There are hundreds of speed cameras throughout Ontario, and though police and many others say the devices are causing drivers to slow down, the province could soon require cities and towns to shut them down.

Premier Doug Ford, whose government finalized automated speed enforcement (ASE) legislation in 2019, did a 180 on the traffic calming measure in September, saying they are ineffective at slowing drivers down and calling municipal programs “nothing more than a tax grab.”

Thursday, the premier, joined by a trio of mayors aligned with his cause, reiterated his feelings about the technology and announced forthcoming fall legislation to bring an end to Ontario’s ASE era, “to protect taxpayers and drivers and stop them from being gouged.”

“As municipalities have seen how easy it is to mak

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