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#ottawa report on Automated Speed Enforcement cameras via Councillor Sean Devine. From https://www.seandevine.ca/april_28_2026_newsletter: "At the safety level, the statistics could not have been more clear. In school zones alone, ASE was a proven tool for reducing speeds. The original ASE pilot of 8 cameras in school zones showed that speed-limit compliance went from an abysmally low 16% to a remarkably high 87% in only 4 years. And when it came to high-end speeding, i.e. speeding at more than 15 km/hr above the posted limit, it had declined from 14% to a statistically negligible 0.3% in that same span. In other words, the cameras worked. No reasonable person can deny this fact. And what has happened since the removal of those cameras in November 2025? The result is as horrifying as it is depressing, because it was altogether predictable. Ever since the cameras were removed in November 2025, City staff have been monitoring speeds at the 8 locations where ASE cameras had first been installed in the original pilot project – all of them in school zones. While there will be another analysis once the City has implemented the new oversized signs that have been mandated by the Ford government, the initial post-removal speed data shows significant regression in driver behaviour."