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Owners of Quebec-plated vehicles will start receiving tickets this summer if those vehicles are caught on camera running red lights in Ottawa.
There has been a huge loophole in red-light camera enforcement ever since Ottawa installed its first cameras in 2000. The city has been unable to send owners of Quebec-registered vehicles tickets because it had no way to access motorists’ information. The Ontario government gave the city the authority to fine out-of-province motorists in 2013, but the city hasn’t had the technical ability to actually do it.
On Tuesday, transportation general manager John Manconi told council the city signed an agreement with the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) on April 25, giving the city the ability to access vehicle licensing information in Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon. For Ottawa, the ability to access driver information in Quebec is the big win, considering thousands of Quebec-plated vehicles are caught on camera running red lights each year.
As it stands today, the owner of a Ontario-plated vehicle burning a red light at a camera-protected intersection in Ottawa will receive a ticket. If that vehicle had a Quebec plate, the owner would not receive a ticket.
Manconi informed council of the development before Mayor Jim Watson was scheduled to show off the latest red-light camera at Slater and Lyon streets Tuesday afternoon. The city has installed 20 new red-light cameras during this term of council.
Quebec’s Société de l’assurance automobile contacted the CCMTA to ask for help with information exchange since the national organization has the technology to make it happen. There are multiple organizations involved in issuing a red-light camera tickets, including the ticket processing centre in Toronto.
According to Manconi’s memo, the city still won’t have access to driver information in provinces and territories outside of Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon. All other provinces and territories have indicated they can’t share their vehicle licensing data; Newfoundland and Labrador hasn’t provided a response to the CCMTA’s request, Manconi says.
But for Ottawa, it’s the Quebec database that’s most important because of the high number of Quebec-plated vehicles on Ottawa roads each day.
The city will take the next month to sort out the finer details of the information exchange, such as file formats, technical requirements and testing. Council will be told when tickets are finally being issued to out-of-province offenders, Manconi says.
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There has been a huge loophole in red-light camera enforcement ever since Ottawa installed its first cameras in 2000. The city has been unable to send owners of Quebec-registered vehicles tickets because it had no way to access motorists’ information. The Ontario government gave the city the authority to fine out-of-province motorists in 2013, but the city hasn’t had the technical ability to actually do it.
On Tuesday, transportation general manager John Manconi told council the city signed an agreement with the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) on April 25, giving the city the ability to access vehicle licensing information in Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon. For Ottawa, the ability to access driver information in Quebec is the big win, considering thousands of Quebec-plated vehicles are caught on camera running red lights each year.
As it stands today, the owner of a Ontario-plated vehicle burning a red light at a camera-protected intersection in Ottawa will receive a ticket. If that vehicle had a Quebec plate, the owner would not receive a ticket.
Manconi informed council of the development before Mayor Jim Watson was scheduled to show off the latest red-light camera at Slater and Lyon streets Tuesday afternoon. The city has installed 20 new red-light cameras during this term of council.
Quebec’s Société de l’assurance automobile contacted the CCMTA to ask for help with information exchange since the national organization has the technology to make it happen. There are multiple organizations involved in issuing a red-light camera tickets, including the ticket processing centre in Toronto.
According to Manconi’s memo, the city still won’t have access to driver information in provinces and territories outside of Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon. All other provinces and territories have indicated they can’t share their vehicle licensing data; Newfoundland and Labrador hasn’t provided a response to the CCMTA’s request, Manconi says.
But for Ottawa, it’s the Quebec database that’s most important because of the high number of Quebec-plated vehicles on Ottawa roads each day.
The city will take the next month to sort out the finer details of the information exchange, such as file formats, technical requirements and testing. Council will be told when tickets are finally being issued to out-of-province offenders, Manconi says.
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
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