The Road to Safety: Oakville’s Automated Speed Enforcement camera installation has begun

Making road safety a key priority, the Town of Oakville is preparing to launch the Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) Program at the end of January 2025. The installation of 14 cameras began this week and will continue over the next few days as crews set up and conduct testing.  

Since August 2024, “coming soon” signs have been placed at the camera locations to provide advance notification to the community. Details of the 14 locations are available in the Automated Speed Enforcement page.

If a vehicle exceeds the designated speed limit in an ASE-enforced area, the ASE camera captures an image of the vehicle and plate, which is then reviewed by a provincial offences officer. A ticket is mailed along with a copy of the image to the registered owner of the vehicle.

Five facts about ASE cameras

1. Community Safety Zones

The cameras will be installed in the town’s community safety zones. They include roads near schools, daycare centres, active parks, hospitals, and senior citizen residences. Details of community safety zones by ward are available on the Neighbourhood Traffic Safety Program page.

2. Rotation of cameras

The town’s 14 cameras will be rotated every four months across various roads within the community safety zones across the town where speeding has proven to be a consistent problem. 

3. Advance notification of locations

Three months before the cameras are moved to the next set of locations, the town will post “coming soon” signs to provide advance notification of the upcoming locations. 

4. No demerit points

The ASE cameras aim to reduce speeding on roads for all users. The ASE ticket will be issued to the registered vehicle owner regardless of who is driving the vehicle at the time of infraction. Similar to parking infraction tickets, ASE tickets will not be reflected in the driving record and will not impact the vehicle insurance.  

5. Privacy is key

The ASE cameras do not record videos. They take a picture of the licence plate only when passing vehicles go above the posted speed limit. Images taken by the ASE cameras are solely used to monitor vehicle speeds and issue tickets for speeding violations and not for any other form of surveillance or law enforcement.

Stay tuned for updates on the Automated Speed Enforcement page for information about when the cameras go live.