Uke -gMng candy to a d:e tnffic tiktin Milton Cases of distracted drMvng * ail too common in town Haieg &OSol Police tecenrfr wrapped up I ts Distmrted Driving campaign. and as ex- Pected drivers seem ro rhink they'ie obove the law. From ApMi 15 to 19, polke issue« 835 pro-i *vincial 0ffance no- tkces - and of thot 807 were in Miton aloria. ln fact, Mil- t on is seventh on the top-1O loca- Etions for dlstrocted - driving in lte GTA. o Eorller tités month, SChampion reportri Jleio pn thefi monk opnt tht jpotroi Wth HaltonJi Slc Reçionol Police Su Iperintendent Chrés Reporter Perklns tb see JUSr Iow mony offences people ore cormltrfing on the roaids, gettinq a sample of some bad driving hoabits and ce# phone use. A full lmv minutes passaes without selng a driver texting or talking aon a cail phona. «What's gong on haeer says One District (Milton. Multora liNs> Superintetdat Chuis Parkin& *rm gettirag withdrmwal Its true. Talln and texting drivers, vlUly holding tear phones in thu* hard ame so common lna Miltona ehat #es aimat dlfficute ta flnd sommon whos flot vllatn dhe lmw Ina ona case on tha momingi of May 9. a woman was spoffd Ina the mlddla ai the Darry Road West and Ontario Stmet Intersection, walt- ing ta tum lait. Whéle sha waitad sha couid ha sean wfth bath hands on dhe cal phone, textlng. 'I warai talklng and texting 20 bacoma as so- cilly unaccaptabla as durdng and dr$vlng said Partias, who said mnosi of the *ue drIv- ers acknowledge i's wroin when thay gai stopped by polka. «OraIy than will people gai Supti-intendent Chris Perldns recmmtly oifka Choapion reporter Julie Si a fir*,had li (via a morning ricie-along) ai just how conimon cases of distracted drMng am ln Mitton. the message. The massage is simple: distracteci drivars get~ into car accidents. Parins warits lt to stop and ha wants ta prevant sonxaon fîron be- in irijurd, or worsa yat &,in because of that distraction. 1%opIe thini ils not goingi to happera 1 thern - t wil happea 10 sme odw py, ha sakî ff V. I ga news Mr you you arflh other gwy- As for peopi who gai a ticket ha sud they offiar ail khnds of excusas Wo drirving with a haod-hal phone. My motai die,& my hus- band has cancr, my daughterls gertin mat- ne& 1 just lost my JWbam just asampligofI what Parti. s has heard «The othar cassic Is'i naver use my cali phona whan rm drlving.« ha saad. «Isnl t à slsodwe thai just today, this one day lnt oui hmi, ihey dld'r I «aotta casa, a person contraued dv Ing. for mora thaa a kikomaira, wNle Padrti, V*MU actetd, tal hlm. aftar spotinhg hlm wih a phone hetd up ta Ns eu. 1 14 excuse? 01 never use my ceil Pb>*e when 1 drive, I know iVs daragarous poitbr.g to a blue "oi davice that h. wasn't "r4g lAnother cas afil navet do t 1 r tcm on is day,' Parlons chuckles, after geulng badt hmt ia cor. OMy -on made - domr baiwwlon Ml~aisn'Mooenibe~l ail Fi- diswacted driver are aw.ywêwem He bas theorles about why the nruviirs are s0 high, vuggestln Vpecçp,la oay ammore aggrassiw, less cou meous îard m.*14Élng. "AH ltai transicends bio diWlnojsaôd Pd who as a motorcyde en#*&*iats plwuin his next vacation afound lte Mie cf Mon TT Races. He seas drNve efrr under a mio-J scope on amorcca 'Everyorae living lna the instant... t used 20 b. yould look tbtings up in the E-ncydapadn Britannica, nowad.ys Ms Qoogle ewwyihin Ha says thinW4 M enc plat. Validation stickars are ancOte all-iao connr o=«- 1 rance. In a four-hour stretch lase week alone, ai Ieas four infractions watt sean. Two of ùhos ina- dcidd a trafi stop tout couki ha"e netted violiators a $120 fine. lna bath cases. drivais ef ferad excuses sucl as k>sing thea sticicer or nai takdng te tinte to ga« a naw one. 'Whe people coma into contact wlth us - when thrar pualled cme by an officer - irs a big de.l, he said. *Theyra eafin about t wit frfrnds amd fan*iy 'Traflk enfoi ementis a double-edgedmswcd foi polWe Perkt< added. »Evryone wants 11. except when it affects them. 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