[dtaygolf]

Thank-You. This is exactly the point. It seems certain member's of the VPD are going after a lot of very trivial traffic enforcement issues.
Sports exhausts and clear side makers, let's face it, these are simple common mods that many enthusiasts do. And often it's just cosmetic, in no way does this single you out as a "street racer", unless you really are! These are not safety issues in any reasonable sense, yet many of these VIs are issued for extremely trivial and silly "offenses".
Jay walking is actually a good case in point. How many pedestrians are killed or injured each year in Vancouver alone for (commonly) disobeying this law? Because it is an inherently dangerous activity , with the stats to back it up, so why the apparent lack of enforcement? Well, it's a pain in the ass to catch and ticket someone on foot, if your in a vehicle. Many of the types that routinely do it, let's face it, on the DTES are drug addled addicts, good luck with that, as well PIVOT will jump down VPD supervisors necks for targeting that group of people. But based on stats, I'm going to go out on a limb and say, more people are killed and injured each year from this "seemingly harmless activity". I'm pretty sure a Lamborghini's exhaust hasn't killed anybody lately...unless you count heart attacks .
So then police routinely practice discretion, you can see this as most police will not pull over vehicles that are 10km/hr or less over the limit, since it's not really a safety issue, especially if it's flow of traffic, It's the outliers they typically go after. Obviously this is the easy low hanging fruit that they seem to be targeting. Because it's not a moving violation, it's not easy to challenge legally. The real question is to what end, and why do they care so much?
By the way, what ever happened to that promised "campaign" for enforcement of pedestrians disobeying traffic signals? ( walk and stop), I somehow remember this was a promise. I can't imagine the outrage if police targeted pedestrians ( even for their own stupidity), evening news and pedestrians rights activists would be protesting and blocking bridges in weeks. Car owners are already much maligned by elitist progressives, so easy pickings for whoever has an ax to grind.