Author of the article: Denis Langlois
Publishing date: May 08, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 6 minute read • In this 2019 photo, the families of Traves Atchison and Jana Watson stand at a roadside memorial they created shortly after the couple died in a head-on crash south of Tobermory four years ago. From the left, starting at the back: Travis s father, Steve Atchison, Jana s twin brother, James Watson, Jana s grandmother Holly Watson, Traves sister Julie Atchison, his mother Joanne Atchison, Jana s mother, Maureen Stinson, Jana s grandfather Joe Watson, and Traves sister Andria Atchison-Gillard. Scott Dunn/The Owen Sound Sun Times/Postmedia Network
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It will be four years this summer since Steve and Joanne Atchison’s only son Traves was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 6 just south of Tobermory.
Author of the article: Denis Langlois
Publishing date: May 07, 2021 • 20 hours ago • 6 minute read • Francesca Dobbyn, secretary of the Bruce Peninsula Safe Communities committee and executive director of the United Way of Bruce Grey, poses with two of the signs the committee made available to landowners on Highway 6 between Wiarton and Tobermory in an effort to curb stunt and erratic driving on the peninsula. SUPPLIED
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Despite educational campaigns, targeted enforcement and other efforts to curb stunt driving on the Bruce Peninsula, the problem continues to get worse, says the Grey Bruce OPP’s detachment commander.
Acting Insp. Debra Anderson said the stretch of Highway 6 between Wiarton and Tobermory is of “great concern” to the OPP.
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Local politicians and advocates for increasing the safety of Highway 6 on the Bruce Peninsula are applauding the province’s proposal to introduce tougher penalties for stunt driving.
The Moving Ontarians More Safely (MOMS) Act, introduced this week at Queen’s Park, would increase both the automatic vehicle impoundment and driver’s licence suspension periods for motorists caught stunt driving – travelling 50 kilometres per hour or more above the posted speed limit.
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“I think it’s going to send a huge message not to do this,” said Francesca Dobbyn, co-chair of the Southwest Regional Road Safety Committee.
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Local politicians and advocates for increasing the safety of Highway 6 on the Bruce Peninsula are applauding the province’s proposal to introduce tougher penalties for stunt driving.
The Moving Ontarians More Safely (MOMS) Act, introduced this week at Queen’s Park, would increase both the automatic vehicle impoundment and driver’s licence suspension periods for motorists caught stunt driving – travelling 50 kilometres per hour or more above the posted speed limit.
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“I think it’s going to send a huge message not to do this,” said Francesca Dobbyn, co-chair of the Southwest Regional Road Safety Committee.
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