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Governing Speeders
Posted 10/30/2012 4:28:00 AM

RCMP are still dealing with excessive speeds on the highway.  Edmonton police are dealing with a high-speed crash that left two in hospital.  We keep asking the question, how can we slow these people down?  Do we need tougher financial penalties, or will it take a loss of license or having the car seized?  These speeders are a danger to everyone on the highway and they just don’t seem to care.  A letter from a truck driver, someone who makes a living on the highway has a possible solution: Governors.  Semis have governors to regulate their speeds.  He says any police officer or an investigator from the Department of Transport can plug in to see if they’ve been driving over the posted speed limit.  So, there’s a suggestion.  Governors installed on the cars of speeders.  No doubt the high-flyers would complain some right was being trampled, although we are often ...




AUTHOR: Bob Layton
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