reasonable doubt that the measures (and heavy handed government enforcement) were totally ineffective. "Wrong" in other words. Essentially all governments initially promised a lockdown with the express purpose of not having to deal with a long drawn-out epidemic. I can only say: Well done! Then came the promises: okay, not short, but they'll keep vulnerable groups safe! Well, studies now say, most people vulnerable to covid ... died. Despite the measures. So we have the worst of all possible worlds: 1) people who were sensitive to covid for some reason largely died (as proven by very comparable death rates between countries with vastly different measures, once you exclude the tiny, obviously lying (China, Russia, a bunch of others), islands other than Britain, or those that don't have any health care to effectively determine cause of death) 2) we had ENORMOUS negative impacts from ineffective measures to prevent 1. But you can't talk with people who imagine they're disease free, and terrified of losing that "pure" status. It is very well known that any human's immune system is constantly fighting a few hundred battles with a few hundred different diseases, even in the cleanest human alive. And on top of that, fights with internal problems, like cancers, even the odd too enthousiastic immune system cell. Of course, now that all measures have failed, people have generally decided to settle on the most hateful conclusion possible: that the spread of all waves was the fault of all these other people who don't agree with extreme measures ...
      - dazag 5y ago
    - muzika 5y ago
- david38 5y ago
  For every towing company that refuses to help, audit them, run surprise inspections, make a new law that requires to comply with legal city requests in order to maintain a license to operate.
  - kbelder 5y ago
    Yeah, that's how you'll tame the protests against government overreach.
  - aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
    Wow. This period of time really shines a light on us all, doesn't it?
- inter_netuser 5y ago
  the city has several heavy tows that can move double-decker buses, and also trucks.
- deleted 5y ago
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pram 5y ago
I’ve thought about this a bit, they may not have many people who know how to drive a truck like that :V
- inter_netuser 5y ago
  Driving those trucks is identical to driving a bus. In fact, thats how a lot of these truckers pass the driving test: by driving a bus. Now, the city bus service in Ottawa, also has heavy tows, that can pull a double-decker bus, or a semi tractor. They could've been doing this a long time ago.....but they didn't. Why? They had all the tools.
  - aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
    City bus drivers driving a 21 speed? Sure thing.
    - ecf 5y ago
      Would take me less than an hour to learn enough to drive a semi truck from point A to point B.
fmajid 5y ago
I’m guessing Canada isn’t as used to violent protest (instigated by foreigners) as the US and Europe, and authorities were caught unprepared.
- hobomatic 5y ago
  > violent
jesusofnazarath 5y ago
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cloutchaser 5y ago

As far as I know many many towing companies are refusing to help. How do you get rid of trucks without towing trucks?

baq 5y ago
Tow with a tank. I mean, isn’t it getting close to that?
- tpxl 5y ago
  Using military to do police work is a dangerous business.
  - baq 5y ago
    So is freezing bank accounts of innocent people…
    - muzika 5y ago
      Without a court order..
NoPie 5y ago
Easy, by diplomacy not by force. Talk to truckers at first. Listen what they want. Get rid of useless vaccine mandates and the truckers will leave on their own accord.
- Ekaros 5y ago
  That would just prove that the fascist were wrong. Can't have that. The opposition to totalitarianism is always wrong. You have to understand that those who are in power don't want solutions or good of the people. They want total obedience.
  - candiodari 5y ago
    You'd think that having 5 "waves", two of which easily infected 50% of the population, most waves while having vaccines available, lockdowns and ... would have proven beyond anyone's reasonable doubt that the measures (and heavy handed government enforcement) were totally ineffective. "Wrong" in other words. Essentially all governments initially promised a lockdown with the express purpose of not having to deal with a long drawn-out epidemic. I can only say: Well done! Then came the promises: okay, not short, but they'll keep vulnerable groups safe! Well, studies now say, most people vulnerable to covid ... died. Despite the measures. So we have the worst of all possible worlds: 1) people who were sensitive to covid for some reason largely died (as proven by very comparable death rates between countries with vastly different measures, once you exclude the tiny, obviously lying (China, Russia, a bunch of others), islands other than Britain, or those that don't have any health care to effectively determine cause of death) 2) we had ENORMOUS negative impacts from ineffective measures to prevent 1. But you can't talk with people who imagine they're disease free, and terrified of losing that "pure" status. It is very well known that any human's immune system is constantly fighting a few hundred battles with a few hundred different diseases, even in the cleanest human alive. And on top of that, fights with internal problems, like cancers, even the odd too enthousiastic immune system cell. Of course, now that all measures have failed, people have generally decided to settle on the most hateful conclusion possible: that the spread of all waves was the fault of all these other people who don't agree with extreme measures ...
    - dazag 5y ago
  - muzika 5y ago
david38 5y ago
For every towing company that refuses to help, audit them, run surprise inspections, make a new law that requires to comply with legal city requests in order to maintain a license to operate.
- kbelder 5y ago
  Yeah, that's how you'll tame the protests against government overreach.
- aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
  Wow. This period of time really shines a light on us all, doesn't it?
inter_netuser 5y ago
the city has several heavy tows that can move double-decker buses, and also trucks.
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pram 5y ago

I’ve thought about this a bit, they may not have many people who know how to drive a truck like that :V

inter_netuser 5y ago
Driving those trucks is identical to driving a bus. In fact, thats how a lot of these truckers pass the driving test: by driving a bus. Now, the city bus service in Ottawa, also has heavy tows, that can pull a double-decker bus, or a semi tractor. They could've been doing this a long time ago.....but they didn't. Why? They had all the tools.
- aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
  City bus drivers driving a 21 speed? Sure thing.
  - ecf 5y ago
    Would take me less than an hour to learn enough to drive a semi truck from point A to point B.

fmajid 5y ago

I’m guessing Canada isn’t as used to violent protest (instigated by foreigners) as the US and Europe, and authorities were caught unprepared.

hobomatic 5y ago
> violent

jesusofnazarath 5y ago

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