Benefits of speed cameras in school zones and community safety zones:
Data shows that ASE works. It slows drivers down significantly within the School and Community Safety Zones in which we need lower speeds.
It’s an important reminder to slow down in areas where children and other vulnerable road users are out and about.
If you don’t speed through school zones and community safety zones – you won’t be impacted by ASE at all.
As speed compliance goes up, revenue generated by ASE will go down, and our roads will become safer.
Mobile ASE systems as an alternative to fixed ASE equipment, means that the system may be moved to different locations within a municipality.
Tickets issued via ASE don’t result in demerit points.
The ASE system enables police officers to attend to matters other than speeding on residential roads.
With speed a factor in approximately one fifth of fatal collisions in Ontario, ASE helps to enforce speed limits.
Vehicles travelling at the posted limit are more likely able to stop in the case of a spontaneous event and a lower speed can also mean a less severe outcome.
Evidence shows that driver behaviour begins to change over time with a “halo” effect created. This means that drivers may begin to adhere to the speed limit in areas even where ASE is not present, resulting in safer and more peaceful communities for all.
