The City of Ottawa says it is making progress on installing provincially mandated signs and lights at former photo radar camera sites, but physical traffic calming measures like speed humps won’t be completed until next year.
The Ontario government ordered all automated speed enforcement cameras to be turned off on Nov. 14, forcing the city to deactivate 85 photo radar cameras. In their place, the city was told to install signs, flashing lights, and speed humps and cushions. The province provided $4 million in immediate funding and the city has applied for up to $24 million more to cover costs.
Cushions?
It’s like a pillow, but decorative.
“We’ve tried nothing and this consultant sold us speed cameras”
Enforcement doesn’t fix the problem. It just puts numbers on it.
Enforcement that actually enforced something would. Put some jail time behind some of these driving violations. Especially if they’re unlicensed.
Enforcement fixes the problem:
The province’s ban on speed cameras has “significantly” affected speeding and driver behaviour at former automated speed enforcement sites, according to City of Ottawa data that shows compliance with posted speed limits dropped from 87 per cent to 41 per cent in the first three months after the cameras were removed.
High-end speeding, where drivers are at or exceeding 15 km/h above the posted speed limit, has also increased from 0.3 per cent to 4.5 per cent since the cameras were deactivated in November.
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Instances of high-end speeding dropped from 14 per cent prior to the cameras being installed to 0.3 per cent after four years.
That rate rose to 2.2 per cent within a week of the cameras being removed in November 2025. The rate rose to 3.3 per cent after three weeks, 3.9 per cent after eight weeks and 4.5 per cent after 12 weeks.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-speed-cameras-speeders-back
