Ford did not say where money for the fund would come from or how much it would cost.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said the government will also require municipalities with existing speed cameras in school zones to install large signs with flashing lights to slow down drivers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Premier Ford called speed cameras an ineffective ‘cash grab,’ while announcing his plan to ban the road safety tools in Ontario Thursday. (Michael Evans\/CBC)<\/p>\n
His stance is in opposition to police forces and\u00a0municipalities\u00a0that\u00a0say evidence shows cameras effectively reduce speed\u00a0and increase road safety.<\/p>\n
Others say\u00a0effectiveness of speed cams is proven<\/p>\n
The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the mayor of Toronto all said this month that they support speed cameras.<\/p>\n
The police chiefs’ association previously said in a statement that using automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras “has been proven to reduce speeding, change driver behaviour, and make our roads safer for everyone \u2014 drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, and especially children and other vulnerable road users.”<\/p>\n
That statement followed a study from SickKids this summer that found ASE cameras had cut speeding around Toronto schools nearly in half.<\/p>\n
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How speed cameras make streets safer for kids<\/p>\n
A new study by SickKids hospital shows speed cameras make the streets safer for kids. The hospital\u2019s head of orthopedic surgery, Andrew Howard, spoke to CBC\u2019s Metro Morning about the study findings and how they can improve kids’ safety. <\/p>\n
Ford said Thursday he respects both SickKids and police, but speed cameras aren’t working, calling the issue “black-and-white.”<\/p>\n
In Ottawa, speeding compliance in zones with speed cameras increased from 16 per cent to 81 per cent three years after cameras were installed, according to the city’s website.<\/a><\/p>\n Mayor Olivia Chow is\u00a0set to introduce recommendations to strengthen Toronto’s ASE program at\u00a0a city committee Thursday, according to a news release from her office. Among other things, the motion will ask the province to “provide their road safety rationale, and data, for removing ASE cameras.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Ford said Thursday only 37 of the province’s 444 municipalities support the cameras.\u00a0<\/p>\n Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca, whose city just ended the use of speed cameras<\/a> despite an internal study that found cameras reduced the number of speeding vehicles in enforcement areas by 56 per cent daily, said ASE was remarkably unpopular with his constituents.<\/p>\n