PelhamToday received the following letter from reader Bill Park regarding the back-to-school traffic initiative.
I'm totally in favour of programs such as this to remind drivers how to drive during school days. Unfortunately, they are not a long-term (or short) fix. Tomorrow, all will be back to normal. Totally self-absorbed, entitled, and distracted drivers will simply aim their cars down the road, then go back to the important part of their trip: themselves!
Take Victoria Ave, north of Vineland, or Canboro and Welland Roads in Fenwick as examples. Just how many generations of police officers do you think tried their best to make an impact on speeders? Simply stated, despite their best efforts (between other calls for service) nothing lasted longer than the few hours they could “afford”.
Then along came “traffic calming”; a couple of simple lines were painted on Victoria Ave. Those lines gave the impression that the road was narrow, and traffic slowed. In Fonthill we had the ill-designed chicane on Haist St., a tactic in use all over the world! Sure, it had to be fixed to allow fire trucks to get through (a good thing), then suddenly it was gone! I can only guess that it was working too well and consequently had upset the self-absorbed drivers of today (see above).
What’s the point of this to me? Give the job of fixing the roads to your engineers, then get out of the way and let them solve your problem.
I attempted to respond on Facebook, however they no longer wish to publish Canadian news (all-in-all a good thing).
Bill Park
Fonthill
