And it doesn’t involve skulking out in the cover of night with several bottles of lighter fluid or a hydraulic lift capable of hoisting an 365-kilo speed camera. During the first two weeks of operation, the 50 cameras issued a whopping 7,645 tickets. One camera, placed on Renforth Dr. near Michael Power-St. Joseph High School in Etobicoke, was responsible for a full 12 per cent of all tickets issued. These numbers also suggest these photo radar cameras could be a cash cow for Toronto, but money shouldn’t be a motivator for city hall. The reason there are speed cameras on Toronto streets today is because the city was seeing an alarming number of pedestrians killed or seriously injured by cars.

Source: thestar August 03, 2020 15:56 UTC