MONTREAL, QUE: February 26, 2011. -- Photo radar box, eastbound highway 20, 250 meters west of blvd. de l'ile Pincourt, Quebec, Saturday, February 26, 2011. (Peter McCabe / THE GAZETTE ) Photograph by: Peter Mccabe , Montreal Gazette
Montreal is installing 12 more photo radar traffic cameras to nab speeders and those who run red lights on streets with a high number of accidents, bringing the total number to 17 on the city's territory.
The cameras automatically take pictures of license plates and send tickets to the car owners. It's the second phase of an operation that began in 2009 in conjunction with the provincial transport ministry, when three red-light cameras were installed at the intersections of Décarie Blvd. and Paré St., Iberville and Ste-Catherine Sts., and Henri-Bourassa Blvd. and Berri St., as well as a minivan affixed with a radar camera on Notre-Dame St. E. and a radar camera on McDougall Rd.
Montreal and Quebec politicians have said repeatedly the goal is to increase safety, as opposed to creating speed traps to generate revenue for both governments.
Aref Salem, the city's executive committee member responsible for transport, said the cameras have reduced infractions, cutting the number of accidents by 20 to 30 per cent.
The new cameras will be placed in school zones near the following schools: Mackay Centre, Saint-Laurent, Lucien-Pagé, Marc-Laflamme and Christ-Roi.
A red-light surveillance camera will be installed at the corner of Henri-Bourassa Blvd. and Papineau Ave. Mobile photo radar systems to catch speeders will be placed on René-Lévesque Blvd., Henri-Bourassa Blvd., Pie-IX Blvd., Saint-Michel Blvd., Christophe-Colomb and Sherbrooke St.
Source: Montreal adding 12 photo radar traffic cameras
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