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Freeway ban? Ontario Transport Minister Bill Wrye has said all new drivers - young or old - should be banned from major highways, such as the 401, shown above
Freeway ban? Ontario Transport Minister Bill Wrye has said all new drivers - young or old - should be banned from major highways, such as the 401, shown above

Freeway ban? Ontario Transport Minister Bill Wrye has said all new drivers - young or old - should be banned from major highways, such as the 401, shown above

Date10/15/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Freeway ban? Ontario Transport Minister Bill Wrye has said all new drivers - young or old - should be banned from major highways, such as the 401, shown above.
Subject
    GeographyEast-west streetHighway 401 (MacDonald-Cartier Freeway)
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0008335F
      Hon. James N. Allan, minister of highways, bones up on traffic rules in preparation for test he will take touching off new examinations for drivers. F(...)
      Hon. James N. Allan, minister of highways, bones up on traffic rules in preparation for test he will take touching off new examinations for drivers. F(...)
      Allan, James Noble
      3/2/1956
      Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
      Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
      Brazao, Dale
      5/16/1991
      Bill Wrye: Transport minister impressed with Seattle's trolley tunnel
      Bill Wrye: Transport minister impressed with Seattle's trolley tunnel
      Eglinton, Rick
      9/15/1989
      'Take me...Take my dog'. With his packsack and German shepherd, Lucky, 18-year-old Joe Salmon, of Rexdale, stands at highways 10 and 401, hitch hiking(...)
      'Take me...Take my dog'. With his packsack and German shepherd, Lucky, 18-year-old Joe Salmon, of Rexdale, stands at highways 10 and 401, hitch hiking(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      5/2/1971
      Wipe Out! Drivers from across Canada competed in the Young Drivers Championship (above) and laid a few cone people to waste. Bill Taylor put a few down, too
      Wipe Out! Drivers from across Canada competed in the Young Drivers Championship (above) and laid a few cone people to waste. Bill Taylor put a few down, too
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/12/1988
      Highways - Canada - Ontario - 401 1950 - 1959
      Highways - Canada - Ontario - 401 1950 - 1959
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      n.d.
      Highways - Canada - Ontario - 401 1980
      Highways - Canada - Ontario - 401 1980
      Irish, Paul
      10/1/1993
      Metro's transportation system, the great highways, railways and air routes radiating out from here to all parts of Canada, has been one of the magnets(...)
      Metro's transportation system, the great highways, railways and air routes radiating out from here to all parts of Canada, has been one of the magnets(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/10/1969
      Through the air and the dust. In the European-style Moto-Cross track at Highways 10 and 401 in Mississauga, contestants on motor bikes soar through th(...)
      Through the air and the dust. In the European-style Moto-Cross track at Highways 10 and 401 in Mississauga, contestants on motor bikes soar through th(...)
      Norris, Dave
      7/30/1972
      Wounded man inside car with U.S. license plates is examined by police today after a 100 m.p.h. chase along Highways 400 and 401. The man was shot thre(...)
      Wounded man inside car with U.S. license plates is examined by police today after a 100 m.p.h. chase along Highways 400 and 401. The man was shot thre(...)
      Mahler, John
      6/15/1976
      Macdonald-Cartier Freeway Highway 401
      Macdonald-Cartier Freeway Highway 401
      Ontario. Department of Highways
      1966
      Macdonald-Cartier Freeway Highway 401
      Macdonald-Cartier Freeway Highway 401
      Ontario. Department of Highways
      1966