t y
” ra I YA NE I I LIN reer ee rt eye) se entetednantttinadeh ata kdiaineeh detain, died simmer e Spey meee Ap pce mewer cree nev rope ere ory rT
. beeen etm 1 Ne TS ye + arr yeed S aaeeeas abate dh
. semen 1 ~ etary
poe ny TN er ne rte ont eS rete yn ey mint engr ener ene ie syria re oe

See ee he bbe
rer

voeugeas UOOCURROROONdL PA baeoeeeneeaeaE

*

si .
‘ %y ~ on the
ED other band

SO now the nuinicipali-
"thes have to,aceept)
photo radar whether
_ they. want itor not, |
« And down the drain
goes another promise by
those promise-breakers
Cin Victorias |
aaa :
©" fts not enough for then
~~ that they promised to balance
ela budget, or that they have ,
denied hospital boards the
right to run their own affairs,
“or that Surrey. school board
“oy has been threatened with -
2, compulsion in allowing the .
.y foys of homosexuality to be
“taught, 20" ee
Soon fOAsthe man sald, governs.”
=e ment.can do anything. ..
Including removing your right
to free speech, .

gage oe
* "Public transportation needs
more money, It is under-fiund-
ed, In order for more people

| tO use public transportation,
«finds need to be increased.

i!

“2 yPhere are a-million cars in -

ithe: Lower Mainland” being
; subsidized to the :tine of

2° 9 $2,600 pervehicle — money
; “out of our pockets: iss going
* “into General, Revenue instead

Ona lesser seale this photo
radar thing qualifies Cara
prize, bos

T have beer talking to
Michael Catn, the fellow who
has led the fight against dt and
heads the group calling itsell
SENSE (Safety by Bducation
Not Speed Entorcement),

_ He points out thats

Glen Clark & Co,
promised to make Ita cont
Munity-based program, The,

_ promise has been Ignored and
there has never been any
attempe to fnvolye the con

“munity, Sounds familiar,

: According ta the “fairness
code” the systeny would not
be operating within 300
metres of an Intersections He
says it has been doling so,

Nor do they always adver-.

- tize where their locations are,
Which they said they would.”

~The minister responsible
for the program promised ”
there would be an indepen:
dent review. of speed limits
before photo radar was intro-
duced, aaa

“4

We are still waiting for it,

The whole ofthe
Coquihalla Highway has been
turned into a radarzone, But

it is not an accident are’, Only

}
4
A fae,
tage Oy

of inte public transit,

I agree with the proposi--
tion made by North Van.
District Council on May 26,
asking, “that the GVRD ‘be
empowered to levy a surcharge
of $100 on all vehicles which

“are ‘registered: with, ICRC
within the GVRD boundaries
and: that the total amount
resulting from. this “surcharge
be turned Over to BC. Transit

| JAMES POYNER

Lawyer

t

ublic transit is

north shore news

_ VIEWPOINT

i .
ne TERNS AOSTA A AL STS CTS Le TT a TTT TT
fee ul

one person has been killed on

that road dn the last four years -

ahd he fell asleep at the wheel,

‘Gal denouneed the sys-
tem ts a money-raising extra
tax gral” even before Tt
began And if lis figures are

_ correct that ls what it ts
becoming,

Tickets average $100 a
shot and to the beginning
they were issulng i 8,000 of:
them a month, By January of
this year that figure was up to
28,000, The projection is
$3,000, Money money
money, And more equipment

“will be on stream come July

fr the U.S, the American
Automobile Association
opposes the use off sich sys-
tems “because they under-

mine fair and reasonable -

enforcement of traffic laws,”
But BCAA supports it and
Cain says the reason fs that
BCAA ts the largest retailer of
automobile insurance policies. -
for ICBC, Which of course ©

¢. plugs the government line.

