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‘Get rid of the speed cameras,’ Doug Ford warns municipalities after at least 16 damaged in Toronto overnight
At least 16 automated speed cameras were vandalized overnight in Toronto; Premier Ford calls the devices a "tax grab" and urges municipalities to remove them, citing public safety concerns.
- On Tuesday at Queen's Park, Ontario Premier Doug Ford urged municipalities to scrap automated speed cameras, calling them a cash grab and promising to help remove them shortly.
- Toronto police confirmed at least 16 automated speed cameras were damaged overnight, while images captured by CTV News on Tuesday showed at least 10 cameras cut down amid 800 vandalism incidents this year.
- City data and independent studies show the City of Toronto doubled Automated Speed Enforcement devices from 75 to 150 this year, resulting in a 45 per cent reduction in speeding and a seven kilometres an hour average speed decrease.
- Wallace said officers are analyzing each occurrence, and the City of Toronto urged anyone with information to contact police, warning vandalism carries penalties up to 10 years.
- Mayor Olivia Chow rejected Ontario Premier Doug Ford's stance, warning removal risks deaths, while the Parkside Drive speed camera was cut down for the seventh time in less than a year.
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Cutdown controversy: Ford 'dead against' speed cameras, but Chow says without them more will die
Reacting to news that at least 16 speed cameras were cut down across Toronto overnight, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow had markedly different reactions. Ford said he was “dead against” the cameras. Chow said without them, you could end up dead. “Speed kills,” Chow said during an update at City Hall […]
·Toronto, Canada
Read Full Article"Remove the cameras or I'll do it," said Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford, who says they're being used to make money.
·Montreal, Canada
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