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A 2 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday O ctober 15, 2003 Teachers caught speeding to school S a fe d r iv in g c r a c k d o w n e n te r s fifth w e e k The "biggest and most worrying" news from week four o f a new Oakville safe driving crack down, say police, was the behaviour of motorists near a local elementary school. "The first four drivers clocked at speeds over the speed limit were three teachers and a Board of Education maintenance employee," said Halton Regional Police Staff Sgt. Chris Perkins. "Three of them received tickets, not 100 metres from the front of their own school." The highest speeds recorded this week included a mother taking her daughter to school who was clocked doing 85 in a 50 km/hour zone. One motorist was caught doing 78 in a 40 km/hour zone in front of a school, again nearly double the legal limit. It would take this driver four times as long to stop in an emergency than if he had been driving properly, said Staff Sgt. Perkins. "Mixing this fact with the possibility of chil dren being nearby is frightening," he said. Three school buses were also clocked doing more than 55 in the 40 km/hour school zpnes. During the week, two of the traffic officers were required to assist at the scene of a very seri ous accident and help in facilitating the landing of an air ambulance. Despite the presence of two fully marked police vehicles with lights flashing, road flares, officers directing traffic and traffic pylons blocking access to the road so the ambulance could land, six motorists saw fit to drive over the flares, around the cones and cruisers, and into oncoming lanes. "This sort of behaviour is either the result of a complete lack o f attention being paid to the road conditions or an utter lack of regard for the rest of us on the roads." said Staff Sgt. Perkins. "Things like this should concern all of us." A total of 137 charges were laid in Oakville dur ing the fourth week of the blitz by a special traffic unit created to increase enforcement and help ensure road safety. In addition to these charges, which were laid over and above those laid by regular patrol offi cers, 189 motorists were stopped and verbally warned about their driving behaviour. O f the 137 tickets issued, only 18 drivers were from outside of Oakville. As with previous reviews of the offenders, the overwhelming majority were from within a short distance of their homes, some actually living on the same street on which they were ticketed, says Staff Sgt. Perkins. One motorist claimed the reason she drove straight through the stop sign was because she had a coughing fit. Peter C. McCusker · Oakville Beaver Terri Sm ith with C hom per, a G reat H orned Owl, and Leslie Waychison, Development Officer with the Conservation H alton Foundation, at the launch of the 2003 edition of Halton: Rising, Wild and Beckoning. New edition of Halton book available The Conservation Halton Foundation recently launched the 2003 edition of its book Halton: Rising, Wild and Beckoning at the Halton Region Museum in Milton. The revised book includes 175 photos. 17 trail maps and driving tours and a new chapter of wildlife. "More than 12,000 books have been sold since 1998, with almost $300,000 raised for conservation -- specifically for the renovation and expansion of the Visitors' Centre located at the Mountsberg Conservation Area," said Brian Penman, book com mittee chairman. International artist Robert Bateman recently praised the new edition, saying, "This book includes many spectacular photos taken by a number of very talented people." The book is available at Halton bookstores. Police issue 193 seatbelt violations The local results are in for the Fall Provincial Seatbelt Campaign conducted Sept. 27 to Oct. 10 by Halton Regional Police. In Oakville. 6,875 vehicles were stopped, 193 seatbelt charges laid and 151 warnings issued. In total Halton-wide, 19.593 vehicles were stopped. 399 charges laid and 393 warnings issued. 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