P>AGE 26~. W NYL NSI) Y. .1 tUNEI10,l1.)1 9X I VlTI3NFREES PRESS Classified Ads sell Call 668-6111. y DEMU ETYLUUrEU3The Minister of Transportation and Com- 119 Green Street munications has recently introduced new 668-9262 regulations, under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, which will make our thoroughfares safer for motorists and pedestrians alike. Despite measures such as the mandatory use of seat belts and lowered speed limits, many innocent ENTERPRISE FORD SALES LIMITED "THE IEALERSHIP OF THE FU!TIRE 1981 E SCO RT l Options Shown at Extra Cost $ 61233 Transport Canada Estimate 53 MPG Highway. 815 King Street West OSHAWA, ONT. Plus F reight $186 Tax and Licence 576-1800 people are being seriously injured or killed as a result of the irresponsible and dangerous actions of some drivers. A number of offenders are young drivers, and it is to curb their tendency to recklessness that our government, through the ministry of transportation and communications, has introduced a two-year, probationary status for new drivers. We have also redefined the demerit point system to deter reckless drivers of all ages. These changes, which took effect on June 1, were recommended after considerable study, by the Select Committee on Highway Safety. The commit- tee noted that too many of our new drivers appeared to be demonstrating a lack of respect for the traffic laws of this province, resulting in a dispropor- tionately high rate of collisions and convictions. Under the probationary status, a new driver's license will be automatically suspended for 30 days with the accumulation of six demerit points within either the first or second year of their probationary period. To refresh your memory on the demerit point system, six demerit points are given for a careless driving or racing conviction or for exceeding the speed limit by 50 or more kilonetres per hour. Ex- ceeding the speed limit by 16 to 29 kilometres per hour results in three demerit points, so that two such speeding convictions within a year would also bring about an automatic license suspension. » Although a probationary driver's demerit points will be reduced to zero when their license is suspen- ded, they will have to complete two, one-year driving periods free of suspension for traffic violations, before the probationary status is removed. It should be noted that probationary status ap- plies to every new driver, regardless of age, in- cluding anyone who has not held an Ontario Driver's License within the previous three years. It will also automatically exclude new drivers from holding either a school bus driver's license or a driving instructor's license. As far as non-probationary drivers are concer- ned, they will still be permitted to accumulate 15 demerit points before their licenses are automatically suspended. Demerit points will con- tinue to be effective for two years as well, but now they will be assessed back to the date of the offence rather than the date of the conviction as was the case previously. This will only be done after the conviction has been made, however, to eliminate a former loophole whereby drivers with high ac- cumulations of points would delay their trials until previously registered dem'erit points were removed from their records, thus avoiding the 15-point suspension. A protection clause has been provided under the new date-of-offence rule to ensure that drivers whose cases are pending before the courts, will not be suspended. In these instances, convictions will not be back-dated and hence there will be no unex- pected suspensions. 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