Dear Editor,
I see that Various RCMP jurisdictions in the Lower Mainland are going to test out cardboard cut out police officers to try and enforce speed limits.
This is a tactic that has been used before and slows down traffic for a while, until people realize that it is not a real officer manning the radar gun — much like the sign at No 4 Road and Steveston Highway that says radar ahead.
This does not work and as I have personally witnessed many cars doing 70 kmh or more on that stretch of road, passing marked police cars.
Maybe the upcoming municipal election will bring in a council and mayor who will take the prevalence of speeding and accidents that happen in Richmond seriously and set up a dedicated traffic enforcement unit that works full time on combatting this problem. Part-time, hit-and-miss enforcement does not work. Some of the $50 million of casino money that flows into the Richmond Oval will go a long way into creating a full-time dedicated traffic enforcement team that actually enforce the rules of the road — as they have in Delta, Burnaby and Vancouver.
I, for one, am tired of ever increasing insurance rates caused by bad drivers who take our traffic laws as more of a suggestion than the actual Law that it is.
Neil Bruce
RICHMOND
