Thursday, February 22, 2007

In Prince Rupert City, Canada there is a speed Watch Program, which is intended to show drivers how fast they're going and provide data about local driving habits. This program is randomly set up at school zones and around playgrounds throughout the city. Every volunteer in this program gets a radar gun and a digital speed display, the so called Traffic Radar Gun, that hopefully will get people to slow down as they make their way through areas frequented by kids. Most of the time drivers aren't focused on driving, especially when talking on the phone or thinking about work. So the main purpose of this program is to get people's minds back on safe driving. These zones are specifically dangerous, because children are unpredictable, and few seconds drivers' safe speeding through a school zone could be the last few seconds of somebody's life.
Volunteers are allowed to use a police radar gun, but are unable to ticket drivers. The collected information is send to police departments, and they determine when and where to send out traffic officers.