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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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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The cost of a couple of cameras is significantly less investment and significantly less disruption than the needed infrastructure changes. We are talking 10s of thousands to operate the cameras versus millions to rehabilitate just 1 road. We need to fight for roads to be upgraded to safer standards when they are due for repaving.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Speed bumps and chicanes aren't millions of dollars. In older neighborhoods with straight streets, block off straight shots and make people drive around to get through; that prevents shortcutting. Bollards and rubber speedbumps are hundreds of dollars.

I'm cynical; I think municipalities depend on photo radar for revenue and aren't actually going to do what it takes to slow people down when they could get money instead. And if I were really cynical, I'd say the camera companies put them in on percentage, but I can't confirm that.