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SHERBROOKE: Motorists travelling along Trunk 7 in jewelry in exchange for money to fill their tank, chances “With a little boy in the back seat, I don’t know if my Sherbrooke will need to keep an eye out for off-highway are it’s a scam, RCMP have been warning people. sympathy overruled my judgment or whatever the case vehicles as they will now be sharing the roadway together. It’s a scam that had been reported heavily this summer may be, anyways I gave him $100 for gas,” Cogan said. As of Monday, a new three-year pilot project was throughout Ontario and Quebec, and looks as if it’s made “Then he’s like ‘Please a little more for food, I have to feed launched to enhance the trail connections for off-highway the trek east to Nova Scotia and has hit the Strait area. the boy,’ and then of course I felt bad because he didn’t vehicles (OHVs) giving them legal access to provincial In recent weeks, people in Mulgrave, Antigonish, Port have money for food, so than I gave him another $20.” roads. The pilot enables them to use the shoulders of road- Hawkesbury, Havre Boucher, New Glasgow, and Victoria Cogan generously handed the man $120 out of his wal- ways, and the roadway itself where necessary, in order to County have all reported similar indicents preying on let that was intended to be purchase school clothes for his safely travel in select areas from one trail to another or to Good Samaritans who are just trying to help. daughter, but for Cogan it was justifiable because he was access services. What typically happens is a man who is pulled off helping someone in need. “This is something the highway vehicle industry has to the side of the road in a grey minivan, with Ontario It wasn’t until he arrived in Halifax that things started been speaking to government about for a long time, prob- plates will frantically wave passersby down. Using a fake to feel off about his recent road-side interaction on Kel- ably a decade,” said Transportation and Infrastructure Italian accent, the suspect, who is usually accompanied ly’s Mountain. Cogan visited Halifax Gold Buyers to have Renewal Minister Lloyd Hines. “This three-year pilot will by a young child in the back of the vehicle, will claim he the ring appraised and that’s when he found out he had enhance trail connections and associated off season tour- has no gasoline and needs help – money – but in return been scammed and it was a fake. ism opportunities while providing us with an opportunity will offer a piece of gold jewelry, usually off of their body. “The guy testing the ring said he hoped I didn’t spend for further study.” “We’ve seen this approach several times this year, all a lot of money on it as it was one of the best fakes he’d Hines highlighted the diligent work the ATV Associa- over the province,” RCMP Media Relations Officer Jenni- ever seen.” tion of Nova Scotia has been conducting through its mem- fer Clarke said in an e-mail last week. “When we posted On the side of the road, Cogan said he initially didn’t bers clubs to extend the trail system in the province. a release about something similar, there were comments even want to take the ring to be honest, as it did in fact “One of the flaws in the trails is at certain places they on the post indicating this has happened in other parts of look like an expensive ring. cannot get from A to B unless they have permission to be Canada as well.” “And I can’t for the life of me think that that man would in the road right-of-way,” he said. “We’ve worked with the Paul Cogan was on his way to Halifax to buy school rip somebody off on a 100-series highway, on the side of off-highway vehicle industry over the last four years and clothes for his daughter when he came across the older the road like that,” he said. “I felt stupid - I just threw we were able to come to a process, where we analyzed all man. away $120. We work hard for our money and I was a tad the safety considerations in particular, that we were able “We were coming around the turn on Kelly’s Moun- bit embarrassed about it.” to identify nine areas where connectivity would be a good tain, just passed the Englishtown turn-off and there was As to whether a crime is being committed, Clarke said opportunity to the standard trail.” a grey minivan pulled over onto the side of the road,” he it really depends on the circumstances. Only registered, licensed and insured, off-highway vehi- said. “It’s a very dangerous spot to pull over, so that’s why “If something is being misrepresented, then we might cles can operate on the shoulder, or the roadway, in these I genuinely thought there was something wrong.” be looking at fraud or similar charges.” six pilot areas, as long as the operator has a valid driver’s Cogan who works as a paramedic pulled over immedi- The RCMP understands people want to be that person licence. When operating in pilot areas, off-highway vehi- ately to see if everyone was okay, as he thought there may who helps another person out in need, but Clarke re- cles will be limited to speeds of no more than 25km/h. have been an accident, since the man was waving fran- minded that people should always use extreme caution. “We’re pleased the government has fulfilled its com- tically and their vehicle was pointed towards the ditch. “We’re not asking people to change that – we’re just mitment to advance this project,” said Barry Barnet, ex- “When I looked back at the minivan, there was a young warning people that these scams are out there and that ecutive director of the ATV Association of Nova Scotia. guy driving it, and what appeared to be a young boy in they need to have this information in mind when offering “This will go a long way to support our work of building the back seat,” Cogan recalled. “He pretended to have an assistance to strangers.” an interconnected trail network across Nova Scotia and Italian accent, he came running up to me and he said ‘No Even though Cogan said he was raised to have an open spreading the message of safe responsible off-highway ve- gasoline, no gasoline, I need help, I need money.’” heart and to be genuine to people, this interaction has hicle use.” Cogan advised the man he was willing to drive him jaded him and he’ll never give money to somebody on the Despite concerns of the locations being politically mo- into Baddeck to purchase gasoline, an offer in which the side of the road again as long as he lives, even if they tivated, Hines said that couldn’t be farther from the truth. man declined as he noted a tow truck was en route with genuinely need it. “What we did in this instance, we went to experts – the gas but needed to pay him in cash. The man then flashed “It’s unfortunate because I don’t want to become like ATV Association of Nova Scotia and the actual clubs that Cogan a Visa card and claimed it wouldn’t be active for that,” Cogan said.
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