TRAUMA HOSPITALS - deferred MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION report by Todd Ontario Government Site for Cycling Road Safety Awards were held in Toronto June 14/15 and the two awards were present to Northeast groups: Manitoulin Radio and Temiskaming Bus Buddies. Quote heard at this Symposium Todd recently attended a Vulnerable Road User Traffic crimes cost society more Symposium in Toronto over 160 were in attendance. – devastate to more Ontario families Some of the presentations were: Community Safer and inflict more physical insult than School Zones, Cycling Presentations. all other crimes combined! Seat belt challenge is being re-vamped and may take a hiatus and may not be seen until fall of 2018. Todd feels that a wrap document will be available at a later date ENFORCEMENT Bay City Police Constable K. Ayres – Stated that for the Vision Zero strategy and the issue around heat maps their Corporate Communication Coordinator showed a system that she has developed. For example with the city it show the top 20 intersections and when you highlight a intersection it provides you with information such as incident count, how many people involved, costs, the age of those involved and gender and the number of injuries. In 2017, there have been 648 collisions (205 have been full officer report) In the top 20 intersections the age of the drivers involved are 22-29 1,084 tickets have been issued this year most for speeding
TRAUMA HOSPITALS - deferred MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION report by Todd Road Safety Awards were held in Toronto June 14/15 and the two awards were present to Northeast groups: Manitoulin Radio and Temiskaming Bus Buddies. Todd recently attended a Vulnerable Road User Symposium in Toronto – over 160 were in attendance. Some of the presentations were: Community Safer School Zones, Cycling Presentations. Seat belt challenge is being re-vamped and may take a hiatus and may not be seen until fall of 2018. Todd feels that a wrap document will be available at a later date ENFORCEMENT Bay City Police – Constable K. Ayres Stated that for the Vision Zero strategy and the issue around heat maps their Corporate Communication Coordinator showed a system that she has developed. For example with the city it show the top 20 intersections and when you highlight a intersection it provides you with information such as incident count, how many people involved, costs, the age of those involved and gender and the number of injuries. In 2017, there have been 648 collisions (205 have been full officer report) In the top 20 intersections the age of the drivers involved are 22-29 1,084 tickets have been issued this year most for speeding Ontario Government Site for Cycling Quote heard at this Symposium Traffic crimes cost society more devastate to more Ontario families and inflict more physical insult than all other crimes combined!
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