CONSTABLE MIKE Caira of the RCMP's photo radar unit was in the area recently giving a demonstration of the device, Although this weekend is the official launch of the system elsewhere in B.C., locations here are still subject to approval by municipal and regional governments. _ Photo radar coming soon THE PROVINCE will soon ask the city and the regional district to endorse photo radar on local toads. RCMP photo radar specialists were in the arca this month to demonstrate photo radar and to examine tentative locations, But they won’'l bring in the unit without first having the blessing of local government. “This is very much community orientated process,’’ said Prince George-based photo radar specialist Constable Doug Leshures. “We've all along sought the support of municipalities, If we don’t get the endorsement, there won’t be aay equipment,’’ he said. Photo radar is being promoted by the province as one way of having motorists slow down and thus prevent injury or death causing accidents. It’s also being, viewed as another iraffic viola- lion revenue source, This coming long weekend is the official... launch of photo radar in other areas of the' pro- vince. “et Other communities have recommended 460 silee Bot BET at photo radar sites with 160 being approved for immediate action. The northem plan is to base three vans and two photo radar units in Prince George. One of the vans will be kept within a day’s drive of Prince George while the other will tour the northwest, Photo radar works when a picture of a speed- ing vehicle is taken after a radar device triggers a camera. A ticket is then sent to the owner of the vehicle. Because the camera can’t prove who is driving at the lime the photo of the licence plate is taken, points aren’t assessed against the vehicle’s licensed owner, : Although. its introduction has been delayed several times, photo radar is to officially come inlo being Aug. 1. Speeding tickels carry a $100 fine, rising to $150 for excessiver speeding (40kmb’ aver the “posted speed timit). 2.4 | ' ‘ + 1 for fe cet Rete . r Police will give tolerances “of anywhere“ be- tween 10 and 19 kin/h over posted speed limits before taking action. The system became controversial when the provincial government discovered a computer program to electronically match the photo of the licence with the address of the licensed owner wouldn’t work. That’ll be done manually. Krumm Road in Thornhill, Halliwell on the bench, Keith Ave. in town, Old Lakelse Drive, Kalum Lake Drive, a section of Lakelse, Hwy 16 and Munroe, the 5300 Block McConnell, Kalum in the city and Skeenaview Drive have all been tentatively selected as possible photo radar sites. Leshures said the city and regional district can “pick and choose specific locations among the tentative sites they wish to have patrolled. And even if the city and the regional district decline photo radar, it'll still be used on Hwys 16 and 37 in this part of the north, A section of Hwy37. leading dawn to: Mount “Layton Hotsprings ‘atid ‘a stretch’ of Hwy16pe- ~ tween here and Prince Rupeit have been tagped! as locations by the local highway patrol section. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 31, 1996 - A3 News in Brief Harvie checks in THE NEW RCMP detachment commander in New , Ajiyansh has started his dutics and he’s a familiar face to Terrace residents. Corporal Ewen Harvie, a 19-year veteran of the po- lice force, served in Terrace between 1985 and 1989 and was responsible for the local dcetachment’s com- munity policing and crime prevention program. Harvie, whose most recent posting was in Kelowna, replaces Corporal Ron Sharein who is now in Chase, B.C. Harvie is in charge of three other officers, an increase of one in the past year duc to a policing agreement be- tween the province, federal government and the Nisga’a Tribal Councif. The New Aiyansh delachment covers the three Nass Valley villages of ~= Lakalzap (Greenville), Gitwinksillkw (Canyon City) and New Aiyansh. Suicide program an option for schools THIS SPRING the disturbing topic of suicide was dis- ucssed openly at local schools. An out-of-town pro- gram, called Dare to Live, was very successful, and prompted a lot of talk, But a local youth committee is worried that one talk a year isn’t enough. So they’ll be asking school princl- pals this fall whether they'd like to offer suicide pre- vention materials at local schools. If enough teachers around Terrace are interested in laking part in a training session, then the Child and Youth Committee will supply them with lesson plans and materials, After teaching a suicide prevention course, perhaps through career and personal planning classes, the teachers would be available to talk to year round. “If the kids know someone in the school will talk to them about il, just that can make a big difference,’ says Marg Anderson, co-chair of the youth committee. Too wide? Can’t drive CONCERNS OVER the safety of drivers coming up or down Lanfear Hill has prompted city council to limit the size of vehicles on that stretch of road. Ala recent council meeting, city bylaw enforcement officer Frank Bowsher suggested the width limit of vehicles be no more than 2.4 metres because the road is quite narrow, “We felt that if a wide vehicle goes up there, it could be a concem for our senior drivers,’? Bowsher said, Cily public works official Herb Dusdal agreed, point- ing out that the current 12,000kg weight limit does not really address the issuc, “It’s not so much weight, but width that is the prob- lem,”’ he said. Council decided to strike the weight restriction and go with the width limit, thereby eliminating dump trucks, logging trucks and even wide vans from the hill, A Great Vacation Spot For The Whole Family! 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