5,600 Hamilton speeders caught in one month on one street by photo radar

It’s been a rough month for speedy motorists in Hamilton, as proven by one of the city’s automated photo radar stations that captured a whopping 5,600 speeding violations on a single local street within the last month.

That number, captured as part of the city’s automated speed enforcement (ASE) experiment, works out to an average of 186 speeders caught each day on a stretch of Stone Church Road with a speed limit of 50 km/h; a spot where speeding is a known issue.

Beep. Beep. #HamOnt’s new photo radar cameras caught an average of 186 speeders per day illegally zooming through a 50 km/h zone on Stone Church Road last month @Mattatthespec reports. Scroll down for previous stories https://t.co/96Af8RSwVA

— Hamilton Spectator (@TheSpec) November 13, 2020

By comparison, the City of Toronto with its larger population captured 22,000 speeders in a single month on not one, but 50 citywide radar cameras.

Hamilton’s ASE experiment officially began on October 1st and – despite some community pushback that included vandalism of the cameras – is already proving to make a difference in reducing the volume of speeding offenders.

According to the city’s data, the average was around 14 km/h over the posted limit, with the highest speed clocked at a whopping 96 km/h. The city has issued fines averaging $103, with the highest fine so far being $682.

Read more about the ASE project on the city website.

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