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| Taylor B Blvd. bo rt Perry A A : ctl THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2001 Circulation 21,000 4 Locals get blame for [sland Rd 'accidents By Chris Hall Weekend Star "Scugog Island residents. have been told they have no one but themselves to blame for aggressive and dangerous driving on the Island Rd. According to figures submitted by Durham Regional Police and Durham Region works department officials, there have been 74 collisions on the Island Rd. since, the beginning of 1997, and countless . tickets handed out by police. Hp And Durham Regional; Police Const, Lee Smith told :Scugog councillors on Monday * : night that more than 60 per cent of the acci- - dents on the Island Rd. involve motorists who live on Scugog Island. That's 'contrary to the opinion held by 1 some that accidents are being caused by visitors, who use: the road 'to get to the Island casino, There have been several high-profile crashes, including a number of fatalities; on the road recently. Const. Smith said that about 70 per cent of the vehicles pulled over for speeding on Island Rd. are driven by locals, and they're the ones who are usually going the fastest. "It's the comfort and the knowledge of the ~ roads. They think they know the area, and generally go faster than those who do not," he said. The study of Island Rd. also showed that 15 of the 74 accidents involved deer, and that most motorists chose not to obey the 80 km speed limit. The majority of motorists were found to have been travelling around 95 km. Please turn to page 2 CHRIS HALLWEEKEND STAR MARKING 150 YEARS: The . Port Perry. Post Office hosted a: Customer ation Day last Saturday (April 7) to celebrate Canada Post's 150th year business. To mark the occasion, Canada Post has Issued a reproduction of or the Beaver stamp, the country's first-ever stamp, which was used In 1851 if bhi the Province of Canada took over responsibility for the postal service from England, Here, Bob Walker, postmaster at the Port Perry office, Provely displays some of the Beaver stamps now avaliable to the public. STI