A new red light camera model (G3red) is approved for use in Ontario, and four more municipalities are added to the evidence key

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Ontario has approved a second type of red light camera system — the G3red manufactured by Global Traffic Group Ltd. — alongside the existing TraffiStar models. Photographs taken by the G3red follow the same two-row, eight-column data format already used by TraffiStar, so the evidence rules for reading speed, amber time, red time and other data on those images now apply equally to both systems. The regulation's municipal code key, which links camera location codes on photos to specific municipalities, has been updated to add the City of Barrie, the City of Brampton, the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, and the Township of Essa. Operators, municipalities, and legal practitioners handling red-light camera evidence should be aware that photos from G3red cameras are now admissible on the same basis as TraffiStar photos, and that the expanded municipal code table applies when interpreting location data on those images. The cross-reference to the now-revoked section 3.1 has also been removed from the evidence-format rule, tidying up the regulation.

Who this affects: municipalities operating red light camera programs · provincial offences officers certifying red light camera evidence · defendants contesting red light camera charges · legal practitioners handling traffic offence proceedings