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Record number of photo radar tickets in Ottawa so far in 2024: Here are the 10 busiest cameras (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)

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Ottawa's photo radar cameras have issued a record number of speeding tickets to drivers this year, as the city of Ottawa continues to expand the automated speed enforcement program in community safety zones, school zones and "high speed locations."

New data shows the 40 photo radar cameras have issued 229,105 tickets in the first seven months of 2024. The automated speed enforcement camera program resulted in 220,789 speeding tickets in 2023, 127,939 tickets in 2022 and 80,944 tickets in 2021.

Twelve new cameras have been activated so far in 2024, and work is underway to install 20 new photo radar cameras(opens in a new tab) across the city by the end of the year. Staff have estimated the city will issue one million tickets a year through the photo radar and red light camera programs.

The busiest photo radar camera is on King Edward Avenue, the busy road for motorists travelling between Ottawa and Gatineau over the Ottawa River. The camera issued 36,210 tickets in the February to July period.

The 10 busiest photo radar cameras in Ottawa in July

King Edward Avenue southbound, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street: 7,096 tickets
Walkley Road, between Halifax Drive and Harding Road: 2,873 tickets
Bronson Avenue, between Raven Road and Sunnyside Avenue: 2,220 tickets
St. Laurent Boulevard, between Noranda Avenue and Clarke Avenue: 1,838 tickets
Cedarview Road, between Fallowfield Road and Jockvale Road: 1,772 tickets
Katimavik Road, between Castlefrank Road and McGibbon Drive: 1,602 tickets
First Avenue, between Chrysler Street and Percy Street: 1,504 tickets
Hunt Club Road, between Pike Street and Lorry Greenberg Drive: 1,495 tickets
Bayshore Drive, near Woodridge Crescent: 1,474 tickets
Fisher Avenue, between Kintyre Private and Deer Park Road: 1,323 tickets

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Drivers are so used to speeding, that consequences feel unfair. Just drive at it below the limit and there's no problem.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It would nice if the streets/roads were designed appropriately to naturally guide people to lower speeds. When you have a straight, wide road, people are naturally inclined to go faster.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

You're not wrong.