More than two months after the city of London launched its new speed limit control program, the city installed its first two detection cameras.
The Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) program aims to deter speeding drivers and improve safety by slowing down traffic in school zones.
The ASE system detects speeding and license plates of the vehicles involved.
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The first two cameras were installed on Friday. One is installed on Thompson Road between Adelaide Street South and Chesterfield Avenue. The other is installed on Second Street between Oxford Street East and Dale Street.
In a statement to Global News, the City said the two cameras will move to different school zones in the city. They will be at each location for one to three months.
“After these first two locations, the cameras will move to school zones at Lawson Road and Base Line Road where speeding has been identified as a concern,” the City said.
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“We know that a lower speed can mean a less severe outcome,” says Doug MacRae, the city’s director of transportation and mobility.
“Automatic speed enforcement has been proven to enforce speed limits, increase driver awareness and reduce pedestrian injuries and deaths in other Canadian provinces and countries around the world.”
In London, average driver speeds range from 32km / h to 58km / h in 40km / h school zones, according to the City.
More than 300 collisions occurred between 2015 and 2019 on minor streets that involved vulnerable road users.
—With Sawyer Bogdan files of 980 CFPL
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