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stoufiville suntribune thursday aug 26 2004 5 photo radar easily beat excop from page 1 think it will have any impact on safety whatsoever photo radar cameras take a snapshot of a vehicles license plate when it is caught speed ing the owner of the vehicle is then stuck with a fine whether that person is driving or not mr matheson a fiveyear veteran of york regional police said the system is hideously unconstitutional legally embarrassing and next to impossible to prosecute in court weighing down the prose cutor with any number of dis closure requests regarding who loaded the camera who took the film out where it was processed are sure to lead to a dismissal once the crown sees it will cost more to convict a driver than the value of the fine he said its just not worth it for the crown to proceed mr matheson explained theyre looking at it as a profit centre and banking on the fact that most people will just pay rather than dispute the ticket and more people will even though its virtually impossible to lose in court questions of whether tickets should start with drivers caught speeding one kmh over the limit or 10 kmh also remain he said c dont care how many of them there are cops cant he everywhere i think if people are aware there could be photo radar on the road the same way they do if they see a cop with a radar device they will slow down where is that threshold im sure they wont be issuing tickets to everyone that does one over or even five over because its not cost effective mr matheson said its for those reasons i have no respect for the complete lack of integri ty of those who say its not a cash grab it is mr barrow admits munici palities receive revenue from traffic fines but he says the goal of a photo radar campaign is not to increase the bottom line besides the revenue will not be significant there are costs involved too he said the devices are expensive and we need to train people to use them mr barrow has no idea when or if the province will give the go ahead to photo radar but he says he is looking forward to it i dont care how many of them there are cops cant be everywhere i think if people are aware there could be photo radar on the road the same way they do if they see a cop with a radar device they will slow down and thats improved safe ty he said if someone drives 50 kmh down a residential street its safer than if their driv ing 80 kmh and thats just common sense now theres more jqret bertsmart tfniestern bonnie stern is back with more heartsmart recipes theyre nutritious and delicious available at your local heart and stroke foundation office mom oeev heart and stroke foundation of ontario this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sun from left to right evgenia manager tina ym owner salmeh and mitza k w owner salmeh has 35 years experience as a esthetician tina has 17 years of experience as a hair stylist mitza with 8 years experience and evgenia with 5 years are both experts in their field as estheticians catherine has 10 years as a registered massage therapist rogers here too and he rocks 9056404044 6284 main st stouffville across from scotia bank hair skin care spray tanning spa package gift certificates do not for one year with any mattress set purchased bed frame setup comforter disposal of old set mattress pad layaway set of sheets bed ralls pillow local delivery l l a posturecare set 189 single 269 double 379 queen pillow top set single double or queen serta chiropedic single 399 double- 599 queen 599 king 8991 perfecfsleepar 1 single 459 double 599 queen 699 king 999 look for flyer inserts mattresses sold separately metal futon or lframe 1 wood futon your choice 1 86 complete s complete phone orders accepted hfiubs mmww ttcowmopjh hmrl safeoouitoopjl wwwsieepfactorycom 74 main st north markham markham rdhwy 48 90s47x7s04 fh0nt81acx entrance free parking on site 16th ave hwyl7 407 43 2 05 o m