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" * ers will serve as a deterrent for many. espeâ€" sharing the road with cyclists. moving over e? cially novice drivers who face a 30-day for first responders and doornik â€"- when a “it? licence suspension upon their first convico parked cardoor isopened suddenly. causing " tion. a 90-day suspension for a second oon- a cyclist or anothervehicle to slam into it. viction and licence cancellation for a third Many of the changes implement harsher, conviction. more costly penalties if the laws are ignored. The aim is to nix bad behavior before it â€"â€"tu'thfilafrom WM /‘ r“! r" "\. l I. ’ ‘ A , .‘ I ‘ DPHWP wry/NW: .‘ t t ,â€" ‘3 ‘ ‘ i 1 i ‘ ii" 9 ‘ ‘. ‘ i f ‘li l/ i / {\p!i.~ lat," .1 _, I, i, .1 D \J \v/ {161 hi myiijl...‘ L. 1*] y,, w' ’ ' . 22‘- Lo<al police have issued about 1,115 distracted driving (barges this year, and hope new /! . at if, 5‘ ii .9. ., ' .. provmcial legislation increasing the fine curbs the growmg practice in no") k, ,, if; a, g, f i A . 7 ' ‘ . . . , Bit Btu lulu» “It isn't getting any better and it's going to ‘ ‘ y . Mr my W11"? It take a mind wt change on the piiblic's pan 5 1 for this to go away.” ‘ ,_ _ S tiller penalties now in ctfect for dlsr According to the (WP. 4| deaths have L , <\ ‘ tracted driving are expected to serve as been attributed to distracted driving on . , _ ‘ 1 _. “' , m 1 a deterrent for a problem that'\ OPP-patrolled roads so far this year. and the l " “ " fl a~;i;-\ 1 arguably gotten worse number of collisions caused by distracted Q Staff Sgt. lirii Strand of Watt-dim Regional drivers IS up 20 per cent compared to this «I *4 A T? .» i Police Senate's traffic division says that time last year. ‘2 ‘ "5 ”.. i t. ‘ while distracted drivtng laws pertaining to “There are three types of distraction v .. ‘ ] ’ ' mobile (lt‘Vlt es have been in effect \lnt‘t‘ when driving: Taking your eyes off the road. . i 2009, the number of infrat trons have taking your hands off the wheel. and taking u ,‘ rctiiauiedconstant your mind off driving." said Brad Blair. OPP Strand Mild local police hayt- already deputy t’ommisuorit'r. traffic safety and I ’ handed out i t IR distraited driving l|\k('l\ operational suppon in a news release “All of . '- - , this year these can endanger lives. but texting while "" . , ‘ ""' N _ . "What \ happened though is inst retently drivmg is ('\p(‘( tally dangerous because it __‘ . a" H Hirpdkst‘d drunlt driy'ing lot the primary tortihines all three ty'tx'sofdistraction " \ V \ ‘ t.lll\t’ of death iii l olhsions," he \dltl Up to luly 2 l, the Ontario Proy‘incial k ' ' y . . . WLU names busmess school after [Alandis ‘ . 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