{"id":1004,"date":"2014-05-21T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/21\/city-intent-on-calming-down-speeders\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:41:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:41:07","slug":"city-intent-on-calming-down-speeders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2014\/05\/21\/city-intent-on-calming-down-speeders\/","title":{"rendered":"City intent on calming down speeders"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Robert Frank<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Abord \u00e0 Plouffe Councilor Vasilios Karidogiannis singled out street safety as a priority before he was elected in November. <\/p>\n

Now, he told The Suburban,<\/i> the city is moving to implement traffic calming measures to slow down Laval\u2019s dangerous drivers. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe number one priority throughout Laval is speeding and road safety,\u201d he said in an interview. \u201cIt was a topic that came up often during the campaign and it is still coming up all the time. It\u2019s an issue that needs to be resolved.\u201d <\/p>\n

Karidogiannis said the city has set up a permanent directorate that will take residents\u2019 complaints, analyze the situation and tailor an appropriate solution on a case-by-case basis. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have a concern, you can dial 311 and lodge a complaint,\u201d he explained. \u201cThen you can call your city councilor and say \u2018I called 311 and made a complaint, and now I\u2019m running it by you to see what you can do.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a variety of traffic calming measures which could alleviate the problem,\u201d Karidogiannis added. \u201cRadar signs, for example, are very effective. They display the speed that you are traveling at, which lets you catch yourself and adjust accordingly.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201c[The new road safety directorate] will also determine whether the street needs a speed bump or some other form of modification to the roadway, such as wider sidewalks or a change in the direction of traffic flow,\u201d he continued. \u201cEach case has to be handled in an individual manner. I could understand that speed bumps on streets like Notre Dame and Labelle could hinder Urgences sant\u00e9<\/i> ambulances and other emergency vehicles, but they have to slow down anyway on smaller streets where I don\u2019t think this would an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, we have to find a way to get delinquent types to slow down,\u201d Karidogiannis asserted. \u201cIt is alarming the way that some people drive in their own neighbourhoods, where their own children play.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cLicense suspension for long time would be the most effective measure for those people, but that\u2019s in the provincial domain,\u201d he concluded, \u201cso a speed bump is a nice alternative way to get drivers to respect their fellow citizens.\u201d
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