12 — Sunday, June 29, 1997 — North Shore News

NV District puts brakes ¢

Program viewed
as a cash grab

By Catherine Barr
Contributing Writer

HAS photo radar taken its
last shot at North Vancouver
District? Not likely, but it
could be in for one heck of a
fight.

On Monday, dis-
trict councillors
voted almost anani-
mously to “reiterate
its previous opposition co the imple-
mentation of photo radar in North
Vancouver.”

The marked difference this time
around came primarily from Coun.
Pat Munroe who openly stated that
he “naively supported photo radar in
the past,” but would continue to do

north vancouvor
District Council

so no jonger.

lan ‘Tootll, evecutive director of
SENSE (Satety by Education Not
Speed Enforcement), addressed
council on behalf of 20-year resident
Ron Niven (who was forced to leave
three Jong hours into the meeting
due to illness).

Toodll sant that Nivea, SENSE

co-founder, wanted to encourage
council to continue to oppose the
iraplementation of photo radar in the
distnict.
Council was turther
urged to realize that
the data supporting
the use of photo radar
cameras was anecdotal
and misleading.

In response, North Vancouver
RCMP Insp. amie Graham said that
he coud rebut everything “Tootid
and Niven had presented.

Graham reminded council that
statistics have proven speed kills acd
thar the ROMP would fully suppect

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the use of cameras in
the area.

Coun. Ernie Crist
eriphasized that
photo radar has
turned out to be
nothing more than a
vase oof provincial
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Cost called for de
provincial government
te Own Up fa tts
promise of contibut-
Ing money back to the
community, He said
that this very “unde:
meena” use of speed
enforcement cameras
really should be “up
to the community
nor Victoria.”

Coun. Munroe
surprisingly answered the call.

Saying that he personally “didn't
have the sense to hsten to SENSE,”
he accused the provincial government

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COUN. Pat Munroe says
photo radar promises
have been broken.

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received is nat what we are
finding to be truthful. ”

of focusing on 2 game
of “revenue monop
al” He described
how he once bought
into the hype present:
ed by photo radar
advocates =~ hype
which he now says is
“not true.”

Believing that facts
have now become
fiction, Munroe
cited the case in
point oof raring
speed limits in

appropnate areas. Since no review of

said speed limits has teken place,
Munroe clearly believes that phot
radar may simply be a cash grab.

— Coun. Pat Munroe

When asked later to comment
further on his commitment to safety
within che community, Munroe stat-
ed “the information that we received
is not what we are firding to be
truthful.”

“There are some major questions
that are arising from the people in
the commanity who are experiencing
something that they had nor been
promised.”

He also said that “conditions
arent being met -— therefore the
pronuses have been broken and
photo radar is (turning out to be}
tore of a revenue source rather than
something that is focused entirely on
safety and satisfaction in the commu-
nity.”

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