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CTV News
a day ago
- CTV News
Here are Ottawa's busiest red-light cameras in the first 4 months of 2025
A red light camera is seen in Ottawa in this undated photo. Ottawa drivers appear to be stopping more often for a red-light camera on King Edward Avenue in Lowertown this year, as the camera caught fewer red-light runners in the first four months of the year. King Edward Avenue is home to three of Ottawa's 10 busiest red-light cameras this year. However, Statistics released by the City of Ottawa show the red-light camera on King Edward Avenue at St. Patrick Street issued 339 tickets in the first four months of the year, down from 1,346 tickets in the January to April period last year. The red-light camera on King Edward Avenue at St. Andrew Street issued 477 tickets in the first four months of the year, down from 532 tickets in the January to April period in 2024. The camera on King Edward at Besserer Street issued 461 tickets in the first four months of the year, down from 502 tickets last year. The city issued 2,000 fewer tickets for red-light camera infractions in the first four months of the year. Statistics show 12,654 tickets were issued through red light cameras in the January to April period, down from 14,877 tickets in 2024 and 14,836 tickets in 2023. The 12,654 tickets issued for running a red light in the first four months of the year are the fewest number of tickets issued since 2022, when 8,934 tickets were issued in the January-April period. The City of Ottawa has added 15 red light cameras since 2022. Ottawa's busiest red-light camera is on Wellington Street at Bay Street, with 624 tickets issued through the first four months of the year. The camera caught 934 red light runners in the January-April period of 2024. The new red-light camera on Maitland Avenue at Erindale Drive/Glenmount Avenue issued 270 tickets in its first three months of operation in 2025. There was no data available for 11 red-light cameras in the first four months of the year. The fine for being caught running a red light by the red-light camera is $325. The ticket for running the red light is issued to the registered owner of the vehicle, regardless of who is driving the car at the time of the alleged offence. Revenue from the red-light camera program is intended to support road safety. A report from the auditor general earlier this year found $10.7 million in funding from red light cameras installed since 2020 was not 'used exclusively for road safety issues.' Ottawa's 10 busiest photo radar cameras in the first four months of 2025
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Vigilante cyclist reveals film showing 300 law-breaking drivers in a single day on just ONE street in the UK
A vigilante cyclist filmed more than 300 law-breaking drivers in just one day on a single street in the UK. Dan Brothwell, who leads campaign group Bike Worcester, set up a secret camera to catch motorists in the act of breaking the law in the city's busy Foregate Street. Over one 24-hour period, a staggering 315 drivers were caught breaching various traffic laws, primarily parking and loading offences. The timelapse video shows road users and taxis illegally parking on white zig-zag markings on the street, which is not permitted. It also captures vehicles mounting the kerb and even a lorry unloading while parked on a pavement. The video comes as police figures show more than 15,000 clips of cyclists being overtaken too closely by motorists were submitted in England and Wales last year. This was more than double the 7,249 clips sent to police in 2021. The increase comes as increasing numbers of cyclists use helmet cameras to film bad drivers and report them to police. Jeremy Vine, who is thought to have helped in encouraging road users to report vehicles who pass cyclists too closely, says he will no longer share videos of his cycling on social media because of the hatred he receives in response TV presenter Jeremy Vine is credited with boosting the trend, for regularly posting footage of his daily commute through London on social media. But he's recently stopped the practice due to the backlash and hatred he receives in response, saying he is 'worn down'. Bike Worcester has come under fire for releasing the video by councillors who accuse the group of being 'anti-car and anti-taxi'. Richard Udall, chair of Worcester City Council's licensing committee, said: 'We can only enforce at times when we are present. 'Hundreds of fixed penalties have been issued and repeat offenders will lose their licenses. 'Taxis are allowed to load and unload passengers on yellow lines, this may account for some of the issues they are complaining about. 'Enforcement officers cannot just issue a ticket, they need to wait a few minutes to try and locate the driver or ask the driver to move. CCTV and ANPR parking enforcement is therefore not legal at this location. 'The area is patrolled regularly and enforcement officers do act and do enforce the rules. 'Taxi drivers are becoming increasingly concerned about the attacks upon them by Bike Worcester. They feel it's unfair and unjustified. 'The vast majority are law abiding professionals, providing a quality public service. 'They feel the constant attacks from Bike Worcester are beginning to look like an anti-taxi or an anti-car campaign. 'Worcester City Council will continue to enforce our rules and will take action against any offending taxi driver, we will continue to work with the drivers and their representatives to reduce any problems problems which occur.' The covert footage shows the hundreds of drivers committing offences over a 24-hour period last October. Bike Worcester spokesperson Dan Brothwell defended the secret camera, claiming illegal parking is dangerous for cyclists. He said: 'This is a massive problem - and we don't have a vendetta against taxis or cars. 'Our time lapse video recorded over 300 parking offences and incidents of over-ranking in 24 hours. People turn a blind eye to it. 'I feel for Worcester's taxi drivers - they're being swamped by drivers from Wychavon and Wolverhampton. 'But parking here causes the problem that cars overtaking cross the solid white line into the bike/bus lane, meaning cars drive head-on at people cycling - many of these are also taxis.' In April, TV and radio presenter Vine announced he was finished sharing clips of his commutes online. The 59-year-old Radio 2 and Channel 5 star has attracted a combination of praise and derision for his social media clips shaming the capital's worst drivers - which have become more elaborate in their edits over time. But after years of enduring foul-mouthed comments calling for him to be crushed under lorries - and others suggesting that his wife was committing infidelities with car drivers - he's calling it a day on his crusade. 'Small announcement. I'm stopping my cycling videos. The trolling just got too bad. They have had well over 100 million views but in the end the anger they generate has genuinely upset me,' he wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday. But he did say he will continue to report drivers privately to police. Speaking to MailOnline in April, Vine said that the recent theft of his £620 bicycle from outside his home in Chiswick, west London gave him pause for thought on whether he ought to continue making himself a target for online vitriol. 'It's all just the c-word, the f-word, the w-word - it wears you down eventually,' he continued. 'Even if you look at the responses when I said I wasn't going to do it anymore, people on there are still wanting to see me squashed under a truck. 'Whether it's because their mum hasn't made their breakfast yet, I don't know. You can only laugh it off for so long.'
