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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)

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[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 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...

[–] TheHonourablePierrePoilievre@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 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.