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2 - "WEEKEND STAR" . Our traditional Dairy Queen frozen cakes feature choco- late fudge and choco- late crunch with lay- ers of chocolate and vanilla soft serve. as THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2001 Residents to blame for From page 1 "Most of the accidents have appeared to be single-vehicle colli- sions, so that makes us look at the speed at which people are travelling," said Bob Szwarz of the regions works department. "The road is fairly straight, with the odd curve; it's conducive to promoting speeding," he said. "People are driving fast there, in the mid 90s. Maybe it it's an enforcement issue." Mr. Szwarz said there are no improve- ments the region can make to the road to make it safer. "There is very little we can do in terms of adding more improvements to mitigate collisions," he said. "A lot of the collisions are not related to the road sur- face and the character of the roads. It's local drivers going excessive speeds in poor weather conditions." He suggested that deer crossing signs be installed, and that police do routine patrols to enforce the speed limit and set up the occasional RIDE program on Island Rd. Staff-Sergeant Dietmar Schoenrock, © of North Durham's 26 Division, said offi- cers here are "faced now with a popula- tion area that is growing. More and more beople. are commuting and they're dri- aggressively. ; : : Ying ous 3 Councillor Jim McMillen, who represents Scugog Island at the council table, asked if the Island Rd. could be mishaps on road: police designated as a Community Safety Zone, where fines are doubled for any- one caught speeding. Mr. Szwarz replied that the region's experi- ment with the zones in an effort to reduce McMILLEN speeds in cer- tain areas had failed. "The average speed in those areas haven't reduced that much," he said. Ward 2 Councillor Marilyn Pearce asked if signs could be erected which would let the driver know how much fines would be, and how many demerit points would be charged to them if they were caught speeding. Greg Borchuck, another representa- tive from the region, noted that, those signs as well have not worked well. "It's not as easy as putting up signs. There is so much information on them... the motorists only have one or two sec- onds to absorb the information," he said. "There'd be a lot of time and money wasted on something that hasn't proven effective." More than 20 residents from Scugog Island took in the public meeting, which lasted about 45 minutes.