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Ottawa sees dramatic drop in speed compliance after photo radar scrapped (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Before the cameras were installed four years ago, roughly 17 per cent of motorists followed the posted speed limits. ... In the last year before the cameras were banned, compliance reached 87 per cent.

Within a week of the cameras’ removal, that fell to 62 per cent, and three weeks later, it had dropped to 50 per cent.

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Carlucci says it’s time for drivers to reflect and consider one simple question.

“Why are you speeding in a school zone?”

Eliminating speed cameras is tacit approval of speeding.

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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

You do that, and people will complain about the traffic.

The best way to reduce car crashes is to build public transit infrastructure.

But that's about as likely as repaving all the roads to force drivers to slow down.

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