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Ottawa sees dramatic drop in speed compliance after photo radar scrapped (www.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/53463841

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?”

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[–] [S] 6 points 9 months ago

The stats from the city of Ottawa show that drivers slow down when speed regulations are enforced.

I fully support improving roads to make them safer. In the meantime, enforcement of existing rules seems like a low cost alternative.

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