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Hold on to your wallets! McGuinty bringing back photo radar!
Just remember...
I DIDNT VOTE FOR THIS IDIOT (thank god!)
| quote: | There are several two word phrases almost every voter in the province has come to hate. Health Premiums. Tax Hikes. Broken Promises. And now you can add one more – Photo Radar.
Several G.T.A. municipalities are urging Queen’s Park to give them permission to bring back the technology. “We could ... put in speed bumps … and it will cost a lot of money,” warns Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, who’s spearheading the movement. “We can hire more policemen, which is not acceptable. The only answer is photo radar.”
Ontario Transport Minister Harinder Takhar assured residents on Tuesday there were no plans to return the hated speed traps, during an announcement about the expansion of red light cameras. But his boss is now singing a different tune.
“I'm not ruling it out,” admits Premier Dalton McGuinty. “It's about safety. Maybe the red light cameras are going to be unpopular. But don't we have a shared responsibility to protect lives?”
Still, he’s waiting to hear from the cities before agreeing to anything. “Nobody has made any kind of formal proposal to us. Until such time, I'm not giving it any thought.”
Mayor David Miller concedes he’s not against the concept. “In places like around schools or community safety zones or the places in the city where [there's] the most problem with speeding … it's a useful supplement,” he muses. “But you know, I think the province should allow municipalities to choose.”
The unmanned vans snap pictures of drivers as they rush along local highways and streets, then send offenders a ticket in the mail. But infuriated voters called it nothing but a cash grab, noting when it was introduced by the Rae government in 1994, 224,000 tickets were issued, netting the province $16 million.
It was scrapped when the Tories came to power.
Photo radar remains a staple of the roads in Manitoba and Alberta, but B.C. discarded the program three years ago.
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And even worse, it wont just be on freeways like before. It will be EVERYWHERE
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