Toronto has made it easy to fight speeding tickets, and you may have to do it more often.

The City of Toronto is about to make it easier for drivers to deal with automated red light and speeding tickets, and that's a good thing, because they'll be handing out more in the coming years.

Toronto City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to change the way it handles some traffic violations caught on camera, and it looks like a double-edged sword for Torontonians.

On the one hand, this plan may save you from going to court. On the other hand, it can lead to you getting more tickets.

That is, if you are a driver with heavy legs.

A new plan will overhaul the way Toronto handles red light and speed camera tickets. If you want to fight them, instead of taking these tickets to provincial court, like you do with a parking ticket right now, you can dispute them through the city's online system.

In other words, you don't have to go to court to fight your next speeding or red light ticket.

However, the plan calls for doubling the number of speed cameras from 75 to 150 over the next two years and is expected to generate $71.27 million in net revenue by 2026. one year before all changes take effect.

So where does this extra money come from? From the half-time saved in court, they also spread from all speeding tickets, according to the city's plan.

“It's about moving the system forward, but slowing down the cars,” Mayor Olivia Chow told CP24 reporters on Wednesday.

“I know in some cases, if the car were going slower, the injuries would be less, and even lives could be saved,” he said. “By accelerating our efforts to enforce such enforcement to get more cameras on the road, we are telling this driver to 'obey the law.' “Be slow, otherwise there will be consequences.”

The new system will be implemented from November 1, 2024.

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