speed
Oshawa speed trap has a twist
18/05/08 13:59 Filed in: Teen
Driving
Not sure which crime is greater, the
stopping of those otherwise driving safely for the
self benefit of the state, or requiring the young
to sit through a state run propaganda program, or
telling them this state run public theft program is
in their best interest. What's really troubling
here is the purported cause of the accident and
fatality... all accidents are now blamed on the
driver regardless of the underlying facts. At least
the title of the story got part of it right (Speed
Trap)!
Oshawa speed trap has a twist
Nabbed motorists offered a choice: Get a ticket or get lecture from a teen
May 16, 2008 04:30 Am
CAROLA VYHNAK
URBAN AFFAIRS REPORTER
Tearful driver Patty Ryan vowed to slow down as she hugged the young woman she had just "killed" on an Oshawa street.
"Did you know you were speeding and have struck me dead?" Felicia Petric, 16, told her moments earlier. "I had many plans for this life and I can feel them all speeding away."
Ryan, who had been doing 63 km/h in a 50 zone, was one of 63 motorists lectured by high school students yesterday in an innovative approach to deterring speeders by Durham Region police. Drivers pulled over in a speed trap had a choice of getting a ticket (with a minimum $90 fine) or listening to a one-page essay by teens waiting nearby. Only one opted for a ticket.
"This is a damn good idea," said Ryan, dabbing at her eyes. "It really touched me. It can save a life."
The essays were assigned to students in the Grade 11 law class at Monsignor Paul Dwyer Secondary School, located near the high-collision intersection of Rossland Rd. W. and Stevenson Rd.
The idea was to teach safe driving principles to both drivers and students, who included statistics, consequences of bad driving and personal tales in their messages delivered at a mobile command unit.
"The students allow us another medium to get the message to drivers that unsafe driving is not welcome in our city," said Const. Chris Heffernan, traffic safety co-ordinator at 17 Division, who organized the event.
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Oshawa speed trap has a twist
Nabbed motorists offered a choice: Get a ticket or get lecture from a teen
May 16, 2008 04:30 Am
CAROLA VYHNAK
URBAN AFFAIRS REPORTER
Tearful driver Patty Ryan vowed to slow down as she hugged the young woman she had just "killed" on an Oshawa street.
"Did you know you were speeding and have struck me dead?" Felicia Petric, 16, told her moments earlier. "I had many plans for this life and I can feel them all speeding away."
Ryan, who had been doing 63 km/h in a 50 zone, was one of 63 motorists lectured by high school students yesterday in an innovative approach to deterring speeders by Durham Region police. Drivers pulled over in a speed trap had a choice of getting a ticket (with a minimum $90 fine) or listening to a one-page essay by teens waiting nearby. Only one opted for a ticket.
"This is a damn good idea," said Ryan, dabbing at her eyes. "It really touched me. It can save a life."
The essays were assigned to students in the Grade 11 law class at Monsignor Paul Dwyer Secondary School, located near the high-collision intersection of Rossland Rd. W. and Stevenson Rd.
The idea was to teach safe driving principles to both drivers and students, who included statistics, consequences of bad driving and personal tales in their messages delivered at a mobile command unit.
"The students allow us another medium to get the message to drivers that unsafe driving is not welcome in our city," said Const. Chris Heffernan, traffic safety co-ordinator at 17 Division, who organized the event.
Read More...