Police are nabbing speeders on the rural roads: issued 363 speeding tickets in just over 30 days.

News 100 redBy Staff

August 5, 2015

BURLINGTON,ON

If you happen to be driving along the rural roads in north Burlington you will know what we mean when we say – a lot of cowboys drive those roads.
The one that we cringe on is that stretch of Britannia where it joins Cedar Springs – there is a deep dip and then a rise with a curve in it – and then there you are at Cedar Springs where there is a curve in that road as well.

Wonder who the traffic engineer who designed that intersection

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Councillor Taylor has been consistent in his battle to have the speeding on rural roads lessened. He’s been the only council member fighting that battle.

It is at times truly dangerous along some of the rural roads – ward 3 Councillor John Taylor meets with the police regularly and is always asking for signage and thicker police coverage.

We don’t hear the same concern from the other member of Council with rural territory.

Halton Regional Police continue to implement the Reducing Rural Speeds Project throughout the north end of Burlington. This is a traffic safety initiative that utilizes education and enforcement strategies to reduce the speeds of vehicles travelling along rural roads in order to promote safe driving habits.

Residents of rural Burlington worry about an accident happening that results in a fatality – and with the speed that some of those cowboys drive on those roads – it is scary.

Speed enforcement projects have occurred annually under various names (BEARS in the Woods, BRRaKE). Speed enforcement on rural roadways has indicated that a significant portion of the problem is from commuters using rural routes to avoid more heavily travelled main thoroughfares such as Highway 401, Highway 6, Highway 403, QEW, and Dundas Street. The continuing volume of complaints indicates that drivers continue to disobey speed limits and have little regard for the safety of the people who reside in these communities.

Since July 1st, officers have issued 460 provincial offense notices for driving related offences along these rural roadways, 363 of those were for speeding.

Officers will continue to patrol the rural roads to deter drivers from speeding along these roadways.

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There was a time when municipal people referred to these police cars as Holsteins – the result of their markings. The colour scheme changed to more white – the traditional colours are returning. Expect to see more of these on the rural roads – unmarked perhaps.

In order to increase safety it is necessary for the public to recognize that speeding is unacceptable and can have catastrophic repercussions. As a result, police are hoping this campaign will remind drivers that as their speed increases so does the risk of a collision.
The Halton Regional Police Service is committed to combating dangerous and aggressive driving behaviours that put all road users at risk.

If any citizen would like to report a traffic concern they can do so by visiting our website and making a Road Watch complaint.

ROAD WATCH is a community driven program encouraging anonymous reporting of incidents involving dangerous and/or aggressive driving. This program is an opportunity to bring an aggressive driver to our attention.

Be the extra eyes and ears and learn more here: https://www.haltonpolice.ca/PRC/Pages/ROADWATCH.aspx

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1 comment to Police are nabbing speeders on the rural roads: issued 363 speeding tickets in just over 30 days.

  • John

    They should try catching speeders on Snake/York roads in north aldershot country area. Speeders rip down those roads and there’s never a cop anywhere. The city would make major $$$$$.