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Ontario city pauses speed cameras after 32K tickets handed out in 3 weeks (globalnews.ca)
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After more than 32,000 speeding tickets were handed out in just three weeks by new automated speed enforcement cameras in community safety zones, council in the City of Vaughan decided to pause the program.

Mayor Steven Del Duca put forward the motion last week to pause the tickets until September, when council is due to receive a report from staff on ways the city can create more effective signage about the presence of cameras.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (21 children)

Over the summer months, when the cameras snap a pic of a speeder they will receive a warning in the mail rather than a fine. The city says it hopes the strategy will reduce driving speeds through awareness rather than punitive measures.

This is an intelligent and measured move. Make citizens aware that enforcement exists. Then, after making them aware that they're being monitored, turn on fines. The goal is to reduce speeding drivers, not to collect revenue.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The goal is to reduce speeding drivers, not to collect revenue.

Then there's cities like Winnipeg where successive city halls have decided that speeding tickets are the bestest cash cow ever!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago

That cash should go directly into the city to redesign these problems roadways created for cars into streets designed for people.

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