Ontario Government (Conservative majority), 2025-29

[lenaitch]

What speed do municipal cameras top out at?

I don't know but suspect that, if they do, it is a technical ceiling and probably fairly high. I was just going by the full text of the article.

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The first instance of a vehicle exceeding 150 km/h came around 6:25 a.m. on Dec. 13, 2023, when a vehicle was found to be going 153 km/h. Five minutes later, it appears the same vehicle was pinged again, this time going 151 km/h.

A couple of hours later, at 9:18 a.m., a vehicle was recorded driving 162 km/h on a road where the speed limit was 100.[

I'm just surprised if the government has that level of tracking and recording of administrative vehicles.

 

[brihard]

I don't know but suspect that, if they do, it is a technical ceiling and probably fairly high. I was just going by the full text of the article.

(snip)



I'm just surprised if the government has that level of tracking and recording of administrative vehicles.

Oh ok- I’d missed that particular article. But yeah, lots of corporate vehicle fleets now have GPS monitoring.

 

[lenaitch]

Oh ok- I’d missed that particular article. But yeah, lots of corporate vehicle fleets now have GPS monitoring.

Yup. I get that corporate fleets do that now for things like productivity and efficiency, but those aren't usually things governments care about. I wonder if they have the same level of tracking on vehicles operated by OPSEU members; they're always a fun bunch.

I just saw on another forum that the highest speed recorded by a Toronto camera was 187 in a 50, as an indication of the range of the devices.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Yup. I get that corporate fleets do that now for things like productivity and efficiency, but those aren't usually things governments care about.

Over the past 30 years or so working with them I've been impressed that most people in the public service are highly focused on providing fast, efficient and high quality service, usually in the face of overwhelming odds.

I recall interviewing one guy to get his input on how to help the organization improve their business processes and he said "Make it so it doesn't take me an hour to turn on my computer...".

Then we both laughed...