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l . WWW-www.myteors-s City moves to reduce speeds to 40 km in school zones Bvlutmlmou $9.Cl)00fwhichiscarriedoverfmm2012. speeding is typically not an issue in from of ondsitmiyrttaketoreact. Reducethat speed Chronicle may The city implemented a pilot project in hisschool. to 40 km/h and motorists travel 11 metres mwstudytheefl’ectsofawkm/hsdiool Oneofthe benefits ofthe reduced speedis per second, leavinga six metre difference in d otorists should be prepared to zone but the results were mixed. All of the the corresponding reduction in stopping dis- stopping distance overtwosecontk drive a little bit slower through the five pilot schools â€"â€" Keatsway. St Nicholas. tance needed to avoid colliding with another Thaleradded simply lowering speed limits city's elementary school zones as St. Luke. Lester B. Pearson and Winston vehicle or a pedestrian, said lnsp. Kevin miyitactuallyincreaseaccidentssinceapro council has voted to reduce all speed limits Churchill â€"â€"sawspeeds well above40km. ThalerofWaterioo Regional Police. portion of the public will obey the new to 40 kilometres per hour, Eighty-five per cent of motorists drove “Chen times the difference between hit‘ speed. whileother drivers will not. Politicians voted last week to lower the between 52 km/h and 62 km/h, but four of ting someone and not hitting someone can Motorists drive to the conditions of the limit at the city‘s remaining 16 schools to 40 the five sites did see overall speeds reduced beantetreYbuoome toasaeechinghaltand road.mean1ngthey'll travel faster along open km/h after five schools saw their limits compared to when the areas had been 50 just mkst‘hem.‘ said'lhaler. It an takeup to roads than in areas with speed humps or droppedlastyearlheyarecurrentlySOkm/h kin/hymen threeaectmdsforadrivertoperoeiveathreat, roadsnarrowedwithpedesu'ianislands zones in a report to council in 2011, staff indiat- apply the brakes and have the brakes take Still, Waterloo is oil to a good start by low Mayor Brenda llalloran “ , ed the “installation ofsignage efl’ecthesaid. eringspeedlimits. said the city was changing the Its really hard to has had little effect on driver A car travelling 50 kmlh covers 13.9 “it‘s really hard to argue against it in a speed zones in response to argue against it in behaviour. Many motorists metres per second. said Thaler. meaning a school mnebecauseit nukesyouslowdown complaints from parents and see a sign once and the next drivucovetsalmoetzsmeuesinthetwosecâ€" and buysyoumction time'lllalersaid. teachers a SChOOI zone time it does not register." “We looked at what we can because it makes The mayor recognized the do to help with those con- I do results ofthe pilot project, but * cems, and one was installing you 8 ow w" said the change was neces- 40 kilometre speed limits and buysyou sary to try and change the InUOdUCing ... where those schools are.” she reaction time " mentality of drivers and said. “We're trying to impress ' pedestrians in school zones. upon people driving through â€"lnsp.1<evin'nu1cr Kitchener also recently voted those areas that you’ve got to to implement a 40 kah pilot ' _ . slow down. People aren’t paying attention project at nine elementary schools \' and children aren't paying attention.” “We feel all schools should be treated the in 2011 council approved the city's 2012» same and that, in time, people will realize 2014 capital budget and it provided funding whenever you come to a school zone you to change the speed signage in front of need toslawdown.’ Halloran said. schools over the next three years The city is Educators and law enforcement officials ' con. pleting the work a year ahead of sched- agree with the move. by ’ ule due to the ltmer-thananticipated costs “To me it makes sense that you want traf- lt will cost about 32.000 to install signage he going slower in front of all schools.” said ' at each school, and staff have budgeted Michael Martin principal at MaoGregor Pub- 535,000 from the capital reserve fund â€" lic School. 32 Central St.. though he said ‘ ‘ ' it; if i it gge 6 r “A ! QL l a . , t e. 1.. f5, ' ‘1. $3" .l‘ 7 7 1‘“ 7 gig ' J “to: r, I?“ . , _ . i APRIL 30'" TO MAY 8'" : » a. . i s i Visit us on May 4th for free BBQ hotdogs, hamburgers, soft drinks ~ ;- 3 _‘ g. and save on quality brand name tires. ““‘ * ' l . i “â€"â€" ‘ m ; ‘ l , l 0/ ’ ‘ 2F Fresh Ideas. Affordable Design Solutions. l o . Quality Craftsmanship. HEB”- ‘ Available exclusively in the Waterloo Region at... mmmm.mztem=mtemmmmw -