Toronto's Red-Light Camera Tickets: Top Spots & Fines

0:00It's April 17th. Welcome in. This is Canada News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. Toronto drivers guy hit with 140,621 red light camera tickets last year. The worst spot was near Kennedy Road and the highway 401 Eastbound Off-Ramp at William Kitchen Road in Scarborough, where cameras caught 5,505 violations. That's more than double the next busiest intersection. More of the top 10 ticket hotspots were in North York, with 3 downtown, 2 in Scarborough, and 1 in Atobikoke. The runner up at Adelaide in Parliament Street saw 2,393 tickets, while others like Young in Athabasca, Lake, Shore, and Jamison, and Shepherd and Leslie, each topped 2,000. People are talking about the safety angle, since these spots were picked based on crash data. A University of Toronto professor pointed out it's about 15 tickets a day at the top location, stressing how one slip-up can cause big trouble on the roads.

1:04The city pulled in at least $45,700,000 from $325 fines. Tickets go to the vehicle owner, no demare points hit your record, and every image gets rebued by officers. Cameras have grown from just 4 in 2007 to nearly 300 now, starting back in 1998. Once jumped from $180 to $325 in 2010, keeping enforcement tight amid rising risks.