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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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[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

or there is a large number of unsafe drivers who only stopped in the presence of cameras, and who went right back to unsafe driving without issue

...thus proving the effectiveness of cameras...

[–] PlzGibHugs@piefed.ca 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Only if you have cameras on literally every road. No substantial action is being taken, so they go right back to dangerous driving as soon as they aren't on-camera, as this graph seems to indicate.

[–] TheHonourablePierrePoilievre@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago

Only if you have cameras on literally every road

Deal