City of London Launches Speed ​​Control Campaign Using Cameras to Track and Fine Speed ​​Runners – London | The Canadian News

The City of London has launched a new speed control program to try to deter drivers from speeding in the city, especially around school zones.

The Automated Speed ​​Enforcement (ASE) program is designed to work with other speed reduction measures to improve safety.

The ASE is an automated system that uses a speed measurement device and camera to detect and notify licensees of vehicles that are speeding.

“It is essential that Londoners adhere to posted speed limits to help keep our most vulnerable road users safe. This tool holds us all accountable, ”said London Mayor Ed Holder.

In London, studies show that average driver speeds range from 32 km / h to 58 km / h in 40 km / h school zones and 305 collisions involving vulnerable road users occurred on smaller streets between 2015 and 2019 .

“We know that a lower speed can mean a less severe outcome,” says Doug MacRae, 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.”

Although there is no current plan to permanently install the cameras in one location, MacRae said he hopes they will deter drivers from speeding across the city.

“Speeding is a big problem in London,” MacRae said.

The program will be implemented on Thompson Road between Adelaide Street South and Chesterfield Avenue and Second Street between Oxford Street East and Dale Street for three months and will then move to other school zones and community safety zones throughout the city.

MacRae said at the Princess Elizabeth Public School on Thompson Road, where the first camera will be located, his latest measurements captured 15 percent of vehicles passing 25 p.m. over the speed limit.

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