After five years, automated speed enforcement is on the political ropes. Lots of thinking has been done about what’s gone wrong with the once broadly accepted program. Is it vandals chopping them down? Most people see that as lawlessness.

What changed? A hint, Toronto increased 75 cameras to 150 in 2025. The tipping point has arrived.

Studies show this, but drivers already know that near speed cameras people slow down. There is a memory effect that lasts after the camera is gone too.

It’s a problem when careful drivers — good citizens — are getting nabbed for petty fines, in places and times where it feels like an irrelevant gotcha. It doesn’t make sense, because the value proposition for better safety is not apparent.

The cameras work by taking pictures of speeding cars, and the speed

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