* NEWS photo Terry Peters

NORTH VANCOUVER resident Ronald Niven is behind the wheel of an anti photo radar group crit-
ical of the provincial government for instituting the controversial speeding ticket program.

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1e, Say opponents

- 30 cameras to be set up throughout B.C. in January

RONALD NIVEN believes the -

” provincial govern:nent isn’t pre-
senting a clear picture of
impending photo radar.

; : By Anna Marie D’Angelo

> News Reporter

“They (the cameras) will pay: for

.. themselves ina few weeks,” said
"Niven, a co-founder of the anti-photo

radar _ group called ‘Safety by |

Education, Not Speed Enforcement
. (SENSE).

“There is no question: 10% of dri-.

- vers exceed the’ posted speed limit...
It's (phote® radar) not there for our
benefit as a society, it is there for one
- reason only and that is to raise cask,”

said ‘the outraged North Vancouver.

- resident.

The provincial government is.
. planning to have about 30 photo radar:
Cameras set up around the province

starting in January.

The portable camera units will:

photograph speeding cars. The own-
_ ers of speeding cars will receive tick-
ets in the mail about seven days later,
according. to the’ Ministry “of
‘Transportation and ‘Highways
(MoTH). : ;
-; MoTH spokesman _ ‘ Betty
Nicholson said the purpose of photo
radar is to lower fatalities and serious
- injuries associated with speeders.

“The problem with speeding is °

. that when you get into a crash where
Speed is a factor you are probably in

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“the crash leads to more, injuries and

potential. for fatalities,” said
Nicholson.

She said photo radar i is aimed at
slowing traffic down in high-crash
locations.

Niven said that he presently finds
speed enforcement by. police to be
arbitrary.

“One day it’s fine to go 10 clicks
over the speed limit, the next day,
there is zero tolerance.” said Niven.
«He said independent traffic engi-
neers should be hired to assess “cor-
réct speed limits” for all roads in the
province.

“Yes, a speeder can kill a person,

but would you mind telling me what

a speeder is first,” said Niven.
“Are you talking about a person

-who exceeds the posted speed limits?

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And if so, by how much?” he said.
Niven said he has no licence

demerits and has been rear-ended

twice while stopped in his vehiclc.

“Government is already. too much .

involved with us. They are scrutiniz-
ing us closer and closer. There is too
much _ of this Orwell’s 1984,.”. said
Niven...

Meanwhile the North Vancouver
RCMP have picked six spots in

__ Which phoio-radar cameras, will be
set up next year. :

Sgt. Bob Beaudoin, head of the
traffic section, declined to say where
the spots are located, but said they are

‘on roads where speeding crashes

have occurred.

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“What- we will do is do spot
said
Beaudoin.

“It’s (photo radar) not a
it is a preventative measure,”
Beaudoin.

He said North Vancouver will
have one mobile photo-radar unit.
Beaudoin said a photo-radar camera
can shoot 800 pictures an hour.

Beaudoin said photo radar is
meant to enhance enforcement, not

cash cow,
said

réplace it. Beaudoin said photo radar.

will not be set up to nab motorists
travelling a couple kilometres above
the speed limit.

Meanwhile West © Vancouver
Police declined to comment about
photo radar in the community.

Mayor Mark Sager,. the police
board chairman, said the board will
decide this month whether the munic-
ipality will have photo radar.

“It was heavily debated at the last

police board meeting and I expect it’

will be heavily debated again,” said
Sager.

He said a negative side to photo |

radar involves the perception of

policing.

. “There is a fair sentiment that says
it will lower people's perception of
police and the rating of police.” said
Sager.

“The other big: issue is are they
constitutional,” said Sager.

Meanwhile Niven said more than
17,000 people have signed a SENSE
petition against photo radar in the
province.

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