Infamous Toronto speed camera catches driver exceeding 150 km/h beside High Park
Global News
Safe Parkside, which has for years lobbied to improve road safety and reduce speeding, released the figures showing some of the fastest vehicles ticketed on its streets.
A driver going past Toronto’s most controversial speed cameras hit more than 150 km/h, according to new information released by a local advocacy group, who say their numbers prove why speed enforcement is necessary.
Safe Parkside, which has for years lobbied to improve road safety and reduce speeding on Toronto’s Parkside Drive, released the figures as it fights to stop an impending camera ban from the provincial government.
According to freedom of information documents obtained and released by the group, a vehicle was recorded on Parkside Drive going 154 km/h in 2024, the same year another was clocked at 146 km/h.
The group released a list of speeding violations snapped by the cameras, with the top 10 all 119 km/h or above on the road, where the limit is 40 km/h.
“These numbers confirm the dangers residents experience on Parkside Drive on a daily basis. The most alarming part is not the numbers themselves, but that the City of Toronto is aware of all of this and yet continues to drag their feet when it comes to finally addressing the rampant speeding on Parkside Drive,” the group said in a statement.
“This is all happening right beside the city’s busiest park, as families, children, seniors, daycares and schools are forced to cross this urban highway.”
The camera on Parkside Drive has been vandalized and chopped down repeatedly since it was installed. The road has also been the scene of a number of dangerous crashes in recent years, something Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow recently highlighted.
Three years ago, a suspended driver hit more than 100 km/h on the road, rear-ending another vehicle and killing two people inside.
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