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18 = 5 - Halton Hills | Thursday, September 16, 2021 e theifp.ca FREE EVENT ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON THIS WEEKEND Halton Hills residents, and visitors to the town, 'g will have a chance to learn about electric vehicles at a free event on Saturday, Sept. 18 starting at 10 a.m. The EV Extravaganza, as it is being called, will be held in the parking lot of the Mold-Masters Sport- sPlex at 221 Guelph St. The show is a collabo- ration between the Town of Halton Hills, Plug'n Drive, Halton Hills Hydro and SouthWestern Ener- gy. "With around 49 per cent of local greenhouse gas emissions coming from transportation, the EV eventisa great way tolearn how electric vehicles can help achieve our goal of be- coming a carbon-neutral community,” Mayor Rick Bonnette said in a media release. SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT THEIFPRCA OPINION MORE IS NEEDED T0 CURB SPEEDING IN THE GLEN This letter is regarding the estory in the Aug. 19 Inde- and Free Press ti- Ted “Slow the cars down be- Krystin Mical- lizi for bringing concerns of speeding cars in Glen Williams to the front page of the newspaper. Walking through Glen Williams daily (Confedera- tion Street and Wildwood Road), I have seen drivers who speed, igno stop signs and make a lot of with - I have not seen police presence for enforcement in the Glen in years, except for mobile radar flashing short-lasting tioned in the article) and new traffic-calming bumps on John Street, which don't stop drivers from racing down or up the hill. Two more speed bumps in between may create change, like on Eaton Street. Every spring, speed lim- it signs on Wildwood Road appear visible. With time, they get overwhelmed by growing shrubs, and are completely covered by Ju- is often ing: duced contact invite more risk-taking and dodging fines. hat the rise of arrogant and disrespectful drivers, who terrorize the community, has little to do with the pandemic. Habit- ual driving behaviours need to change. Sadly, the community KEEP YOUR FAMILY COMFORTABLE THIS SEASON WITH YOUR HEATING & AIR COMPANY can't change anything un- less our regional/munici- pal government and the po- lice try to improve road safe This starts with enforce- ent. If police don't enforce the am Who will? ust do more, as these rivers aren't wor- ried since — in my opinion breaking the rules seems to have no real con- sequences. A good revenue source would be enforcement at Mountainview Road, John Street's four-way stop in- tersection, and along John Street, Confederation Street ‘and Wildwood Road. aneeien police must bal- eir resources to find efficiencies that can bene- fit the community and emerge on the streets to en- force the law. The town could also look at Mississauga or Brampton and implement methods of calming traffic with speed cameras. Hefty fines, impounded cars, driver's licence sus- pensions and facing unaf- fordable car insurance premiums in the future would likely slow them down. The first reaction i s vp. ically to lowe limit, which still wouldnt make uch differen without menforoement in place. Rules form the building blocks of a harmonious so- ciety, and rules on the road save lives. If the rule-breaking drivers think that in their world, individual freedom takes precedence and the law doesn't apply to them, they sho ye remi that driving is a privilege. In absence of govern- ment and police control, and with behaviours that disregard the rule of law, we are turning into an an- archist culture. And if so, then I think that we failed terribly as a society and as humans. JUSTYNA BURKIEWICZ, HALTON HILLS GEORGETOWN 348 Guelph Street, Unit 2B 1©T-Yo) fo l=1 fo) apm @] alco liom MACH} =h0) « Call Anytime: 905-877-8990 fv in