Hey guys whats up.
Well a friend of mine has finally had enough of all the harassment going on (or Social Profiling as i’ve come to call it) with regards to modified car owners, the Government and Police. Simpley owning a modifed car does NOT make you a street racer regardless if you own a Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Subaru and so on.
As such he’s created the following and I wanted to post this up to show all of you that FINALLY someone is actually doing something about it rather then just gripe.
the following is a direct quote*
"Ontario Modified Vehicle Owners Council
June 23, 2006
Your vehicle is your pride and joy. You invest many hours and dollars in it and it shows. This is why OMVOC (Ontario Modified Vehicle Owners Council is here – to support you and your passion for your vehicle. OMVOC was created to effectively lobby governments and multiple jurisdictions about modified vehicle owner’s common interests for recreational purposes.
OMVOC is a non-profit, member supported organization that will educate and change the public’s view of modified vehicles and their respective owners, in addition to promoting safe usage of modified vehicles in the owner’s choice of recreation.
OMVOC will make recommendations to the government so that modified vehicles will be provided fair and reasonable insurance practices, free of skyrocketing premiums and discrimination towards modifications that are street legal. OMVOC will also use its resources to work with local Police forces and eliminate social profiling that modified vehicle owner’s encounter.
Promoting your passion with the rest of the community will provide our members with a much better approach to the issues that they face. Whether a timeless classic, highly advanced tuner or a lifted 4X4. OMVOC will keep the freedom to own a modified vehicle alive, but this can only come from a unified, supportive organization. Join now – your voice counts, BE HEARD!
Jeffery J. Corradetti – President
John W. Wolak – Vice President
Dennis J. Howard – Treasurer / Board member
So here it is folks. Our FIRST official release to the public! Bear in mind that OMVOC is a REGISTERD non-profit organization and the greater the numbers we have the louder our voice will be at Queens Park! The membership fee is $30 per year and this will put you in our database as well as give you the right to attend OMVOC council meetings.
We will be accepting cash, cheque, money order and PayPal for now. PM me if you are interested in joining. Remember, this is for the benifit of ALL of us! if things keep up the way they are going, you will not be alowed to drive ANYTHING but a bone stock Honda insight that is govened to 100KM/h!
Think about it like this… if you go to your MP and say “I am being harrassed by the police” they take your statement down as a constiuant’s complaint and file it away, never to be seen again… NOW on the other hand, Join OMVOC and when we go to the MPs… we say"we represen 50,000 people" they sit up and listen PERSONALLY to the complaints brought forth."
To effect real change on how the Government, Police and the general public precieve modified car owners we must get behind this and support it. Further to this, I have started in motion a protest to be held at Queens Park with the support of OMVOC, other car clubs and of course people here on SON would be welcome to attend. I will post up more details as they become available but it’s tennatively set for sometime in August. This would envolve a cruise (at the speed limit) from a set point to Queens Park ending by encircling it. The main goal of this would be to show how just because you enjoy modifying your vehicle, your not a street racer and should not be judged as one. It’s a hobby that we all enjoy doing and nothing more. I mean seriously what ever happened to “proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt” as stated in the Criminal Code of Canada.
Anyway I just wanted to make you guys aware of this and hopefully we can count on SON’s support with this as the more people we have the stronger and louder our voice will be! 
Take care guys.
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