On the streets of Toronto, they are going Cut left and rightIn Queen Park, Premier Doug Ford has openly stated that it is “Dead against them” And can take action to remove them permanently. But Brampton is facing the success of its automatic speed enforcement (ACE) program, releasing figures on Thursday that shows their effectiveness to slow down drivers.
In sites with ASE camera, the city stated that the average speed of nine km/hr has decreased.
On five sites, drivers have slowed over 20 km/h, on average, 62 km/h to 39 km/h.
Other findings include:
- Average 38 percent increase in speed range compliance, more than 70 percent compliance with 13 sites.
- Main Street South reached 96 percent speed limit to compliance.
- 86 percent of Brampton residents support the use of ASE in community security areas.
After the first launch in 2020, Brampton’s ASE program has expanded up to 185 sites across the city, and mayor Patrick Brown has no qualifications about their appearance.
Brown said in a release on Thursday, “Brampton’s recent data clearly reveals that automatic speed enforcement is helping drivers and helping our roads safe for all.” “This program is one of the many devices that we use to improve road safety and protect our weakest residents including children and seniors. Our goal is to always change the driver’s behavior and prevent conflict, leading to safe neighborhood across the city.”
Toronto camera plagued by barbarity
While the Brampton city celebrates the success of the program, they are more than a headache in Toronto, which targets devices after a never -ending string of barbarity.
Earlier this week, at one night alone, 16 speed cameras were topped, and some places such as Parkside Drive have repeatedly seen barbarism. In the case of the parkside camera, it has been cut seven times.
This year, a total of at least 35 cameras have been knocked at Toronto sites.
Despite that frequency, the police have not yet identified or arrested any suspect, only a few granular images.
Instead of condemning Cutown, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in the presence of cameras, saying that he was “dead against him.”
Discussing the issue at Queen Park on Tuesday, Ford indicated that his government could take action to get rid of controversial cameras.
“This is nothing but a tax grab,” he said.
“Hopefully cities will get rid of them … or I am going to help them get rid of them very soon.”
Toronto’s Mayor Olivia Chow, like Brown in Brampton, had only good things to say about cameras, avoiding them as devices that could save life.
“Speed,” Chow said on Tuesday.
“I have consoled mothers, I have consoled widows, I have gone to the memorial. So we know that the speed kills.”
“I will let the premiere make my decisions, which I know that it is a clear evidence that speed cameras slow down cars and we save life when cars follow traffic laws.”