09-26-2025, 08:12 AM
Photo radar is more efficient.
Mayor Vrbanovic asserted yesterday that "people want speed enforcement, but prefer it from a real, live officer." This is a huge cost, and it either means that we do not actually have speed enforcement (the practical situation today), or we have it at great cost and at the expense of other police activities that people also complain do not happen enough.
Not to mention the non-zero risk of every traffic stop to police officers and to the motorists they're stopping. To be honest, I would much rather receive a fine in the mail than to be pulled over by a police officer, wasting potentially half an hour of my time (at a time when I'm presumably in a rush to get somewhere) and his.
Many motorists just seem to want the right to speed, full stop. I wish Premier Ford and Mayor Vrbanovic would just say so, instead of pretending they care about being stewards of fiscal resources, and proposing the costlier speed enforcement option.
Mayor Vrbanovic asserted yesterday that "people want speed enforcement, but prefer it from a real, live officer." This is a huge cost, and it either means that we do not actually have speed enforcement (the practical situation today), or we have it at great cost and at the expense of other police activities that people also complain do not happen enough.
Not to mention the non-zero risk of every traffic stop to police officers and to the motorists they're stopping. To be honest, I would much rather receive a fine in the mail than to be pulled over by a police officer, wasting potentially half an hour of my time (at a time when I'm presumably in a rush to get somewhere) and his.
Many motorists just seem to want the right to speed, full stop. I wish Premier Ford and Mayor Vrbanovic would just say so, instead of pretending they care about being stewards of fiscal resources, and proposing the costlier speed enforcement option.