10 - Sunday, February 6, 1994 ~ North Shore News

EVER GET the feeling you're being watched? Last month
a group of Lions Bay residents banded together and
formed a road safety program — 99 Watch — in an effort
to curb reckfess drivers on Highway 99, The volunteers,
who are trained by. the RCMP, watch for and report dan-
gerous drivers to police, and then follow through by poing
to court and making sure the drivers are prosecuted.
Although this type of highway surveillance has undertones

of Big Brother, members of 99 Watch insist itis not a vigi-
lante group, The citizens involved are not taking the law
into their own hands, they're just informants who are step-
ping forward as witnesses. The aim of the program is to
rid the community of maniacs who drive at excessive
speed, pass on blind corners, and endanger the lives of
everyone on the road. Zero tolerance is the only way to put
the brakes on these menaces to society,

Do you agree with citizens reporting reckless drivers to police?

Gardner Day “ee
North Vancouver *

Lcertainly-do. f-think peo- -
ple can do. a heck of a lot...
“by phoning police.and “

reporting . people. who
cause accidents or traffic
jams.. But’ 1. think we
should be able to report

the police as weil.

Jan. Broomhall”
Yarrow

“Yes, because ‘it’s all the:

.bad drivers who make the
"jnsuranee rates so high.

Carlos Ribeiro
North Vancouver |
No, I-don't-agree with

4t because you could

have something personal
against somebody and use
this to get back at them.
Besides, reckless driving
could be a difference of
opinion.

Teresa Douglas

North Vancouver

Yes, { think for our own
safety, as a fellow driver,

I agree. ft makes the |
. roads safer for everyone,

Cliff Lewis

North Vancouver ‘

Yes, I do. I. know there :
will be people who can be —
vindictive, but there are so
many unsafe drivers on
the road that they need ‘to
be reported. I also think ©
they should be brought | in.
and te-tested.

“SURVEY TEAM

The North: Shore. News | survey: ieam telephoned 439 North. °
. and- “West, Vancouver, residents to-find out if you agree. with
“citizens: reporting ‘reckless drivers to ‘police. The following i is.

"88%
iar) a complete breikdown of survey. results:

» 96%
89%
90% es ,
88% 3%:

90%.
92%
92%

Horseshoe Bay
Dundarave/Ambleside
British Properties.”
Norgate/Pemberton Heights. ~°
Capilano/Delbrook Highlands
Lower Lonsdale
Central and Upper Lonsdate
. Lynn Valley

Blucridge/Deep Cove pcove 95%.
TOTAL ccessetecceesestanestseedtaneaiseeses IT.6%

2%
3%,

2.5%

Request for Nominations

Trimunicipal/North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce
Violence Prevention Award for 1993,

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rs he North Shore “Together Against Violence” project isa community |
based effort in.which hundreds of volunteers, many voluntary and :
private organizations and the three municipalities are working together
to make our community free of violence, In recognition of these efforts, the ‘
District of North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, the District of West
Vancouver and the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce are establishing _
an award. |

Spend a Hearty
. Valentine...

This award of $1250 is available to an individual, group or organization
whose event, program or action, during 1993, benefited those living and/or
. working on the North Shore in one or more of the following ways:

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Fri.,Sat.,Sun., b. development of strategies to address violence;

& Mon. from 5:30) |. c.

increased protic awareness of the issue of violence:

creation of or amendments to policies to effectively deal with the issue of
vioenee:

Reservations °
|} Recommended

980-9008

d. lasting effect, e.g. Jong term behavior and attitude changes

changes in environment which will reduce the likelihood of violence.

If you would like to nominate someone, please obtain a Nomination Form from one of the three Municipal Halls or Public oS :
Libraries on the North Shore or by mail or fax. Contact Dr. Erica Bell-Lowther, Social Planning Department, District of
North Vancouver at 987-7131 or fax 984-8664.

Nominations must be received at one of the three Municipal Halls by Monday, February 28, 1994." :