Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 15, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus a13 d 1iti i in m 2001 speeding restraints save lives i enjoyed the police push photo in the june 1 Issue of the Winnipeg free i believe photo radar would be an excellent addition to the tools police forces would have Avail Able to them to reduce the article mentions that photo radar has been shown to save lives and reduce i fully support photo radar As a measure to reduce speeding in Manitoba and the resulting carnage caused by i would also suggest that the police forces in Manitoba improve their enforcement of in most people Speed because they know they can get away with twice a when the police run their anti speeding they Tell the assembled reporters that anyone exceeding the Speed limit by More than 15 Vytill get a that very but it also gives the impression that you can exceed the Speed limit by up to 15 and not get a so people put two and two together and decide to Speed because they have just been told that they will not get a ticket unless they Are Speed ing by an excessive if the police truly want to reduce speeding and the resulting and twisted Metal that occurs from High Speed they should enforce the Speed limits More the Ohio state police had a reputation in the 1970s and 1980s for giving out tickets to Drivers who were speeding by Only one mile per that May be but i would suggest the local police services abandon their 15 Grace Rule and Start being a lot stricter in enforcing the Speed Why not reduce the tolerated speeding to 10 or less studies have shown that Accident rates tend to increase once the Speed differential in the traffic Stream exceeds 10 it would be both Wise and beneficial to have the police enforce the Speed limits More photo radar would be an Excel Lent tool to help them enforce the Speed limits More it would help to reduce speeding and could even save us Money on our aut Opac rates in the Long run by reducing the number of accidents that occur due to Speed in More enforcement of All traffic regulations is having a speeding Blitz Campaign for Only two twice a is also a More people get injured and killed in Manitoba by car accidents than due to the police should pay More attention to traffic Law enforcement and devote More manpower to photo radar is a tool that could help police increase enforcement of the Speed Lim its and hopefully reduce speeding related Accident and speeding related deaths and with photo fines Are issued to the owner of the vehicle but no Demer its Are assessed to the to improve the effectiveness of photo radar even Manitoba Public insurance should Issue a five per cent surcharge on the owners vehicle insurance for every speeding ticket issued to that this May encourage people to be More careful about How fast they drive or who gets to drive their i also support red Light far too Many people run red i believe the use of red Light cameras was approved by the legislature a num Ber of years Why have they not been implemented according to a news release dated april the insurance Institute for Highway safety announced that a study found that red Light cameras reduced injury Acci dents at signalized intersections by 29 per they reduced front into Side accidents by 32 per cent and front into Side injury accidents by 68 per cent at signalized in they reduce the offence of running red lights by 40 per these reductions occur at All signalized intersections in a not just those intersections with red Light with fewer Acci reduced aut Opac rates could be another what Are Manitoba police forces waiting for As with photo fines for red Light camera violations Are issued to the owner of the vehicle but no Demer its Are assessed to the to increase the effectiveness of red Light cameras to a greater Mph should Issue a five per cent surcharge on the owners vehicle insurance for every red Light camera ticket issued to that the extra charges on ones aut Opac May result in people being More careful about driving or to whom they lend their Mph should also consider a five per cent surcharge on anybody vehicle insurance for each traffic violation that is committed by a Driver in that this would hopefully encourage people to drive More carefully and be More selective about who they lend their vehicle and could Lead to fewer accidents and lower aut Opac Heinz Lausmann Winnipeg Quick coalition decision needed to be Able to Battle liberals heres a partial text of Alliance Leader Stockwell Days speech yesterday to the Empire club in Toronto there is no question that the recent weeks have been Tough for the Alliance and for me but you Ive faced Tough times when i was newly and a new and running an auction House in Kelow British our warehouse burned and we did not have proper i had to take a variety of jobs auction ering for working a log Kidder to feed our Young family and to pay Back the debts our business because i refused to declare Bank i have always believed and lived by the adage that Tough times dont but Tough people in the recent debate within the the Issue of How to move for Ward in discussions with the Federal pcs has become a Bone of some of my critics have accused me of not wanting to move fast or of not being sincere in my gestures on Unity and on the other some members of our party Are concerned that any Rush to cooperate with the tories could Sig Nal that we Are prepared to abandon our party principles and simply hand the direction of this movement Over to a elite group that does not share our move Forward As we move Forward in the next few we will need to address both that the time Avail Able to unite the parties is limited and the need to remain faithful to the Core principles of democratic con democratic conservative is per haps the simplest Way of defining our party and its and the broader coalition that we aspire to i have used this term consistently to discuss who we Are and the kind of partnership we seek with the Federal to be democratic conservatives Means accepting Small conservative beliefs in balanced Bud the free Market and private we believe in less centralized respect for family and Community Over the intrusive concern for Law and order and a Strong National at its the progressive conservative party has embodied these Prin and certainly there have always been Many progressive conservatives who have embraced these Small conservative but the democratic part of demo Iii win at All Cost spoils game the article parents rage wrecks game june 10 was i have just