MetalCarnage
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I pasted the story below... so originally i heard it would be concentrating on Highway 400, however in the story it seems to imply all 400 series highways. Couple questions, first obviously being, will the plane be running off a talkgroup on fleetnet? (from my knowledge, i think the answer was a no to this one due to the plane being too high above the antennas radiation pattern to get good enough reception) and if not, does anyone know if it will be getting its own new analog channel and what that possibly could be? Second is has anyone read if it would be patrolling the 401 out in the Durham area as well?
Story from Citynews.ca
Starting Tuesday, the OPP will be on the lookout for speeders, drunk and agressive drivers from the sky.
Officers will be able to keep an eye on hundreds of vehicles at a time from a Cessna 206 that will hover over the 400-series highways. If anything suspicious is spotted from the sky, officers will contact their colleagues on the ground who will pullover the vehicle.
"You're going have to be watching all the time what you're doing," PC Dave Woodward said.
New lines painted every 500 metres on roads allow police in the plane to detect speeders. Drivers caught speeding 50 km/hr or more will lose their licence for a week and their car will be impounded immediately.
More than 4,500 drivers have received one-week suspensions since the Highway Traffic Act was amended to include stiffer penalties for street racers last fall.
"The plane will also help us monitor commercial vehicle drivers to make sure they're not passing unsafely, following too close, or driving carelessly. Everyone must obey the law," OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino said.
It's been 27 years since the OPP patrolled highways from the sky. The provincial force used planes between 1965 and 1981. This year's campaign will cost $1.4 million.
Woodward said the OPP actually owns this plane - the force has leased them in the past.
Story from Citynews.ca
Starting Tuesday, the OPP will be on the lookout for speeders, drunk and agressive drivers from the sky.
Officers will be able to keep an eye on hundreds of vehicles at a time from a Cessna 206 that will hover over the 400-series highways. If anything suspicious is spotted from the sky, officers will contact their colleagues on the ground who will pullover the vehicle.
"You're going have to be watching all the time what you're doing," PC Dave Woodward said.
New lines painted every 500 metres on roads allow police in the plane to detect speeders. Drivers caught speeding 50 km/hr or more will lose their licence for a week and their car will be impounded immediately.
More than 4,500 drivers have received one-week suspensions since the Highway Traffic Act was amended to include stiffer penalties for street racers last fall.
"The plane will also help us monitor commercial vehicle drivers to make sure they're not passing unsafely, following too close, or driving carelessly. Everyone must obey the law," OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino said.
It's been 27 years since the OPP patrolled highways from the sky. The provincial force used planes between 1965 and 1981. This year's campaign will cost $1.4 million.
Woodward said the OPP actually owns this plane - the force has leased them in the past.