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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
You don't renew your drivers license every year, just your plates and the driver gets a ticket. Even then, you can register 2 years at a time. And this new law was only passed in the spring 2005 session - not even a year ago.
I think media ads can easily be overlooked, but I can't think of any way of notification that would be perfect, not fliers in the registrations, nor in the mail.
How far does the gov't need to go for due diligence in letting the public know about changes?
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How far? All I was suggesting was putting it somewhere that drivers would see it. I don't know of anybody in my group of friends who reads the paper; why pay for news that is about 18 hours old when fresh news is on the TV immediately.
What about signs on the highways? Going into Saskatchewan I see their signs for such laws, but nothing coming into Alberta.
I agree that this law is common sense; and I slow down anyways myself. But to impose such a large fine; it does beg the question as to if they thought that people had been adequitely informed. And all they would have had to do is conduct a poll to see what we've figured out here; that the ad campagn didn't work.