The B.C. government revealed on Tuesday a list of dangerous intersections, with a promise that vehicles caught speeding through them — on red, amber or green — would be photographed and ticketed.
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Vancouver lawyer Kyla Lee, who defends people with speeding tickets, saw two problems with the automated speeding-ticket program.
Firstly, by not telling drivers what speed would activate the camera, she said some people would drive at dangerously slow speeds through the intersection, while others would take a risk that the limit was set high.
Secondly, she was confident automatic speeding tickets would be challenged in court because they lacked human corroboration.
“Now we have these speed cameras at intersections, but there’s nobody who is actually confirming it’s being triggered at the appropriate speed to ensure it is operating reliably at the time that it’s being measured,” she said.
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