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RSS FeedsFrom their perch in a special van, police are watching for texting drivers
(The Star Food)

 
 

15 january 2019 15:21:21

 
From their perch in a special van, police are watching for texting drivers
(The Star Food)
 


Toronto police are watching, from special elevated vans, streetcars, and their bikes, waiting for you to pick up your phone while driving.That’s the message they want motorists to get during a week-long distracted-driving blitz aimed at getting people to put down their devices and focus on the road. The Star went on a ride along Monday to get a first-hand look at the hunt for distracted drivers, hopping into a white 10-seater van that lets cops see into passing cars. Traffic Services is borrowing two from other areas of the police service, as well as an unmarked pick-up truck.Drivers have gotten more savvy about flouting the law, says Sgt Brett Moore, as a fellow officer steers the van along Lakeshore Boulevard.“Folks inherently know that distracted driving is wrong, and in order not to be so blatant to have (their phone) up to their ear they’re dropping it down to their lap,” he says.“These lap-lookers, they’re not kidding anybody.”The new zero-tolerance campaign follows the province’s stricter penalties for distracted driving, which came into effect Jan 1. It’s now a minimum $615 fine, three-day license suspension and three demerit points, upon conviction, for a first offence. The fines increase to a maximum of $2,000 and $3,000 for second and third convictions respectively.Upon a third offence, novice drivers lose their licenses entirely and have to start at the bottom of the graduated licensing system.On Wednesday, officers will be watching from streetcars, calling on radios to officers trailing them in police vehicles who can intercept people spotted using their phones. Cops in regular cars, on foot and on bikes will also be looking out.The transit technique is borrowed from officers in Waterloo.“I call it R And D: Rip off and duplicate. We’re not too proud to rip off good ideas and give full credit,” says Moore with a laugh.Though distracted driving laws have been on the books for almo ...


 
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