General Road and Highway Discussion

[Coke6pk]

"We can add demerit points if we can confirm the identity of the driver... so forward facing cameras to take a picture of the driver, and confirmed against Registered Owner's D/L picture."

I still don't really understand why we can't add demerit points w/o identifying the driver.  It could even be a separate system where the points are tied to the car and not the owner/driver.  Too many points on the car, and it needs to be removed from the road for some period of time.  There might need to be some practical rules (like you can only add so many points before verifying that the owner has been notified of the previously applied points) but ultimately I don't have a problem with the owner of a vehicle being responsible for the people that drive it.

"Now I will sit back and enjoy the popcorn while those who don't want the City of Waterloo to take pictures of your plate will allow the provincial government (who loves outsourcing to private companies) to access pictures of the occupants and inside of your car..."

You clearly don't understand what the the objections to the parking camera were.  So not much point replying to that part aside from saying that my same 'requirements' for the parking system would need to apply to the photo radar system.

Lets take a small business owner with some vehicles on the road.  3 vehicles run a red in a day, and they lose their CVOR rating, and shut the company down for a month?

If my wife is a bad driver, should I have my licence suspended?  And if we add "limited liability" offences (ie. Red Light Camera), then we might as well demerit others (ie. parking)

My second quoted comment was made purely tongue-in-cheek, and I apologize if you were offended in any way.

Coke