"Ontario Premier Doug Ford is denying a request from more than 20 mayors across the province to tweak instead of scrap the speed camera program. The mayors say a total ban on automated speed cameras would reverse years of progress on safety in school zones and place more pressure on police. But Ford says they are nothing more than a cash grab and the fact that they continue to issue tickets shows they are "failing miserably" at slowing drivers down."
"Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday morning that his government will soon table legislation to ban the use of speed cameras a traffic enforcement tool Ford has called an ineffective "tax grab." Data from several municipalities that have analyzed the effect of the cameras on traffic speeds, as well as a study from the Hospital for Sick Children and Toronto Metropolitan University, show speeds are reduced."
Doug Ford is refusing requests from more than 20 Ontario mayors to modify the automated speed camera program and intends to table legislation to ban the cameras. The mayors warn that a ban would reverse progress on school-zone safety and increase pressure on police. Municipal analyses and a study from the Hospital for Sick Children and Toronto Metropolitan University indicate speeds fall where cameras operate. Ford characterizes the cameras as a tax grab, cites a near ninefold rise in fines from 2020 to 2024 totaling over $52 million, and favors roundabouts and speed bumps instead.
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