Radar

Photo radar is a licence for the wealthy to speed.

There are no consequences to getting caught by photo radar. You pay and get away. You do not go to court and your insurance rate never goes up.

When pulled over and ticketed by a police officer your insurance rate will skyrocket. Tickets from photo radar have no insurance consequences, as the ticket is assigned to the car, not the driver.

Here’s a rate comparison between a driver with 3 photo radar tickets verses a driver ticketed 3 times by the police.

Driving Profile             Lowest

3 Photo Radar Tickets     $1,425

3 Police Issued Tickets    $3,731

Drivers who get pulled over and ticketed by the police are charged under the Highway Traffic Act and suffer the consequences of increased insurance costs, and possible policy cancellation. This is a strong deterrent and keeps our roads safer.

Photo radar results in fewer police patrolling the streets. So “cheers” to the drunk driver. Three tickets by photo radar may cost the drunk driver a few hundred dollars. Getting pulled over by the police would cost them their license. Hopefully, if the police don’t catch these drivers, karma will.

Radar Detector: The police use omni-directional radar devices, so they can shoot ahead, behind, to the side- actually, in any direction. If the radar device catches you, you are not automatically guilty.

If you are planning to fight the ticket, it’s good to know that the radar device is used to corroborate what the officer saw. Did the police officer see you speeding? Further, you don't want to make the police officer’s documentation that thorough as a result of your cross examination. Save it for court.