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economist sunlsuntribune police saturday may 13 2006 then you 11 be pleased to know technology will let you get your speeding ticket faster by martin derbyshire staff writer the next traffic ticket you get from york regional police may be delivered faster more accurately and on thermal paper the force is considering buying 30 e- ticketing machines that could be in traf fic officers hands as soon as this sum mer the electronic ticketing devices read information from a drivers licence with just a swipe fill out most of the neces sary fields automatically and print a ticket on toughtodamage thermal paper in a matter of seconds etickets will save police countless hours writing tickets on the side of the road and manually entering ticket infor mation into police and court systems it project manager bernadette searle said it will also limit the number of drivers getting out of paying a fine because of an error on a ticket it will really only take a couple of minutes to issue an eticket and the machine prefills in the name and gets it right the first time she said when you manually write a ticket there is still room for error eticketing is going to improve efficiency save a lot of time and elimi nate duplication and errors the plan is to put the 30 eticketing devices in the hands of traffic officers who write the highest volume of tickets in york york cops write more than 100000 traffic tickets a year ottawa police became the first in canada to use eticketing in august 2005 before eticketing it took seven data entry staffers to input information from bythe numbers 112094 number of tickets issued by york regional police in 2005 110365 number issued in 2004 1200 cost of a single eticketing machine the 500 to 600 tickets ottawa police offi cers write each day now the work is done by just two traffic ottawa staffsgt rock lavigne said ottawa police employ 42 hand held eticketing units which cost the service about 1200 apiece the machines can produce approxi mately 10 tickets a minute and have all but eliminated many of the errors that saw tickets thrown out of court staff- sgt lavigne said so many tickets get thrown out because every ticket we write goes through the hands of eight or nine peo ple from data entry people to court clerks and if any one of them cant read it they throw it out he said etickets are printed so they can always be read its so clear compared to the handwritten ticket york police are accepting bids from suppliers and will ask the police services board to approve eticketing machines next month we hope to be up and running this summer ms searle said it really does nt take a lot time to set up get or out of volunteer to make a call and make a seniors day call 18774524287 chats community homo assistance to seniors this message brought to you as a community service of the economistsuntribune crohns disease if you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome crohns disease or ulcerative colitis then attending this free symposium may be the most important thing you do this year you will discover the true cause of these conditions and natural solutions and options you can use right away many are now able to drive take vacations hold a job go to school and socialize for the first time in years dr allen turner is an international speaker and lecturer who has been featured on the dini petty show national news and canada am he will present a free sympo sium on thursday may 18th at 730 pm at the stouffvllle health centre call 9056404440 for reservations su u ippy ift g yy i n t e f n a 1 1 o b 3 lllliililiilill over 4000 sq ft of beauty peace tranquility free ave da gift y with purchase of certificate over75 while supplies lost stouffvllle plaza 9056402299 b mon 9am6pm tues 9am9pm wed 9am9pm thur 9am9pm fri 9am6pm saiv 9am6pm your home to wn fowl store thajs gares ihoustoni v irl laoj s3 i j ih btmljf firs jljli 5786 main st stouffvllle 905640454 j id f v u saras ayyafyatt ssskw- ii iliiraiilid jjgj jjjmtmclijia 8 wmmsmmwim 2 ways to look and feel your best this summer laser hair removal safe effective and permanent may special bikini treatment just 49 vk- cellulite fat reduction noticeable results using advanced technology may special 1 00 off your first treatment i hp medispa clinic on main 6038 main street stouffville 9056400092