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6 - wAmwo CHRONICLE - THURSDAY. ocrosen a. 2015 . ,, â€"â€",_- _-,- 7 . g ,, . Fines Will pay for school bus cameras V ‘. V213: ' f“ ‘g By [18A Ronnie! ping when the sign was extend- cient, argues Souli'ere, as it can b ‘F.- ’ at , ”a For the Post ed issue citations to vehicle ownâ€" ' _ ‘ ‘-» _‘_; ". When extrapolated to ers,providelinksto video evi» ' 1 ‘A ‘ ~ '" ‘ _ N: he Region of Waterloo include all buses, the number dence. accept fine payments. 5 _’-; , H5 r, â€"\ won't have to foot the of violators per week was about and even provide evidence and . 1, _ 3 1 ' < bill to install traffic cam~ 700. information to existing court ; ‘ V , , eras on school buses to catch Footage documented a and provincial licensing regis- “lg - p ’ ‘ N 5 7 ' ‘ vehicles that pass by stopped Waterloo region child nearly nation programs. ' , schoolbuses~baddriverswill beinghitbyacartwiceduring Any fines collected A , a ) '« lean Souliere, president one stop. through FxS Solution's - '- . a “If“! of RS Canada, who is pitch- Student Transportation web portals are directly . . k . is; f , .. an: “£153 ing a surveillance program that of Waterloo Region general forward to the municipality. ’ g“ if f L *ww would equip all 372 Waterloo manager Benoit Bourgault has The compaan employees ' ' a} / v . g ‘3 like: it: Region school bus stop-arm been lobbying to see the cam- also take care of all the video - ’ ,. " ‘ ‘ g V if *t signs with cameras, says the erasadded. andhasaskedlocal review and send it to police, a. » - "' 7; V, program would be subsidized schoolboardsbr support. whothendecideifafineiswar- Q - ’ ‘ by revenue from traffic fines. Monday my“ (Sept. 26), he ranted. They also process any in a nutshell, the model won the backing of Waterloo forms should a violator decide . ' calls for cameras to be installed Region District School Board to contests ticket, ' on 75 buses at a time - at acost trustees. who agreed to pen a Once all capital is paid for of $8,000 per installation â€" with letter to the region asking to through fines, the proposal . capital paid for incrementaL consider embracing the cam- calls for a difierent set of fine ‘ lybythe S490 fines issued to erasystetn splitting m m a, ”16, 9 “a h 1 M drivers who don't stop when When asked whether he Of each $490 fine, $90 school bus stop-arms are would support the initiative. would immediately be paid to extended Regional Chair Ken Selling the province for a victim's sur- l ale cum Wee with free e_h°“ "h ed Souliere insists the region said anything to support stu- charge fee. Of the remaining ”at; waStethzheguw Wka a ’ On ' r g won't have to be responsible dent safety would be consid« $400, $30 in royalties would go t f “00 Man . for any of the capital, even the ered, however. he said there to the US. company that cre- 0” 0 ate Ste agement Site first 75 installations. which his are practical issues to consider, ated the product. Then 25 per companywill coverupfiont. and legislation changes that cent of the money would go to e? in” N "We've thought throughthe would need to be in place to theregon. V ' ‘ _:-*‘ mechanics of how this works makeitworthwhile. What’s left would go to . 2 fl?» V t m m and every detail has been He also had concerns that Fits Solutions to cover a five- “ g 9 . designed to make child safety businesses proposing such year contract that would pay ". Waste Ma mam first, and have zero capital out- programs t be in it for the for $3 million to run the pr0~ » s flags V ' was 0 m cm layio municipalities. and make profit. gram, maintain and upgrade X para . ' it loo per cent budget neutral." Those changes in Iegisla- equipment. That's in addition . 0 1516 Glasgow Street. Krtciiener Soulieretold would; mmmisbbbying to the$3 million already paid Even if drivers were sudâ€" to see enacted. call to extend for phased-in capital (paid by denlytobeongoodbehaviour diesauieauthoritylordtations files). we” m m red and no fines were laid. munici- given to intersection red-light “There's zero risk to the a . R a“ “i ' polities won't be on the hook to cameras to stop-arm cameras. municipality,’ said Souliere. ‘v < Call 519-575-4400 pay for installations with each Souliere is asking the provin- The municipality doesn't $5 or em“ phase dal govenirnent to make video guarantee any ticket revenue M ‘ g , “if all of sudden ticketing evidence of violators good The only thing we're able to a waste@regionofwaierioo.ca disappears overnight and we enotgh to stand alone in court invoice for is collected tickets.” " K " 1TY 519.575.4608 only recuperate 50 per cent without the attendance of bus Evan if the number of fines at, - of our capital outlay, then we drivers orpolice officers diminishes, and the company's _ , , , , . ' consider thataS300,000 invect- For now, he said, his pro profit decreases. Souliere stills If you requtre awessbllity 35393008 to participate. merit in making our commu- gram complies with the law sees the mam as a win-win. ”ease let us know at time of booking nitybetter,“ said Souliere. because it still provides video as he envisions more munici- As pan of a live-day pilot evidence, whichjrees drivers panties buying into the pro- 7 project last spring, the com- from the worry of having to gram, plus each community‘s Food Bank donations are WW. \W’ puny installed cameras on mediandrecordlicelmplam modsbecomealitflesaler. the retractable stop signs on 'We're just replacing the “By driving social good J six school buses in Waterloo bus drivers' eyesandlrmswltb now in the short term, more .r i n f at ri f“ ' 3 , ‘ ‘ V t , , ‘ ‘ Region andi'ound nearly 100 cameras“ municipalities in Ontario will WWW eg 0 O W 8 00 ‘d/WaSt’ vehidesdrovebywithoutstop- Thesystemisiarmoreei‘li embraoeltanddoit.’ eafi «\ St. Jacobs Outlets . l . - ' A . a, , , \ ‘ “’ ‘ i i . _ . a M , "f” OPEN ingf ' Pay LESS for GORGEOUS THINGS! ,i. 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