dangerous drivers target of provincial weekender saturday november 15 1997 p 19 some of the worst offenders on ontarios roads drinking drivers unsafe trucks peo ple who drive while under a criminal code suspension and those who continue to pass school buses when they shouldnt have been the target of the governments actions to make ontarios roads safer this past year two years into our fiveyear road safe ty plan and were on course with measures that target unsafe drivers and make their vehicles said minister of transportation tony clement marking of the second anniversary of ontarios road safety plan 1 believe drivers are the ones who must be held accountable and responsible for their actions as well as the upkeep of their vehi cles the province is reaching those drivers with bad attitudes and unsafe vehicles through higher fines incentives and deter rents since october 1996 the province has targeted some of the worst offenders in the following ways focusing on drinking drivers introducing the administrative drivers license suspension program to date about 1 9000 people have lost their privilege to drive for 90 days and 1 2 million continues to be available to municipal police services for reduce impaired driving everywhere ride spotchecks improving truck and bus safety making wheel separations an absolute liability offense with fines up to 50000 introducing mandatory training pro grams for people who install truck wheels and for truck drivers who want to adjust air brakes increasing truck fines to a maximum of 20000 the highest in north america working with the insurance bureau of canada to aid enforcement officers and the opp in verifying insurance slips on the spot giving the registrar of motor vehicles more authority to take faster action against a company under or pending sanction including denying operating privileges to a truck or bus operator receiving legislative approval to lawyer peter j lewarne matrimonial personal injury commercial litigation 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risk drivers can be identified quickly and easily encouraging people to buckle up participating at the community level in the two week province wide seat belt campaign keeping children safe on school buses making it mandatory for school buses to stop at all railway crossings and doubling the fines to a 400 minimum and a 52000 maximum for anyone who passes a school bus with its red lights flashing and its stop arm out next year were going to get even tougher when education and treatment programs and vehicle impoundment are up and running said clement for further information contact dan shultz min isters office ministry oftransportation 416 327- 9200 kathy dermott corporate policy commu nications branch ministry oftransportation 416 2354102 ministry of transportation web site httpwwwmtogovoncaenglish ponttac trans sport w built for drivers safari 365 days a year 1998 gmc safari van gets you a 190 hp vortec 43 litre v6engine automatic transmission with overdrive 4 wheel abs dual air bags 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