BarrieToday welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected]. Please include your daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). The following is in response to 'LETTER: Police need to do more about speeding, noisy vehicles,' published May 17.
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Police and bylaw have the tools to control this serious problem.
You do not need any sophisticated equipment to police this — just a good set of ears and radar guns.
If it is not stock, then charge them. Warnings are a waste of time.
On most any afternoon or evening, it is ridiculous how many loud vehicles there are. I live on a corner and you cannot even talk when cars, trucks and motorcycles pull away from the stop sign.
The speeding part is a joke as the speeds range from normal to at times close to over 100-plus kiloemetres per hour.
It is not hard to tell when motorcycles go up the street as most will easily hit way over the speed limit in two gear changes.
Jack Haughton
Barrie
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