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your driving complaint online
The
ROAD WATCH program gives residents and visitors an opportunity
to help keep our community roads safe by reporting dangerous,
aggressive driving.
Citizen Report Form have been designed to give police services
the necessary information to appropriately deal with acts of unsafe
driving.
How ROAD WATCH Works:
There are three main components to the ROAD WATCH program,
AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT. We all know that enforcement
alone will not work. We must involve people to take ownership
of the problems of dangerous, aggressive driving so that they
can be part of the solution and modify their behaviour and attitudes.
ROAD WATCH encourages citizens to participate in a program to
improve road safety in their community by reporting unsafe driving
behaviours and "hot spots" in the community where unsafe
driving habits are common occurrences. Citizen report forms have
been designed to give police services the necessary information
to appropriately deal with the acts of unsafe driving.
Community members and motorists are asked to complete a Citizen
Report Form when they observe a motorist demonstrating unsafe
driving behaviour. The forms must be signed and made as complete
as possible.
This signed form helps safeguard the system against abuse. This
is for statistical use only and is held in the strictest of confidence
by the police service. The completed forms are placed in one of
many secure drop boxes that are conveniently located throughout
the community at participating and/or sponsoring business and/or
organizations.
The Citizen Report Forms can also be faxed to your local police
service. The completed forms are picked up on a regular basis
and are verified by the police for accuracy. The police will send
an "information letter" to the registered vehicle owner
explaining that their vehicle was observed being operated in an
unsafe manner at a specific time and location and asking for voluntary
compliance.
If the vehicle owner was not driving their vehicle it is their
responsibility to speak with the person driving the vehicle. If
the vehicle owner wishes they can contact the police to discuss
the incident. If further Citizen Report Forms are received on
the same vehicle further letters will be written to the registered
vehicle owner and personal contact by the police will be made.
The ROAD WATCH program encourages the community to take responsibility
for their driving behaviour and attitudes. It does work. The components
of AWARENESS and EDUCATION take some work but are worth the effort.
We have seen excellent results when the program is implemented
properly.
