13
Ottawa's photo radar and red light cameras issue 143 tickets to OC Transpo drivers in 2023 (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 10 months ago by veeesix@lemmy.ca to c/ottawa@lemmy.ca
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

New statistics, obtained by CTV News Ottawa through an Access to Information request, shows OC Transpo drivers received 87 speeding tickets from automated speed enforcement cameras and 56 tickets through the red light camera program in 2023.

Tickets issued under the red light camera and photo radar camera provisions in the Highway Traffic Act are owner liability offences, meaning the city of Ottawa is legally responsible to pay the fine as the owner of the vehicle.

top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] veeesix@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Frankly, I’m surprised this number isn’t higher.

EDIT: At an estimated 80,000 bus trips for 2023 that accounts for about 0.178% of trips. Seems pretty good to me.

[-] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Less concerned about the speeding. But a bus running a red light seems problematic. I wonder how many of them are the articulated busses getting caught halfway through an intersection?

[-] veeesix@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

True, or even just regular busses caught in slow traffic.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

If in Toronto they had speed cameras on some parts of Steeles Ave. E., they would catch virtually ALL the buses.

this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2024
13 points (100.0% liked)

Ottawa

997 readers
1 users here now

News, events, discussions, and what not from Ottawa, Ontario.

Municipal website: https://ottawa.ca/

Rules

  1. Be polite and respectful.
  2. Please only post content relevant to the City of Ottawa or to its residents.

Ottawa on the Fediverse:

empty

Ottawa chatrooms:

Please note the following:

* All chatrooms are linked together. If you join one room your messages will be copied to the other platforms.

* Matrix is an open source and potentially distributed chat protocol. The matrix room listed is hosted on matrix.org, a somewhat centralized hub for a lot of currently public rooms. Though the protocol itself is free, libre and open source, the deployment of the protocol resembles a centralized service. This may be fixed in the future with the deployment of independent servers.

* Be aware that both Telegram and Discord are centralized proprietary platforms and do not necessarily protect your rights nor privacy while simultaneously giving power to corporations.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
twopi@lemmy.ca