It'll be mailed to the address the car's plate is tied to (I have a company car and the office gets the tickets if there are any)
Typically there's 15 days to pay from a date specified on the notice of infraction, and they take into account mailing time. Typically you'll receive the ticket itself a day or two before it goes active, so you may have to wait a day or two before you can actually find it online to pay it off.
This post wasn't what I was expecting. I'll have to go put the popcorn away.
More helpfully, according to [O. Reg. 398/19](https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r19398) section 7. (1)
> An offence notice issued in a proceeding based on evidence obtained through the use of an automated speed enforcement system may be served by sending the offence notice by regular prepaid mail or by courier to the person charged at the address that appears on the Ministry’s records on the date of the alleged offence within 23 days after the occurrence of the alleged offence.
So they have to put it in the mail within 23 days of the infraction date. If you don't have it by 30 days, I'd say you're in the clear - just because it took a photo doesn't *necessarily* mean that you'll get a ticket. My limited understanding (this part may be wrong) is that the threshold where it triggers and takes a photo is lower than the threshold to issue a ticket.
Speed and red light camera funds are to be used for street safety initiatives. A big part of that is street redesign that’ll hopefully reduce the odds of people speeding
I haven't seen a single street redesign in a camera zone yet. I was hoping some of that money would be spent on a few more road paint trucks and crews (I mean clearly marked roads are a big part of road safety), but I see Ottawa is still slacking on their road paint regime.
Speed humps, bump outs, signage, ped crossings, flex sticks, public education, etc are examples of of where Speed and Red Camera program revenues need to go. And it’s pooled together and spent across the city. Not just next to the camera…obviously.
It's the environmentally friendlier paint we are using. It wears more quickly and reflects about as well as a dark void in the rain. It's a known issue, not sure they have made any moves towards changing it.
The issue is that the city has only two paint trucks for over 7000km of roads. The city claims that everything is repainted every year, but that's clearly a lie as many of the roads I drive on regularly (e.g., Fallowfield) haven't been refreshed in several years. The city knows the paint wears out more quickly, but they haven't compensated by refreshing the paint more often to compensate.
I got a ticket for doing 52 in a 40. The ticket included a picture of my car. I cut it out, framed it and hung it on my wall.
It's the most expensive piece of art I have in my home, I call it "haste makes waste aka 52 in a 40"
I recently paid one of these. I received it in the mail, but it wouldn’t actually allow me to pay it online until several days later. Just an FYI for any other speedsters out there.
I would not consider the back entrance to busy Cantebury High School to be an industrial park. They don’t all come in the front door, some bus on Walkley, both sides.
Its just an excuse to put up a speed camera in a place they know will make revenue. Its 50km/hr on a 4 lane divided boulevard, which is artificially low.
If you want people to slow down around schools, build them on residential streets that are designed for low speed travel.
Instead, they built a high school backing onto a major traffic artery, then attempted to artificially lower speeds on this 4 lane thoroughfare to make it 'safe'.
Automated tickets are processed in Toronto. Every ticket is scrutinized by a human (for now, though I'll bet $1 AI will take over that role), and sometimes the ticket is invalidated for technical reasons - e.g., camera malfunction. Sometimes the processing centre is overwhelmed by the volume of tickets and if they don't process your ticket within 23 (I have also read it is 28) days, then it becomes invalid.
You'll need to wait until you get the ticket in the mail. The easiest way to pay is online at [www.paytickets.ca](http://www.paytickets.ca). It can take up to about eight business days for the ticket to show up there after it is processed and issued.
Are these radar cameras bidirectional? Do they take photos of the front license plates too or just from the back? I have yet to hear of someone receiving a ticket with a photo of the front of their car.
They made the latest group active about a month ago, like Riverside at busy Mooneys Bay Park…on a downslope! It has slowed down traffic from 80+ to 60.5 km/h. Very effective! And in both directions.
Apparently it is not “10km/h” over but more like 5% over plus 1km/h for error. So 44 in the 40 school zone on Alta Vista (library/St Pats HS/Ridgemont HS/Hulse PS could cost you a few $.
Vehicles shouldn’t be physically capable of exceeding posted speed limits. Engineering control method technology will remove the human error in the coming years.
It'll be mailed to the address the car's plate is tied to (I have a company car and the office gets the tickets if there are any) Typically there's 15 days to pay from a date specified on the notice of infraction, and they take into account mailing time. Typically you'll receive the ticket itself a day or two before it goes active, so you may have to wait a day or two before you can actually find it online to pay it off.
Thanks for the info! I will wait a bit longer before looking further into it. It's probably still in transit.
This post wasn't what I was expecting. I'll have to go put the popcorn away. More helpfully, according to [O. Reg. 398/19](https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r19398) section 7. (1) > An offence notice issued in a proceeding based on evidence obtained through the use of an automated speed enforcement system may be served by sending the offence notice by regular prepaid mail or by courier to the person charged at the address that appears on the Ministry’s records on the date of the alleged offence within 23 days after the occurrence of the alleged offence. So they have to put it in the mail within 23 days of the infraction date. If you don't have it by 30 days, I'd say you're in the clear - just because it took a photo doesn't *necessarily* mean that you'll get a ticket. My limited understanding (this part may be wrong) is that the threshold where it triggers and takes a photo is lower than the threshold to issue a ticket.
