Key facts about red-light cameras
Windsor has red-light cameras at 10 intersections throughout the city ready to ticket drivers who disobey traffic signals.
The cameras, which have been keeping watch since the fall of 2021, aim to change driver behaviour, reduce side-impact collisions, and increase safety.
This week, council was asked to double the number of revenue-generating cameras in Windsor. But city council postponed a decision until staff report back on how the existing 10 cameras have — or have not — made a dent in bad driving habits.
Here's what you need to know about Windsor's redlight cameras while council contemplates whether to expand the program:
HOW DO RED-LIGHT CAMERAS WORK?
The cameras photograph any vehicle that enters an intersection when the traffic signal indicates red. They take two photos: one of the vehicle entering the intersection, and one of it proceeding through the intersection.
The camera is generally triggered by a vehicle as it passes the “stop bar” — the white line painted on the street vehicles are supposed to stop behind — after the signal has turned red.
Tickets are also issued for vehicles that turn right at a red light without stopping.
HOW MUCH IS A TICKET AND WHO GETS IT?
Tickets for running red lights are $325. The registered plate holder of the vehicle receives the ticket, regardless of who was driving. Red-light cameras take photos from behind and do not capture the driver's image.
WHERE ARE THE CAMERAS LOCATED IN WINDSOR?
■ Wyandotte Street East and Goyeau Street
■ University Avenue West at Crawford Avenue
■ Erie Street East at Goyeau Street
■ Howard Avenue at the E.C. Row Expressway eastbound off ramp
■ Huron Church Road at Tecumseh Road West
■ Eugenie Street East at Mcdougall Street
■ Mchugh Street at Clover Avenue
■ Wyandotte Street at Ouellette Avenue
■ Ouellette Avenue at Giles Boulevard
■ Seminole Street at Central Avenue
DO RED-LIGHT CAMERA TICKETS HAVE LASTING IMPACTS ON VEHICLE OWNERS?
Red-light camera tickets are not criminal offences, nor are there demerit points for redlight camera tickets.
Convictions for red-light camera tickets do not appear on drivers' records, because there is no evidence to show who was actually driving the vehicle. For that same reason, red-light camera tickets do not affect insurance.