The ticket is in the mail.
That ticket is if you sped through one of the Burnaby intersections that has had its red light camera altered to register speed.
Fifteen out of the 35 cameras that will be upgraded in B.C. are now operational, including four in Burnaby, and the first wave of thousands of tickets have been issued. I saw one article estimate more than 7,000 tickets issued for just 15 cameras. It’s like fish in a barrel because people just can’t resist driving too fast.
Did you get one? Sorry, but I’m not sorry. You’ve been warned. The NOW has written several times about these cameras and the locations.
These are the four Burnaby intersections:
- Kingsway at Boundary Road
- Kingsway at Royal Oak Avenue
- Willingdon at Deer Lake Parkway
- Boundary Road and Imperial
If you don’t know to slow down, then that’s your problem.
Sure, drivers will whine that speed limits are too low, but that’s garbage. The speed limits are posted everywhere – just follow the signs and leave more time to get to your destination.
Approximately 60 per cent of all crashes on B.C. roads occur at intersections, according to ICBC data.
To help reduce the number of crashes at intersections, the police, the provincial government and ICBC operate the Intersection Safety Camera (ISC) program. There are 140 cameras in 26 communities across the province to deter drivers from running a red light. The cameras are placed at intersections based on the type, severity, and frequency of crashes at that location. Some of these cameras also register speed. The new cameras will ticket drivers entering these intersections well over the posted speed limit on a red, yellow or green light.
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