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vol 102 no 49 a metroland community newspaper wednesday december 61989 mm 6rpages 50 tents y 1 tx black ice a hazard on durham rd 21 tracy kibble staff reporter a resident on durham rd 21 says the truck traffic is out of control and there is no police en forcement to slow down speeding trucks andcars mark knapp of clarement a retired government safety train ing supervisor says the hilly road warrants police action very occasionally and says the truckers hold weight and get away with things you and i wouldnt but durham regional police staff sgt henry raetsen says radar enforcement in the area has been in place on the heavily travelled road he added that most motorists ticketed for speeding have been driving cars theres no doubt there is heavyvolume on that road sgt raetsen said we do try to maintain the speed limits mr i knapp however says truckers are the worst of fenders along durham rd 21 there are all kinds of ac cidents on the road and mr knapp says the public should be warned of the black ice that forms on the road especially bet ween durham rd 23 and brock rd v i he cites an incident inov 30 near coppins corners where a truck landed in mr knapps pond at the front of his property during the first icy day of the ap proaching dangerous season for drivers if that truck had exploded i wouldnt be here and if my pond wasnt there the truck would have been right in my house he says he says the speed limit should be lowered to 50 km per hour to alleviate the dozens of ac cidents he and his neighbors witness throughout the winter months mr knapp says another acci dent took place the same day in goodwood on hwy 47 and durham rd 21 intersections and part of the reason for the crashes is that truckers follow too closely sometimes four in a row durham rd 21 is really get ting to be a busy road and motorists also tend to speed he says when an accident occurs at the bottom of one of the numerous hills it is almost im possible to brake in time to avoid further damage staff sgt nolan in uxbridge says we enforce whatever we can and if someone has a concern for public safety it should be directed to the police department string of charges faces aurora youth some vandorf residents were robbed last month arid york regional police have a 17-year- old young male offender from aurora in custody after hamilton police nabbed him in a shopping mall parking lot the youth charged with a str ing of crimes stretching far beyond the varidprf community is charged with more than 20 breakandenter and theft charges police have also charged the aurora youth with seven charges of mischief one of possession of an offensive weapon seven of break arid enter causing rnischief one of dangerous driv ing and two of failing to remain at accident sitesri york regional police report the youth broke into several van dorf homes after he escaped torontos terry fox centre on nov 11 the teenager was transferred to toronto from porter place in newmarket after originally being charged with 27 counts of break and enter arid theft in the spring of 1989 and during the summer and fall of 1989 the young offender coinmitted a rash of break arid enters in the aurora and newmarket areas during this period the youth used a stolen car from aurora to drive to and illegally enter homes in the area while in some of the homes he shot gunfire from stolen rifles at walls and wiridows he then proceeded to innisfil where he failed to remain at two accidents he was involved in with stolen vehicles hamilton police apprehended the youth in a shopping mall parking lot nov 23 smiles k i gftariv tate has 70 reasons to smme page 14 -a-w- newspaper we can ews ae it happens- v if you know of a if you see news call ins at mktm in s