Safe Roads

Implement strucutural mechanisms on residential roads to slow drivers such as chicanes, narrowing roads, or use of natural landmarkers (trees, rocks, etc)
Introduce pedestrian traffic lights at roundabouts to provide ample warning for drivers to stop before entering
Empower police to use discretionary traffic stops as a means to educate drivers who engage in poor driving habits, and equip them to strictly enforce distracted driving and aggressive driving laws
Cease funding punitive automated enforcement and lowered speed limits, and focus resources on developing behavioural strategies to correct poor driving habits
Phase in a requirement for vehicles to be equipped with proper winter, or all-weather tires
Waterloo Region’s own traffic website admits that “…speed limit signs do not slow down traffic… most drivers travel at a speed they consider to be comfortable” - we should focus on making roads naturally slower in residential areas and host automated systems only in active school zones with discretionary police enforcement in high-collision areas