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The Canadien Champion, Fniday May 28, 1999 - 7 (~)r hi, nîr'v cI Y/,pTTp7 My kid votes now, too Dear Editor It was disappointing, perbaps even distressing, to read Richard Bramwell's letter in your May 7 issue (Cbanging the rules is flot fair play)... and your head- line writer sounids like be agrees with himi -- equally distressing. Surveys indicate Halton bas an extremely bigh numn- ber of vebicle collisions, and Milton's record, per capita, is the worst in the region. Virtually aIl of these "accidents" were caused by excessive speed and aitier forms of over-aggressive driving -- in aitier words, they were avoidable if the rules of the road bad been adhered to. In response to tbis situation, Mayor Gord Krantz held a public meeting last faîl, attended by a large number of concemed citizens, and conducted by a rep- resenitative of the Trauma Prevention Council. This meeting resulted in the formation of the Milton Road Safety Committee, wbose objectives are: 1. To increase the awareness of the need for road safety in reducing injuries and deatbs in Milton througb education. 2. To determine the impact of engineering and road design on the number of fatalities and injuries in Milton. 3. To promnote increased enforcement and to support enforcement strategies to reduce the incidence of injuries and fatalities due to collisions in Milton. One of the actions take by the committee was to make available a radar message board for use, free of charge, by "self-righteous locals" (Mr. Braniwell' s description) who are rightly concemred about exces- sive speed on roada in their area. (In fact, Mr. Bramwell was in Halton His, which also bas a radar message board). The purpose of the radar message board is to make drivers aware of the speed at which tbey are travelling, as a reminder to proceed at a rea- sontable rate. Further action by the police will occur only when the speed is considerably over the posted limit. As the population increases there will be more vehi- cles on our roada, and new or reconstructed highways will flot always be available to handie the volume. Mr. Bramwell, our advice ta you is leave home ear- lier and avoid the "daily frustration" of being a "speeding commuter". The mIles have flot changed, you have simply chosen to ignore themn Michael M. West Milton Road Saety Conmlttee Letters Welcomed The Canadian Champion wekcomes Iefters ta the editor. We reserve the right to edit, revise, and reject letters. Letters must be signed and the address and the telephone number of the writer included. mail letters to: The Canadian Champion Box 248, Milton, Ont. 19T 4N9 or leave them at aur office, 191 Main Street. * froro HOME on page 6 Get wîth the pro gram, says reader winncr. I've even heard them report the close retums in a riding, but then add that tbey've already declared a winner, as if that took precedence over the actual vote counit. Makes me nuts. 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