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An informal survey around the community shows that a number of residents have put up hand-crafted signs designed to encourage drivers to slow down.
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B次元官网网址淪aanich supports neighbourhood based initiatives that promotes the community, raises the awareness of vulnerable road users and encourages drivers to reduce speeds,B次元官网网址� said Harley Machielse, SaanichB次元官网网址檚 director of engineering. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 important for residents to contact the municipality prior to undertaking any such initiative to ensure the activities are safe and in accordance to municipal regulations. Posting signs that could distract drivers or replicate traffic control devices (such as speed limits) is not permitted unless being placed on private strata roads.B次元官网网址�
While these efforts are not necessarily new, they appear during a period of growing concern about road safety. Residents of Ash Road, for example, have launched a number of personal initiatives to ensure public road safety following a serious collision that left an 11-year-old Saanich girl in an B次元官网网址渦nresponsiveB次元官网网址� state, but not always with the blessing of Saanich police as one resident found out this summer.
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When Gerry Tearoe was tracking traffic along Ash Road, while wearing a yellow safety vest and a clipboard, two police officers arrived to talk with Tearoe, after they received complaints about Tearoe distracting drivers.
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