georgevicbell
Active Member
I have noticed a trend over last few years of increased calls for enforcement (including in John Tory's State of the City press conference last week) but not seeing much improvement.
There was discussion at the beginning of the year of a decrease (30%) in the number of tickets being written by the TPS:
http://humbernews.ca/ticketed-driving-offences-decreased-in-toronto-in-2013/
How much sway does the Mayor actually have in calling for increased enforcement of traffic laws? Is there any recourse for them not improving their numbers? Is it time to separate the traffic enforcement from TPS? Is there room for automated systems - camera's? Should we deputize tow truck drivers? Should we deputize bus drivers or TTC employees?
Is there any more data out there about how much time police are spending doing traffic enforcement, how much money they are bringing in? How much we are paying to do it? Is it enough? Could we save the TTC money if they paid for increased enforcement?
There was discussion at the beginning of the year of a decrease (30%) in the number of tickets being written by the TPS:
http://humbernews.ca/ticketed-driving-offences-decreased-in-toronto-in-2013/
How much sway does the Mayor actually have in calling for increased enforcement of traffic laws? Is there any recourse for them not improving their numbers? Is it time to separate the traffic enforcement from TPS? Is there room for automated systems - camera's? Should we deputize tow truck drivers? Should we deputize bus drivers or TTC employees?
Is there any more data out there about how much time police are spending doing traffic enforcement, how much money they are bringing in? How much we are paying to do it? Is it enough? Could we save the TTC money if they paid for increased enforcement?