The Editor,
Has anyone but me noticed the rampant disregard for our speed limits?
I, for one, drive for a living and encounter all forms of speeding on a daily basis.
Whether it be the speeder on a cell phone, the guy who just needs to get to the next red light or my favourite, the speeding transit buses who not only speed, but do it in the marked construction areas.
I, too, like to go home at the end of the day safe and sound.
My question is, where is all the traffic enforcement in Richmond?
All the surrounding cities like Burnaby, Delta and Vancouver all run steady enforcement on their streets, but all we get is the odd three-day blitz and the rest of the time it is just a free for all for our budding race car drivers.
If the RCMP was to do enforcement on a steady basis on such raceways as Steveston Highway, Gilbert Road, No. 2 Road, etc., not only would it make our streets safer, the resulting fines coming back to the city would help off-set all of our rising property and gas taxes.
We pay our local police to enforce our speed limits and I think it is about time they did just that.
Bruce Neil Richmond