BCAA did conduct a sure:

vey ofits menrbers an the
isstee and 64% backed the idea.
But, states Cain, the question
was put in such a way that

i

hate Voi

as an additional souree® of

finding to improve public
transportation,

If more people used public

transportation there would be

~ ter'$300,,°

members were asked to stip
porta plan that “would
reduce health care and insure
ance costs by using photo
radar to catch specders.” :
In other words, please sty)”
port motherhood, a
He claims, too, that there
are Just as nanny aceddents fine 7
lower speed areas as there are
inthe high speed ones,
My view Is that speed does
NOT RIL Tt can, But so can
driving a horse and cart, ;
Punks kill; tang But as often as
not they get away with It»
Meanwhile NVD Coun,

Ernie Crist had a few things
ta sa wo

I, + in

‘| have doubts about the’
system,” he toldme, “but
more to the point {s that we

_ have to pay tor the police
while the government con-
tributes nothing toward the,
casts, é ; !

“Why should the provincial

government take the proceeds” ::

of photo radar?
“And don’t forget,” he ,
continued “that there’s‘no,
limit to whit fines they cart
impose. They could increase."
them to $200 or for that mate -,

ri a re . ee
“] hey get the cream and

f ir ie

os Was

much less stress in our. lives.
and it would: certainly. con:
tribute to good mental health,

Margaret R. Dean

North Vancouver

DRAPERIES & BLINDS

BY S.LAURSEN & SON

"Serving the North Shore for

25 years

i ne

= How to help rid us of photo radar

take ie away to Vietorla, Yer"
they are downloading help to
the ninieipalities,” ;
What to do about a system
on which government his not
consulted you? ;

In this case there's a book-
fet out called ‘The Radar,
Intelligence Report that
instructs on how to aveld pay-
ing photo-radar tickets, -

It's tog complicated to go
Into here in detail, But one:a-:
way of getting away with it ts
to .

" YW.

mnore the ticket,
Iso, a ticket has to be
served before itis legal’ If they

ia

?Anto? e--

. ; . wy em,
“© Homeowners
9 Tiarel .

Over tu eats Sepice Op
Fhe Norill Shots,
ts

1 iad er i

\Wodnissday, dune 18, 1997 = North Shore Nowa - 7

uw iy

tt

try to serve It you don’t have
to answer the door
Hyen if tt is served you ean
tile a “clispute.”
1 got my copy ftom Spy.

“versus Spy, a store on West

Pender It costs $10.98 plus. -
tax, Han

-— ‘Te Novthy Shore News oh 25°

believes strongly in freedom of
speech and the right of all sides.
in a debate to be beard: The

» columaatists published in thes, 03:
‘News present differing points of:

vie, but those views ave not
necessarily those of the newspae
per itself: as

ICBC Payment Plan Now Ayailable Ie

Defieux-Saxelby

Insurance| -

st Esplanade ||’
North Vancouver

FREE INFORMATION KIT |.

, Ideal for conservative income investors

i

q, * Today's top income opportunitie wom

* Premium guaranteed rates -

* Safety of principal
* Tax-saving ideas

|. WALWYNE

SLULSC HED TWINING EOE
San eeaey

Another one of our designs,

"Ror Free Estimate call 987-2966 : Call Chris Carter |
» Cask abort our Seniors Discount) > TEAS = -.925-.5565 ~ nebo ,

© Labour $10.50 per panel unlined, ' BLUE CHIP THINKING Is a trademark of Midland Walwyn Capit
$1t.s0lined = Cen Member-Canadian investor Protection Fund...

| Low Low. Pricas #. JOKING OU

- 988-6321
‘408-145 Chadwick Court N, Van.
(Lonsdale Quay Plaza)

IN

—. Everyone Is Talking i

\ ‘wi ae hey ao *
“ Word travels fast witda you offer savings hike thesé.tt's all 10, ie.

yo a
ady for a majygr renovation
to double the size of ouk store. Think of it as. our. ves, cea

ane aN

{ Ma of Spring cleaning.
So-come down and. gake-a lok ;
decorative, rods, pillow forins
designer,dece
1S HAST

4
\

a 4

“our selection of trim, tassel:
d.2,500, bolts “of the tes”
tifig' fabrics. Remember, every thi p we carry
ock: But you beqeer hurry - tt all ends Jung 22nd. < |

,

¢

5 6 J co,
jusp-south ef tougheed. Open P days a week: -
ag pete a

oy

291 692) Wwe Lies comm,