taken my 10yearold out of due to the extreme Atti tude displayed by parents and coach i have played competitive sports most of my and my son has played multiple sports competitively for a but i have never experienced the tension and pressure of a softball game played by 10yearold my wife hated going to the games because of the tension from the parents on our own a Little girl makes a base running then walks off afraid to look at her angry my daughter sits on the Bench two games in a then asks about to which the coach you will play next but the next game turns out to be another undefeated so my who is not the strongest is made to sit in the Bench when she came Home crying that i decided to take her off the its this win at All Cost attitude that fuels less knowledgeable parents into the Type of behaviour displayed at the Brock people who understand baseball and sports in general do not behave that education and coaches who know what they Are doing Are what Are a 17yearold Umpire is not to Rod Richard Winnipeg parents behaviour uncalled for i cannot even begin to describe the disgust and outrage that i and others have for the parents of the childrens baseball game that got that kind of behaviour is embarrassing to the kids and just absolutely uncalled Fred Chartrand Canadian press Stockwell Day has proposed a combined conservative Ratic conservatism reflects our insistence on democratic accountability and Reform in we believe that parliament must be reformed so that individual maps can have a meaningful voice that an patronage Ridden Senate is a disgrace and that citizens must be Able to have a direct say Over govern ing their country through such Means As initiative and this is the Reform part of our and this conviction that government must be More More and More democratic is a Central part of our political we must All recognize that time is of the the liberals have had an electoral Cycle of going to the polls every three and a half this Means that the next election will Likely be in the Spring of both the Alliance and the progressive conservatives have National conventions in if we Are serious about a Coalescence of conservative we will both have to address these changes next including a leadership con to allow us to spend 2003 get Ting ready to fight the liberals in the next Federal Unity if Unity discussions Are to happen in a meaningful they must begin this year to allow changes to be proposed in Advance of our respective 2002 i believe that the ultimate decision on these matters must be made by the grassroots members of the Canadian and i am sure that grassroots members of the progressive conservatives feel the same these decisions Are too important to be made behind closed doors at so called secret we must consult As widely As possible with All of our members to get a mandate for these kinds of i am proposing a Way for Ward towards a truly United conserva Tive alternative that will achieve these goals of moving quickly and moving this proposal i am making today will not replace the Many great efforts already under Way at the local level in in and Here in for example but will complement local rid Ings and individual maps will be encouraged to continue dialogue with each but we need a Way for our parties to talk More formally at the National i will recommend to our National Council and the dialogue group established by the Council that a More focused Unity committee be struck consisting of senior members of our caucus and National referendum i will then ask our Council to go to our members nationwide in a referendum to give the Unity commit tee a mandate to enter into formal discussions with the progressive conservatives to create a viable alternative to the liberals in the next election in the form of either a new party or an electoral coalition provided that this new option will remain faithful to our Core democratic conservative As Long As we can achieve agree ment on these i would sup port the creation of a new i will urge All members of the Alliance to participate in this referendum and to help unify democratic conservatives in Canada into a single if a new party results from these As i Hope it i will put my leadership on the line in a wide open leadership this referendum of Canadian Alliance members can occur within 90 Days and will give a Clear direction to myself As Leader and to the National Council and i would urge Joe Clark to launch a similar process in his party and to hold a referendum of his so that we can get on with discussions with a Clear guided by our once we have mandates from our i Hope that discussions will take place so that we can get an agreement on the proposed new option by the end of the the free press welcomes letters from they must include the authors address and Telephone letters May be letters to the 1355 Mountain r2x fax email remember youre their role models and heroes and there Only trying to make you Tell what did they learn from and did they get a Chance to make you proud whatever happened to its not whether you win or lose its How you play the too bad these kids didst get to play Puneet Chawla Winnipeg photo radar improves safety in response to Phillip Freddys june 6 letter photo radar simply Cash we ask your readers to consider the the Model proposed by the Winnipeg police service is heavily weighted towards Public education and Given that the Chance of a collision doubles with every five increase Over the Speed the threat of injury or death is real to the motorists of Winnipeg and Only mirrors Public concerns about Dri ving expressed in a recent photo enforcement is proposed As a deterrent for the Small percentage of Drivers who hear our safety messages but still choose to travel at excessive putting the safety of others in photo enforcement has proven effective in every jurisdiction where it has been implemented along with a Public awareness Ontario and British Columbia have indeed withdrawn photo but they have done so despite internal and external reports of its Success and in the face of polls consistently showing Public approval for traffic officers will continue to patrol the streets of Winnipeg to ensure As much As possible that motorists reach their destination Safe for additional information on our proposed please refer to our new photo enforcement web site link at Shelley Hart traffic division Winnipeg police service Winnipeg March of dimes plays important role i am writing in regard to the Canad an press polio 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