Automated Speed Enforcement

Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE)

Automated Speed Enforcement (aka "ASE") is an automated system that uses a cameras and a speed measurement device to enforce speed limits, which helps make roads safer for all users.  ASE is designed to work in tandem with other road safety measures such as traffic calming (ie: road humps, etc.), community safety zones, school zones, digital traffic calming signs, education initiatives, and police enforcement, all of which help to improve safety for people of all ages by:

  • increasing speed compliance
  • altering driver behaviour
  • increasing public awareness about the critical need to slow down

An ASE system captures and records images of vehicles that are travelling in excess of the posted speed limit in school zones and community safety zones, with tickets being issued to the owner of the vehicle (as registered on file with the Ministry of Transportation) regardless of who was driving.  This will result in a monetary fine.

If your vehicle is captured by the camera as going over the posted speed limit, here is what happens:

  • The speed camera captures an image of the contravening vehicle which is reviewed by a Provincial Offences Officer.
  • A Penalty Order gets mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle at the address on file with the Ministry of Transportation
    • **NOTE-the onus of responsibility lies with the registered owner of every vehicle to ensure that their updated address is on file with the Ministry of Transportation.
  • Penalty Orders are mailed out within 23 days after the contravention occurred, and are deemed served on the seventh day after they are mailed out.  The registered owner then has 30 days to either make payment or to book an appeal.

The Township of Essa's ASE Program is administered under an Administrative Penalty System as opposed to the Provincial Offences Court.  As such, ASE Penalty Orders do NOT proceed through the courts.

ASE Signage

Mandatory signage is installed near ASE camera locations to inform motorists where ASE cameras are coming soon and when they're in use. 

"Municipal Speed Camera Coming Soon" Signage

In accordance with the Highway Traffic Act, "Coming Soon" signs are required to be installed for a minimum of 90 days prior to ASE cameras being activated.  This allows for drivers to have advance warning prior to the activation of enforcement via ASE cameras.

"Municipal Speed Camera In Use" Signage

The presence of "Municipal Speed Camera In Use" signage indicates to motorists that the Automated Speed Enforcement Camera has been activated, and is actively enforcing speed on that particular road in that specific community safety zone.  Speeding above the posted speed limit will result in a Penalty Order being issued.

ASE Camera Locations & Certificates of Accuracy

Essa's ASE Program is active in community safety zones and/or school zones within the municipality where speeding has proven to be a consistent problem based on data that had been collected and considered prior to deployment of ASE cameras.  All ASE cameras are deployed in Community Safety Zones and/or School Zones that have been designated through municipal By-laws.  Each location was prioritized using a data-driven approach that considers the severity of speeding in the area and other factors such as traffic volume, collision history and site suitability.

Certificate(s) of Accuracy

ACTIVE 
Location Code Current Status Location Name Date of Activation
X001 Active 5th Line capturing northbound contraventions - between 30th SR & CR 90 March 18, 2025 to present
X002 Active 5th Line capturing southbound contraventions - between CR 90 & 30th SR May 4, 2024 to present
X004 Active 25th SR capturing westbound contraventions - between 10th Line & a point 250 m east of Algonquin Heights Court March 18, 2025 to present
X011 Active Centre Street capturing eastbound contraventions - between  5th Line & Stringer Avenue July 3, 2024 to present
X015 Active CR 21 (Murphy Road) capturing eastbound contraventions - between a point 200m east of Denney Drive to a point 800m west of Denney Drive, Baxter  October 24, 2024 to present
X017 Active CR 21 (Robert Street) capturing eastbound contraventions between the 11th Line & CR 27, Thornton  October 23, 2024 to present
COMING SOON
Coming soon 20th Sideroad (Ivy)
Coming Soon 5th Sideroad
Coming Soon 10th Sideroad

Certain Highway Traffic Act fines, such as speeding, are doubled in Community Safety Zones.  All ASE sites are marked with signs in accordance with O. Regulation 355/22.

Township of Essa
Joint Data Processing - Automated Speed Enforcement
Phone: 1-877-748-1025
Email: ase@ojpc.ca​

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