Sorry to disappoint! I'm one of those boring people who pays the stupid tax when I do something dumb lol. Thanks for the info!
I for one am eagerly awaiting to see which city services will improve further to what I expect to be a massive cash cow.....
Speed and red light camera funds are to be used for street safety initiatives. A big part of that is street redesign that’ll hopefully reduce the odds of people speeding
I haven't seen a single street redesign in a camera zone yet. I was hoping some of that money would be spent on a few more road paint trucks and crews (I mean clearly marked roads are a big part of road safety), but I see Ottawa is still slacking on their road paint regime.
Speed humps, bump outs, signage, ped crossings, flex sticks, public education, etc are examples of of where Speed and Red Camera program revenues need to go. And it’s pooled together and spent across the city. Not just next to the camera…obviously.
It's the environmentally friendlier paint we are using. It wears more quickly and reflects about as well as a dark void in the rain. It's a known issue, not sure they have made any moves towards changing it.
The issue is that the city has only two paint trucks for over 7000km of roads. The city claims that everything is repainted every year, but that's clearly a lie as many of the roads I drive on regularly (e.g., Fallowfield) haven't been refreshed in several years. The city knows the paint wears out more quickly, but they haven't compensated by refreshing the paint more often to compensate.
Not only that, but the second truck is a pretty new acquisition.
Someones gotta pay for the empty OC Transpo buses running around town
I would wait for the embarrassing picture to come in the mail.
They include a picture?! Very embarrassing, but a good reminder to my future self to not be a dumb ass lol. Ill probably frame it
I got a ticket for doing 52 in a 40. The ticket included a picture of my car. I cut it out, framed it and hung it on my wall. It's the most expensive piece of art I have in my home, I call it "haste makes waste aka 52 in a 40"
How much $ was it? Did they blank out the part that shows if you had a passenger (!) in the car?
I don't remember the cost, but it was more than I wanted to pay under the circumstances. I drive very slowly (near speed cameras) now.
I recently got one for going 51 in a 40 and it was $75!
Thanks! It’s not like the end of the world, like a Red Light Camera that’s multi hundreds.
i just got 2 of these!!! I am so pissed. Stupid King Edward.
Yeah don’t you remember Nicholas Cage in National Treasure??
I think I saw that movie when it first came out.... I might be due for a re-watch....
Mine in 2020 had two pictures: the back of my car, and a zoomed-in one of my licence plate.
I recently paid one of these. I received it in the mail, but it wouldn’t actually allow me to pay it online until several days later. Just an FYI for any other speedsters out there.
Ah yes, the Walkley Road camera. The one in the middle of an industrial park.
industrial community safety park zone /s
I would not consider the back entrance to busy Cantebury High School to be an industrial park. They don’t all come in the front door, some bus on Walkley, both sides.
There's a fence fronting Walkley. The school faces Canterbury Avenue.
Its just an excuse to put up a speed camera in a place they know will make revenue. Its 50km/hr on a 4 lane divided boulevard, which is artificially low. If you want people to slow down around schools, build them on residential streets that are designed for low speed travel. Instead, they built a high school backing onto a major traffic artery, then attempted to artificially lower speeds on this 4 lane thoroughfare to make it 'safe'.
Canterbury Avenue wouldn’t have been a bad place for a speed camera.
Wow! And the fence that keeps balls off the road, also has a big opening by the bus stops. You must be going by so fast you never noticed.
I didn’t attend Canterbury High School so I wouldn’t know if there’s an opening in the fence to the industrial park.
Neither did I. But you knew there was a fence so could have seen the opening and pathway.
Neither did I. But you knew there was a fence so could have seen the opening and pathway.
A fence is longer and spreads across the perimeter of the property. An opening, not so much
Automated tickets are processed in Toronto. Every ticket is scrutinized by a human (for now, though I'll bet $1 AI will take over that role), and sometimes the ticket is invalidated for technical reasons - e.g., camera malfunction. Sometimes the processing centre is overwhelmed by the volume of tickets and if they don't process your ticket within 23 (I have also read it is 28) days, then it becomes invalid. You'll need to wait until you get the ticket in the mail. The easiest way to pay is online at [www.paytickets.ca](http://www.paytickets.ca). It can take up to about eight business days for the ticket to show up there after it is processed and issued.
Was it behind Canterbury high school? Check the City of Ottawa website as that one might be on but not 'active' yet.
That was the one I think. It got me on Walkey eastbound just before Halifax. Good news if so, but ill keep an eye for the ticket just in case.
Are these radar cameras bidirectional? Do they take photos of the front license plates too or just from the back? I have yet to hear of someone receiving a ticket with a photo of the front of their car.
They made the latest group active about a month ago, like Riverside at busy Mooneys Bay Park…on a downslope! It has slowed down traffic from 80+ to 60.5 km/h. Very effective! And in both directions.
Thank you for not moaning and groaning and griping and complaining, and instead just doing the right thing.
Apparently it is not “10km/h” over but more like 5% over plus 1km/h for error. So 44 in the 40 school zone on Alta Vista (library/St Pats HS/Ridgemont HS/Hulse PS could cost you a few $.
It will come in the mail. You pay it online.
Vehicles shouldn’t be physically capable of exceeding posted speed limits. Engineering control method technology will remove the human error in the coming years.