I know the area in question - it is just north of The Promenade Mall, and I drive by there from time to time. The streets in those subdivisions are really bad in that they are twisty narrow lanes with cars parked on the street all the time. One can't do better than 40 km/h on a good day. In addition, kids like to play street games during breaks in traffic. All in all, I wouldn't buy a house in this area. Imo, f you're going to go all the way out to York Region, one should get a third of an acre at least to enjoy the suburban life. Otherwise, live in the city and avoid the daily commute. It's not like these homes are cheap and people move here to save money.
IF the guy drove fast on those streets, I can see how he would be an accident waiting to happen. However, as much as a jerk as he appears to be, he will be feeling a world of hurt right now...and running over your own kid is not something anyone would get over. Aside from his own mind...imagine what his wife and inlaws are thinking about him.
As for York Regional Police not caring...from my experience in York neighbours up here complain to the cops over every little thing - schools make to much noise, trucks make too much noise, youth loiter around, somebody might be selling drugs in the park at night, the guy down the street lets his cat roam free, kids too big for using the swingset use the swingset, etc, etc. Seriously, a lot of stay at home housewives up here in York have nothing better to do than sit at the window and record how many times trucks heavier than 3 tons go down the street, put it in spreadsheet form and call the cops to demand traffic calming measures be taken as 2 trucks per hour is unacceptable. Mlam complained he is woken up at night downtown becasue of car noise? Up here in the summer I can hear the crickets...that is about the loudest noise. So yes, the police get pissed off over people phoning in repetitive complaints about the guy across the street watering his lawn duirng a water shortage, etc. They threatened a guy near me because he was clocking how fast cars were going and phoning in to say the woman at # xxx goes 5 km/h over the limit most days - why don't you give her a ticket? Actually what they told him was to volunteer his time at a charity or something and get out of the house more.
Well as, I said, the guy might be a jerk, but nobody deserves to have to live with the knowledge they killed their own son. That's worse than jail. I keep thinking of Ralph Fiennes in "In Bruges". I couldn't live with muyself if I did that.