Safety and Facilities Services Committee Meeting

That Report SF-23-35 concerning the research and feasibility of implementing automated speed enforcement in the City of Oshawa be

That the Safety and Facilities Services Committee recommend to City Council: Whereas the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals cite a direct correlation between the rate of speed of vehicles and the likelihood of collision occurrence, seriousness of injury and odds of a fatality; and, Whereas researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children (“SickKids”) report that vehicle rate of speed and the increased likelihood of collision relates to a driver’s reduced field of vision, shorter reaction time and the stopping distance required once brakes are applied; and, Whereas the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8 (“Highway Traffic Act”) is a provincial statute that regulates the licensing, standards, and penalties associated with the operation of vehicles on public highways within the Province of Ontario (“Province”); and, Whereas Section 128 and Section 214 of the Highway Traffic Act enables municipalities to pass by-laws which establish and enforce the rate of speed of vehicles on public highways under their respective jurisdiction, including School Zones and Community Safety Zones; and, Whereas the Traffic and Parking By-law 79-99, as amended (“Traffic and Parking By-law”) is a by-law to regulate traffic and parking on highways, in parking lots and parkades, on municipal property under the jurisdiction of the City of Oshawa (“City”) and on private property, and includes the regulation of the rate of speed of vehicles on City highways; and, Whereas the Highway Traffi

That the meeting adjourn at 1:58 p.m. Motion