London approves red light camera program

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The red light camera program has been introduced to promote a safer diriving community in London. The program will begin in 2017.

London is cracking down on dangerous driving with the introduction of a red light cameras program. The program was approved with a 14-1 vote at a council meeting on Tuesday.

According to Ward 12 city councillor Harold Usher, this $3.8-million initiative is intended to improve the safety of over 20 different intersections throughout the city, some of which may be close to campus.

Up to 10 cameras are to be conspicuously installed at different intersections on a rotating schedule, ready to capture the licence plate of any vehicle that proceeds to cross the white line after the light has turned red.

Usher said on-road safety is a growing concern for London.

“Some accidents are not fatal, but they are disastrous, and we certainly want to curtail that [through this program],” Usher said. “I just hope that people are going to be a little bit more alert, and that goes for everyone.”

The cameras will be in use by 2017.