By Canadian Press/CKPGToday

B.C. boosts operating times for red-light cameras to 24 hours

Aug 7, 2018 | 11:45 AM

VICTORIA – Red-light cameras will now be operating full time at 140 intersections in British Columbia that have some of the highest crash rates.

Among those intersections, is one in Prince George at 15 Avenue and Ospika Boulevard. Between 2009 and 2013, there was an average of 17 crashes per year with an average of seven injuries per year as a result of the crashes.  

The provincial government says the round-the-clock monitoring is up from six hours a day in the effort to reduce deaths and serious injuries at those intersections.

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says there were 350,000 crashes in the province last year _ a record high _ and about 60 percent of those were in intersections.

He says full activation of the cameras is overdue and an important step for safety on some of B.C.’s busiest roadways.

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The vehicle’s registered owner is responsible for the ticket even if they aren’t driving, but they won’t receive penalty points on their licence.

The government announced plans in March to add the intersection cameras to ticket the fastest drivers passing through on red, yellow or green lights.