A10 - Sunday News, December 28, 1980

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by
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Dickson

licence for a month.
Today’s question is:

If the proposed new traffic laws go into
effect, it will sure be a shock for violators.
There will be a minimum $75 fine for traffic
violations if you have more than two points.
You will go to jail for two weeks if you are
caught driving without a licence the second
time. In addition, if you accumulate more
than 15 points in a year, you would lose your

‘What do you think of the
tough new traffic regulations?”

D.G. Murphy
North Vancouver

I think the $75 fine is too
steep. Also, the two week
jail term is pretty rough.

Cameron Lynch
North Vancouver

I think the jail term ts fair
because it is for second
time offenders. I think
the $75 fine ts too suff.

George Parton
North Vancouver

1 think fines may help tn
cutting down traffic viola
tions | don't think some

people take the
senously

points

Mra. KR. Reinebech
North Vancouver

do think the pole
should get tougher with
tratfas violators but I
think the BSUS fine us ten
mach Pads think the two
week yah sentence in ton

severe

Cathertne Anderson
North Vancouver

1} dont think fines wall
lower the number of
traffic violations I de
think the jatlooterm os
unfaw since ott ous for

repeated offenders

COUNCIL CAN'T DEFINE POLICY

The freeze on new housing
east of the Seymour River
until a decision on _ the
Seymour crossing is made
turns out to be not
as rigorous as il appeared.

North Vancouver District
council has approved one
rezoning, three subdivisions,
and one call to tender, all for
property east of the Seymour
River, much to perplexity of
Alderman John Lakes.

“Pm thoroughly confus-
ed,” said Lakes who was the
only alderman to oppose the
freeze when it was passed at
the end of November.

“Can somebody please tell
me what the freeze policy
is,” Lakes pleaded. after

council approved a tender
call for a cluster housing
development in Deep Cove.
and a subdivision described
as a ‘hardship case.’

“We're already talking
about thawing two
(developments), maybe

we're going to have 10 or 12
more,” he said.

Much to everybody's
amusement nobody could
define the freeze policy.

Crist said he didn‘! want
“an absolute freeze,” but
that larger subdivision
should be frozen.

Alderman Peter Powell
agreed, but most council
members were able to justify
approving each of the

developments which came
before council describing
them as ‘infilling’ or
developments that had been
in progress before’ the
freeze.

Also, with the main sub-
divisions a requirement 1s
that a restrictive covenant is
signed prohibiting building
construction pending a deci-
sion on the Seymour cross-
ing.

At the end of debate it was
Mayor Don Beli who had the
courage to try and define the
freeze.

He said it was a restriction
on any “significant new
development” east of
Seymour until development
of the new access is in pro-

RCMP won't ‘babysit’

FROM PAGE A1

says “it is past the point that
the police alone can deal
with it.”

A study of the statistics of
those people involved in
breaking and entering and
possessing stolen property in
North Vancouver this year
shows that 18 years old is the
average age of the partici-
pant with some being as
young as 13.

“On the school day if a 16
year-old is on the street,
that's suspicious,” Murphy
says. He says” residents

Two compensated for injuries

Two North Shore
residents have been com
pensated for inyumes suf

fered after being involved in
cnminal attacks

An SV year old North
Vancouver woman who was
attacked and knocked to the
ground for ono apparent
teason by two unidentified
male youths was one of the
people compensated in
November under the
Crominal Injury Com
pensation Act

She was awarded $1 S50
after she suffercd a left
shoulder isto ation and
pbrastons of the left Knee

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should have no hesitation in
phoning the police if they
see something suspicious.

Murphy refers to the
youths involved in the break-
ins as being “career-minded”
and not at all amateurish in
ther methods.

Many of the homes broken
into have been locked at the
ume of the break-in and the
police stress that even more
care by the homeowner is
needed.

As an example of what its
happening in the area.
Murphy said there were six
break-ins on December 16
alone, with a total of $3,000
worth of jewellery and other

goods stolen.

That day, Murphy said,
one home on Lloyd was even
broken into twice.

Currently the RCMP is
concerned about one person
or group that strikes at night
and has been responsible for
over eight break-ins since
the summer.

They say they are
especially concerned
because the break-ins are
occurring when people are
asleep in the house and there
is the possibility of confron-
tanion.

Although the police do not
want to reveal the person's

District housing freeze
mour

gress.

Judging by council com-
ments completion of
negotiations for the new

crossing of Seymour is now
not far off.

The original reason for the
freeze was to cut down on
the amount of new traffic go-
ing into the area until
another access could be built
to handle it.

A member of the public
commented that by giving

piecemeal approval to a
number of small
developments council may

be creating the same amount
of traffic as if they had ap-

proved one large subdivi-
sion.

ublic

method of breaking into a
home, Murphy.said a dead-
bolt lock would prevent such
break-ins.

The RCMP also urge
homeowners to lock doors
and windows when they go
out and relocate valuables in
somewhere other than the
obvious spot.

A jewellery box is
definitely not the best place
to keep jewellery, Murphy
Says, nor ts the top drawer of
a dresser.

But Murphy says_ the
RCMP can only do so much.

“If people won't look after
themselves we won't babysit
them.” he said.

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