TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants municipalities to get rid of automated speed cameras — or else he will.

Over the last few days, 17 automated speed cameras were cut down in Toronto, part of an ongoing trend that has seen 800 incidents of vandalism against the cameras reported to the city this year.

Ford called the cameras nothing more than a cash grab for the city and suggested there are better ways to deter speeding, particularly in school zones.

“If you want to slow down traffic at school, you put the big huge signs, big flashing lights, ‘Crossing Area,”‘ he said after an unrelated speech Tuesday morning.

“People will slow down.”

The city issued about $40 million in fines from automated speed cameras in 2024 and so far this year the total is already up over $45 million, a s

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