Jan 27

CWB is 68 days old - we are changing the future

Tag: Consumers, Lawrence Cannon — sergelbergeron @ 1:00 pm

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4 Responses to “CWB is 68 days old - we are changing the future”

  1. Cy says:
    January 27th, 2008 at 11:27 pm

    Transport Canada and CMVSS215 specification:

    Wake up Transport Canada. Is anybody home?

    Airbags are typically designed to deploy at between 8 and 14 MPH
    (not 8kph) when colliding with an immovable barrier and at 28 MPH when colliding with a moveable object such as a parked car.

    Where is the safety factor involved when you state that bumpers must meet a pendelum impact at 8kph.

    At 8kph you might spill your coffee or drop your donut resulting in a cleaning bill of $2.99. (presently on sale at our local cleaners)

    Corvettes:
    Anyone that has seen a Corvette, knows that it cannot travel at 8kph. A Corvette travels faster than that when it is parked with the handbrake engaged.

    Harmonize with the USA and you could become believable again.

  2. Mario says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 1:03 am

    Transport Canada (TC) has a don’t ask/don’t tell policy. It only listens to and does what the Canadian Automobile Manufacturers (CAM) instruct it to do. After all when this sham a.k.a. CMVSS215 all comes crashing down, like the fuel immobilizer issue, there will have to be a scapegoat and TC will step right in and assume the role.

  3. Cy says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

    Car Crash Tests and Crash Test Dummies.

    Can someone enlighten me regarding the following:

    I sometimes find the literature put out by Transport Canada
    to be arbitrary, obscure, confusing and capable of being
    interpreted in more than one manner.
    Other than that, I’d say it was perfect.

    Also upon checking a day or days later some of the text appears to be different.
    There is no explanation of the changes or the reasons for same.

    What is the solution on view of their Monopoly?

    Do we then do one of the following?

    a: Pass Go, pay the GST, Import Fee and drive into Canada?

    b: Pay the GST, Import Fee, don’t pass Go and go straight to Jail?.

    c: Try to do the impossible by calling T.C, and/or RIV for clarification?

    Has anyone else experienced a similar situation such as this with the Immobilizer, Daylight Running Lights, Safety Features
    or Bumper Regulations.

    Also when they speak of the Crash Test Dummies, are they referring to the dummies inside the cars or the dummies who wrote the specifications?

    They Auto get their act together.

    Just asking, but Dumbfounded!

  4. Richard says:
    January 29th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

    Since GM admits that US spec Corvettes don’t meet Cdn bumper standards, and since the US and Cdn bumpers are the same (same part numbers). Then wake up Transport Canada. Why do you allow ANY corvettes into Canada?

    But I’ll bet that if TC tried to ban all corvettes, GM would suddenly admit that the bumpers do meet Cdn standards.