Egan, you're wrong about speed cameras | Letters to the Editor

I read with dismay Kelly Egan‘s opinion piece in the Saturday Citizen. While I have a long held respect for Kelly’s citizenship, I am afraid he is totally off base in advocating for speeders. While he doubts that cameras work and personally will ignore the consequences of speeding, he has not adequately reviewed the effectiveness of speed cameras. I am quite aware of their success. Several streets in Orleans, and elsewhere in Ottawa, now have almost universal respect for the speed limit limits, due solely to speed cameras. And the quietus extends far on both sides of the camera installation. Scofflaws who fall back on the old excuse “everyone speeds“ are the problem, not the solution. Ford must back off his unreasonable demand, and Kelly must rethink his acknowledged speeding habit. Read More