Mix of traffic is risky at PKOLS
Another morning and I feel a little apprehension about strolling the stunning car-free route up to the top of Mount Douglas.
Sunday morning I was nearly mowed down on a curve by a Spandex-encrusted cyclist intent on reaching Mario Andretti speed on his downhill, dodging families, leashed dogs, and older people out for a little quiet exercise among the trees.
Have Victoria and Saanich learned nothing from the fiasco along Dallas Road, where a previously touted bicycle route has become, essentially, a chaotic and treacherous free-for-all mix of bicycles, pedestrians, babies in strollers, and dogs on leash?
The pre-noon, car-free road in PKOLS has become a hazard. Best to either ban bicycles all together, give the racers a dedicated time where they can whip down the hill at their breakneck speeds, or paint in lines so both pedestrians and cyclists can stay in their lane.
Brad Zembic
Victoria
Produce stickers should be cancelled
Thank you, Summerland, for wanting to eliminate produce stickers!
I absolutely agree with this idea. I often wonder how many bits of these vinyl stickers I have consumed.
I have written to the minister of agriculture requesting this be stopped. Such unnecessary pollution!
Stickers are the perfect size to cover the gills of fish.
I find them in my garden, having inadvertently composted them.
Thousands of markets and shops in the world manage without them, but here we are forced to have them stick to our clothes, floors and sinks.
Please stop the use of produce stickers.
Barbara Radford
North Saanich
Produce stickers are important
No stickers on produce? Then how am I going to tell which fruits/vegetables are organic?
This is such bull!
We (I) have been educated to look at stickers to determine if the produce is from an organic producer or not, but now the non-organic producers don’t want us to see a definitive sticker.
I’ll keep going to my local growers and my health food stores, thanks very much.
Anita Fleice
Saanich
Tie traffic fines to income levels
Re: “Tougher penalties for speeding,” letter, August 26.
The letter makes valid points, but any system of fines that doesn’t take into account the transgressor’s income is unfair.
In a number of European countries, fines are based on annual income because the penalty should have a similar impact on all citizens.
When fines are fixed amounts they could have a devastating impact on a poor person but be insignificant to a rich person.
It’s not difficult for courts, or their related fine collection systems, to require the lawbreaker to provide their annual income and then calculate fines on a sliding scale.
That way we could make fines both meaningful and fair.
S.I. Petersen
Nanaimo
Don’t think pickleball is a passing fad
Pickleball is here to stay. It’s not going to go away no matter what kind of opposition it encounters.
Pickleball is growing at a fantastic rate in North America! The age group it is growing at the most is 18 to 38 years of age. Municipalities must stop fighting with enthused pickleball players and bring solutions to the table.
As it was with tennis, there was much resistance to the sport and now look what has happened. There are tennis courts everywhere and many of them remain silent and under-used.
One tennis court equals four pickleball courts. Amazing.
Ross Ferguson
Victoria
Close those bus stops to keep riders safe
I support closing the bus stops on Pandora Avenue, if that keeps riders and drivers away from the public disorder and any danger or unwanted interaction with people experiencing mental crises.
Those riding transit are often young or elderly and vulnerable too, and deserve to be able to feel safe when using transit.
Noreen Sundstrom
Victoria
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