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Man arrested, charged after revving engine outside Winnipeg police HQ

winnipeg.ctvnews.ca Man arrested, charged after revving engine outside Winnipeg police HQ

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.

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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.
- The editor really deserves a good chunk of the blame for that obviously misleading headline.
  
  Absolutely. They knew what they were doing.
Revving an engine at 1am is just asshole behavior. Good that the person got charged.
- 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).
  
  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.
- It's a way for the vehicle owner to broadcast to the world that they have a small dick.
  
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- That and honking horns. We need laws lime this here in India.
  
  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.
- 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.
  
  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.
- You can think it's an asshole behaviour without thinking it's appropriate to charge someone with a crime.
  
  If I noise complaint a protest, should everyone e arrested?
  
  Yeah did you read any of it?
  
  He ran red lights, drive erratic, went up to 90kph in down town, ON TOP of behaving like an asshole
  
  In most modern nations, communities get to determine what is and is not allowed and what the punishment should be, through their local laws.
  
  I don't see a single thing wrong with throwing a public nuisance in jail for the night for doing something that has absolutely no purpose except to bother the community. You wanted to get the community's attention? You got it buddy.
A wise man once told me: One crime at a time.
The clickbait is strong with this one.
It reads like the guy intentionally got one star so he could see if he could lose the cops??
- Whatever, Winnipeg stuff.
I thought cops stopped giving tickets for any traffic violations
The driver was arrested and officers discovered he had a quantity of methamphetamine in his possession.

Oooohhhhh.
Mopar or no car. Title is total clickbait but glad he got arrested for speeding and running red lights.
Jfc. Fucking cops got their feewings hurt by a reving engine.

ACA(weak-assed)B
- ACAB, but also, fuck people who rev their engines.
  
  Also fuck people who do 90 in-city, run reds, or weave through traffic.
- 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
  
  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.
- 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.
  
  Don’t forget the meth!
  
  Probably more downpuking...
  
  You may boo me now.
- Nope. Behaviour like this is inherently anti-social. I'm personally for creating a stronger community and this works against that.

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