Photo radar will start catching speeders on Toronto streets beginning July 6.
Mayor John Tory announced Friday that automated speed enforcement will start catching leadfoots at 50 sites across Toronto.
He started lobbying Queen’s Park for permission to use the technology in 2016. Approval came in December but COVID-19 restrictions delayed spring introduction.
“Following work done to make this service fully operational, starting Monday July 6, the city’s 50 automated speed enforcement cameras will start ticketing drivers who are caught travelling in excess of the posted speed limit,” Tory said in prepared remarks.
“The days of warning letters have come to an end. If you ignore the clearly posted warning signs and the law, you will get a ticket for speeding in these zones.”
Tory called photo radar “one of the many tools in our Vision Zero toolbox that is intended to reduce speeding in identified areas in an efficient and non-invasive manner.”
Tory said that, between, between March 23 and April 27, Toronto police saw a 600 per cent increase in stunt driving.
“Officers are clocking drivers travelling at three times the speed limit on our roads,” Tory said.
When a vehicle is caught speeding, an image of the licence plate will be captured and stored.
Once an offence has been confirmed, a ticket will be mailed to the registered vehicle owner within 30 days.
Offenders will be fined but no demerit points will be deducted as a result of photo radar tickets.
Tickets will outline the fine and next steps.
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