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Re: Photo Radar dumped in Ontario



James Baxter (BYBL43A@prodigy.com) wrote:
> As of today, the new Premier of Ontario (Mike Harris) dumped photo radar.

> According to our Ontario NMA coordinator, Ivor Nixon, the OPP will now 
> concentrate on unsafe driving acts such as tailgating, improper lane 
> changes, etc. Airplanes will monitor the high-traffic areas.  He also 
> noted that the Canadian Auto Ass'n supports speed limits set by the 85th 
> percentile rule and they urged authorities to recognize that motorists 
> have a right to know when to expect a citation.

> This is recent news.  At this time we don't know what's going to happen 
> to the existing photo radar vans.

I think the vans were leased by the Ontario Government.

All I know for sure is - they're gone!!! Yay!!!

Tom

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Tom Foottit                              Computer Systems Engineering
tfoottit@chat.carleton.ca                Carleton University