A 49-year-old man is facing several charges, including the dangerous operation of a vehicle, after revving his car’s engine outside Winnipeg police headquarters.

According to a news release, the incident happened around 1:10 a.m. Saturday morning. Police said a “suspicious” Chrysler 300 was on Garry Street, when the driver started revving the engine “obnoxiously.”

When officers approached the car, it quickly drove off. Police said the driver was operating the vehicle erratically; running red lights, weaving through traffic, and hitting speeds around 90 km/h in the downtown core.

Multiple police units, including the Tactical Support Team and the Canine Unit helped stop the vehicle near St. Michael Road and Pulberry Street.

  • @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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    419 months ago

    ITT: people only reading the misleading headline

    Asshole was arrested for reckless driving, and might have gotten away with it if he hadn’t goaded the cops by waking them up with his micropenis replacement.

    • @FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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      159 months ago

      Honestly pointlessly revving an engine at any time should be illegal. There is no reason for that excessive noise. Many of these exhausts are loud enough to damage hearing (which should be illegal to begin with).

      • Em Adespoton
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        59 months ago

        Seems like an obvious “disturbing the peace” infraction that could escalate if the person doesn’t stop when asked to by the police.

        Not to mention, there are probably city bylaws in place around extended idling (pollution laws).

        Not sure that the charge lines up perfectly with the behaviour though.

        • @FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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          29 months ago

          I would love to see laws or bylaws written and enforced to limit exhausts. Breathing their pollution is bad enough, people shouldn’t have to tolerate being exposed to noises loud enough to be considered hazardous on a worksite in their public spaces.

          More strict enforcement of catching people doing burn outs and donuts in parking lots would also help. Many walk away with just warnings while a ticket or impoundment could be more effective

      • Em Adespoton
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        19 months ago

        Really? If people in India stopped honking horns, how on earth would you know when to jump out if the way? The entire traffic flow in parts of India is based around always being able to hear what types of vehicles are where.

    • @girlfreddy@lemmy.caOP
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      19 months ago

      Riiight. The cop station is in downtown Winnipeg with exactly zero condo/apartments nearby.

      So really, how annoying can it be? Oh right. Cops heard it so it must be REALLY BAD.

      Pfft.

      • @snoons@lemmy.ca
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        49 months ago

        When officers approached the car, it quickly drove off. Police said the driver was operating the vehicle erratically; running red lights, weaving through traffic, and hitting speeds around 90 km/h in the downtown core.

        Multiple police units, including the Tactical Support Team and the Canine Unit helped stop the vehicle near St. Michael Road and Pulberry Street.

        The driver was arrested and officers discovered he had a quantity of methamphetamine in his possession.

    • @Worx@lemmynsfw.com
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      379 months ago

      Police said the driver was operating the vehicle erratically; running red lights, weaving through traffic, and hitting speeds around 90 km/h in the downtown core.

      It might have been the noise nuisance at 1am that started this, but it was the dangerous driving that led to the arrest.

      I’ve no love for the police as an institution, but surely someone being obnoxiously loud when people are trying to sleep and then endangering others with their driving is not a hero either

      • @FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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        39 months ago

        If the police aren’t to be responsible to remove dangerous drivers from the road who should be? Everyone is quick is call all cops bad but no one really has a solution to replace them.

        • @running_ragged@lemmy.world
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          79 months ago

          Thats flat out wrong.

          They don’t want to replace them entirely. But just maybe move funding to services to help those having mental health issues rather than paying to train cops to shoot the first time they’re scared then send them in to deal either erratic people having mental health issues will lead to better outcomes for everyone.

          When cities can’t afford services to help people, because policing is taking up a massive portion of their budget, then it’s a broken system that needs correction.

          • @kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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            9 months ago

            They don’t want to replace them entirely. But just maybe move funding to services

            That’s the “defund the police” people, who are typically very differently from the “ACAB” people.

    • Value Subtracted
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      309 months ago

      When officers approached the car, it quickly drove off. Police said the driver was operating the vehicle erratically; running red lights, weaving through traffic, and hitting speeds around 90 km/h in the downtown core.

      The driver was arrested and officers discovered he had a quantity of methamphetamine in his possession.

      The investigation also revealed the same vehicle was involved in an erratic driving incident on Pembina Highway a day prior.

      Yeah, sounds like a real upstanding citizen.

  • Jerkface (any/all)
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    39 months ago

    It reads like the guy intentionally got one star so he could see if he could lose the cops??

  • @Oderus@lemmy.world
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    29 months ago

    Mopar or no car. Title is total clickbait but glad he got arrested for speeding and running red lights.

  • Jerkface (any/all)
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    29 months ago

    The driver was arrested and officers discovered he had a quantity of methamphetamine in his possession.

    Oooohhhhh.