▲ 214 ▼ Doug Ford banned speed cameras. The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after the ban. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit. (feddit.uk) submitted 5 months ago by Wudi@feddit.uk to c/ontario@lemmy.ca 127 comments fedilink hide all child comments Source
[+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago* (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] healthetank@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (-1 children) Enforcement was for the traffic cameras? Literally every municipality I looked at had a page on their website discussing it. Every one had the fines go first to operation/maintenance of the fine system, then to a road reconstruction fund to further reduce speeding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments load more comments (-1 replies) [+] TheHonourablePierrePoilievre@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) I wish they'd put the same enforcement on people not using blinkers and running red lights to make left turns as they did prople going 15k over limits down straight roads with little traffic around... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheHonourablePierrePoilievre@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Running reds seems like a great job for cameras. Blinkers are difficult because its so fast and is best seen from within traffic. Even if you had a person sitting there doing a sting it would be difficult to catch. Many municipal transit systems all full of cameras pointed at the passengers. I think those would be better utilized pointing out at traffic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Yes, red light cameras are a good use for cameras. Blinkers are difficult, but that doesn't mean they should be ignored. Just put a cop at an intersection, it wouldn't be hard at all to catch people not using them. Hell, a cop could have their entire month quota of tickets done I a day of they just sat at an intersection. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] healthetank@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (-1 children) Enforcement was for the traffic cameras? Literally every municipality I looked at had a page on their website discussing it. Every one had the fines go first to operation/maintenance of the fine system, then to a road reconstruction fund to further reduce speeding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] TheHonourablePierrePoilievre@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) I wish they'd put the same enforcement on people not using blinkers and running red lights to make left turns as they did prople going 15k over limits down straight roads with little traffic around... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheHonourablePierrePoilievre@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Running reds seems like a great job for cameras. Blinkers are difficult because its so fast and is best seen from within traffic. Even if you had a person sitting there doing a sting it would be difficult to catch. Many municipal transit systems all full of cameras pointed at the passengers. I think those would be better utilized pointing out at traffic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Yes, red light cameras are a good use for cameras. Blinkers are difficult, but that doesn't mean they should be ignored. Just put a cop at an intersection, it wouldn't be hard at all to catch people not using them. Hell, a cop could have their entire month quota of tickets done I a day of they just sat at an intersection. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) I wish they'd put the same enforcement on people not using blinkers and running red lights to make left turns as they did prople going 15k over limits down straight roads with little traffic around... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheHonourablePierrePoilievre@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Running reds seems like a great job for cameras. Blinkers are difficult because its so fast and is best seen from within traffic. Even if you had a person sitting there doing a sting it would be difficult to catch. Many municipal transit systems all full of cameras pointed at the passengers. I think those would be better utilized pointing out at traffic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Yes, red light cameras are a good use for cameras. Blinkers are difficult, but that doesn't mean they should be ignored. Just put a cop at an intersection, it wouldn't be hard at all to catch people not using them. Hell, a cop could have their entire month quota of tickets done I a day of they just sat at an intersection. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheHonourablePierrePoilievre@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Running reds seems like a great job for cameras. Blinkers are difficult because its so fast and is best seen from within traffic. Even if you had a person sitting there doing a sting it would be difficult to catch. Many municipal transit systems all full of cameras pointed at the passengers. I think those would be better utilized pointing out at traffic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Yes, red light cameras are a good use for cameras. Blinkers are difficult, but that doesn't mean they should be ignored. Just put a cop at an intersection, it wouldn't be hard at all to catch people not using them. Hell, a cop could have their entire month quota of tickets done I a day of they just sat at an intersection. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Yes, red light cameras are a good use for cameras. Blinkers are difficult, but that doesn't mean they should be ignored. Just put a cop at an intersection, it wouldn't be hard at all to catch people not using them. Hell, a cop could have their entire month quota of tickets done I a day of they just sat at an intersection. permalink fedilink source parent
