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economist suntribune news saturday april 20 2002 from page 1 fatalities have been reduced sub stantially in ontario he said adding the province has the second best record in north america in reducing traffic deaths nationally the picture is just as good according to a december 2001 report by the canada safety councils organization for economic coopera tion and development our nation has the best traffic safety record over the past 20 years traffic fatalities in canada dropped 47 per cent between 1980 and 2000 despite a 48percent increase in the number of vehicles but if the current rate in york region continues the number of people killed on local roads this yearcould approach 40 well above the 29 deaths recorded in each of the past two years and close to the fiveyear high of 42 recorded in 1999 sgt tom carrique of the york regional police traffic bureau cant explain the increase but does offer a possibility york regions population is grow ing by 40000 a year but they are all operating vehicles on the same high way infrastructure he said if we werent doing that enforcement what would the rate be now to some extent bad luck also plays a part the difference between an injury accident and a fatal accident is a matter of inches sgt carrique said chief robert middaugh had his own take on the numbers inattentive driving would seem to be coming to the fore he said but he cautioned against reacting too quickly to the statistics we could go the next four months without any fatalities at all he said it is a concern to us chief middaugh continued were analyzing the problem to see if there are more or different actions we can take yorks increased fatality rate comes despite the highprofile introduction this year of police programs designed to make the roads safer the major weapon being used is the savea one vision one goal safety program which began with a zerotol erance traffic blitz on hwy 7 in january before the blitz police said only 17 per cent of drivers on the highway were complying with the speed limit police have since mounted mini- blitzes around the region and designat ed some highway sections for aircraft patrol later this year police will begin extra enforcement in the regions com munity safety zones and in rural com munities enforcement alone cant control fatalities sgt carrique said but every future shop correction notice m our april 17 23 2002 future shop flyer the following error occurred oh page 22 the ati radeon 8500 128mb video card for 44999 is available on the future shop website only wwwfutureshopca the ati radeon 8500ie video card sku 10013768 is available in all future shop stores for 34999 we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers in traffic stop we make potentially saves a life we cant rid the roads of all fatal col lisions but we obviously hope over time through enforcement education and road engineering we will have an impact traffic enforcement is a priority with the police by the end of march under the saveaiife campaign york police issued 19070 tickets for provincial offences compared with 15796 in the same period last year hopefully at the end of the day we do save a life sgt carrique said anytime we have a fatality its discour aging because theyre almost always preventable the vast majority have a direct connection to the nonuse of seatbelts mr killian said the overall reduction of traffic deaths in ontario results from education faster response times in tak ing accident victims to hospitals and new vehicles with new technologies such as air bags mlt markham little theatre york regions population is growing by 40000 a year but they are all operating vehicles on the same highway infrastructure sgt tom carrique of the york regional police traffic bureau presents ratniiiiimi a thriller by directed by v kfithryndelory april z4z7z00z 800 rm tickets 1900 students seniors 16 00 on thursday marhham theatre for performing arts 171jowncentre boulevard box office 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