More Red Light Cameras and Photo Radar

 

Our roads in this great city are unsafe to drive on because more drivers refuse to follow the rules of the road.

 

More people are getting killed on our roads.

 

There is just not enough police to take care of this and our budget just won't allow for hiring of more police officers.

 

Vehicles going through red lights are more regular and more accidents occur.

 

Driving faster on our roadways have increased over the years to the point of more pedestrians being hit and killed as well as cyclists are finding that it has become dangerous to ride on the roads.

 

We have to make our streets safe for everybody to use.

 

Repeat offenders the fines would double and triple and so on.

 

To paraphrase a famous radio show host on Talk 640AM Mr. John Oakley, Is this a cash grab?  You better believe it is because the city needs money and why should the taxpayer be on the hook.

 

After a while paying cash for fines is a good reason for following the law.

 

If drivers don't want to pay then don't break the law.

 

Our children shouldn't have to die on our streets because our city government is afraid of offending the ones that like to speed.

 

Photo radar works and the province proved it when it was in operation under a previous government where at the end of their term everybody was driving within the speed limit.

 

Permanent photo radar would have a dual purpose in catching the speeders and monitoring traffic flow on our streets so if there were problems the city would act on it faster.