CTV News
3 days ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
Four new red light cameras coming to Brantford
A red light camera warning sign on Huron Church Road in Windsor, Ont. on May 30, 2024. (Rich Garton/CTV Windsor News) Drivers will soon be forced to pay up for blowing through a red light in Brantford. Four new red light cameras will be up and running as of July 1. The new locations include: Lynden Road at Wayne Gretzky Parkway West Street at Fairview Drive Dunsdon Street at Park Road North King George Road at Charing Cross/Queensway Drive In a release, the city said the locations were chosen based on traffic safety data, including collision frequency and severity. The fine for running a red light is set at $325. The fine is issued to the owner of the vehicle, regardless of who is driving it at the time. The city currently has six other red light cameras.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Daily Mail
Baby-faced 18-year-old girl charged with truly shocking crime that cost innocent woman her life
A baby-faced 18-year-old girl was charged with involuntary manslaughter after she allegedly killed a mother-of-five in a fatal car crash. Wania Mussarat Shaika was allegedly traveling more than double the speed limit in an active work zone in Woodbridge, Virginia on May 27 when she carelessly drove through a red light at an intersection, striking another car. Shaika, who was driving a 2021 Toyota Highlander, slammed into a 2020 Honda Accord driven by Seema Rizvi, 45, according to the Prince William Police Department. Rizvi, who was making a left turn across Minnieville Road at the time, was extricated from her car before being transported to the hospital, where she later died. Shaika was also taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Alcohol or drugs were not a factor in the tragic accident, investigators said. She is currently being held without bond and her court date is pending, according to Master Police Officer Renee Carr. Rizvi, who had just turned 45 four days prior, sadly died on her husband's birthday, her sister Misba Sheikh said in a tearful Facebook post. 'My sister, my best friend, my ziyarat partner, my confidante, my rock, my support network, the backbone of our Karbala majalis, my mentor, my well wisher, a source of prayer for my lil girl and the true love of my life was killed in a serious car accident in Woodbridge, Virginia (USA) yesterday,' Sheikh wrote on May 28. 'She turned 45 last friday and her husbands birthday was yesterday also. She had tickets booked to fly out to Iraq on 25 June.' Her heartbroken sister said Rizvi was a mother to five children, aged between 21 and 11, and was a 'genuinely selfless wife' and 'a devoted daughter and sister.' 'Please pray for peace and patience for her husband and kids who are utterly devastated but now have the most seemingly impossible task of trying to pick up the pieces after her,' she added. A friend remembered the late mother as 'one of the most pious and patient Momina that I have ever come across.' In the Arabic language, Momina is a feminine name that stands for trustworthy, believer and faithful, according to Nameberry. 'My heart bleeds on the great loss. May Allah bless her soul and elevate her rank in Jannah. Ameen,' they added. Daily Mail contacted the Prince William Police Department for more information. This news comes just months after a Texas father drove 100mph, crashed his car and fled the scene - leaving his severely injured wife and four children behind, Houston police said. Rizvi, who was making a left turn across Minnieville Road (pictured) at the time of the collision, was extricated from her car before being transported to the hospital, where she later died The man was driving a Ford Expedition at more than double the speed limit down Houston's Yale Street on March 25. A Chevy Avalanche then cut the speeding car off while turning into a gas station causing the vehicles to collide. The family-filled Ford shot into the air and flipped over into a ditch. One of the children, an eight-year-old girl, was ejected upon impact. The Chevy, carrying a man and a woman, ended up in the guardrail. After the dramatic crash, the father ran from his suffering family without hesitation, according to police.
CTV News
4 days ago
- CTV News
Motorcyclist charged with speeding 135km/h on city street
A motorcyclist learned the hard way over the weekend that speeding well over double the posted limit in Barrie's south west end can be very costly. Barrie police say an officer with the traffic unit clocked the motorcycle travelling 135 kilometres per hour along Mapleview Drive West, which is a posted 60 zone, late Sunday morning. The offence cost the 31-year-old man from Bradford his licence for 30 days, and a 14-day impound fee after his bike was towed away. Additionally, the accused was charged with speeding, unnecessary noise, and stunt driving - which is an automatic charge for anyone caught speeding 40 kilometres per hour or more in a zone that is less than 80km/h. 'Please slow down, speed kills,' the Barrie Police Service posted about the incident.
