O. Reg. 345/04: Red Light Camera System Evidence

 

ontario regulation 345/04

made under the

highway traffic act

Made: October 20, 2004
Filed: October 25, 2004
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: November 13, 2004

Amending O. Reg. 277/99

(Red Light Camera System Evidence)

1. (1) Subsections 3 (1), (2) and (3) of Ontario Regulation 277/99 are revoked and the following substituted:

(1) A photograph taken by a red light camera system may show or have superimposed on it any of the following information:

1. The date when it was taken.

2. The municipality where it was taken.

3. The time of day when it was taken.

4. The length of time that the indication was showing red before the photograph was taken.

5. The length of time that the indication was showing amber before the photograph was taken.

6. The speed at which the vehicle shown in the photograph was travelling when the first photograph in a series of photographs was taken.

(2) The information may be conveyed using the system of codes, symbols and abbreviations described in section 3.1.

(2) Subsection 3 (4) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(4) Nothing in subsection (1) precludes a photograph from showing or having superimposed on it any other information, if that information is shown or superimposed on the photograph when it is certified by a provincial offences officer for the purposes of subsection 205.15 (3) of the Act. 

(3) Subsection 3 (6) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(6) An enlargement or repro­duction of a photograph or part of a photograph taken by a red light camera system is not required to show or have superimposed on it any information, if the enlargement or reproduction is tendered in evidence together with the photograph of which it is an enlargement or reproduction.

2. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

3.1 (1) On the first photograph of a series of photographs taken by a red light camera system, the information described in subsection 3 (1) may appear as a box containing three rows and 12 columns of characters interpreted as follows:

1. In the top row, reading from left to right,

i. the first four characters are the time that the photograph was taken, in hours and minutes expressed in 24-hour clock format,

ii. the next eight characters are the date that the photograph was taken, in numbers, with the first two being the day of the month, the second two being the month and the last four being the year.

2. In the middle row, reading from left to right,

i. the first character is a lane identifier,

ii. the second character is “Y”, which means that the next two characters indicate the length of time that the indication was showing amber before the photograph was taken,

iii. the third and fourth characters are the number of seconds, to the tenth of a second, for which the indication was showing amber before the photograph was taken,

iv. the fifth to eighth characters are the code identifying the municipality in which the red light camera system is located,

v. the ninth character is “R”, which means that the next two characters indicate the length of time that the indication was showing red before the photograph was taken,

vi. the tenth, eleventh and twelfth characters are the number of seconds, to the tenth of a second, for which the indication was showing red before the photograph was taken.

3. In the bottom row, reading from left to right,

i. the first character is “A”, which means that this is the first in the series of photographs taken,

ii. the second, third and fourth characters are the frame set number on the roll of film used,

iii. the fifth to eighth spaces are blank,

iv. the ninth to twelfth characters are the roll number assigned to the roll of film.

(2) On the second photograph of a series of photographs taken by a red light camera system, the information described in subsection 3 (1) may appear as a box containing three rows and 12 columns of characters interpreted as follows:

1. In the top row, reading from left to right,

i. the first four characters are the time that the photograph was taken, in hours and minutes expressed in 24-hour clock format,

ii. the next eight characters are the date that the photograph was taken, in numbers, with the first two being the day of the month, the second two being the month and the last four being the year.

2. In the middle row, reading from left to right,

i. the first character is a lane identifier,

ii. the second character is “Y”, which means that the next two characters indicate the length of time that the indication was showing amber before the photograph was taken,

iii. the third and fourth characters are the number of seconds, to the tenth of a second, for which the indication was showing amber before the photograph was taken,

iv. the fifth to eighth characters are the code identifying the municipality in which the red light camera system is located,

v. the ninth character is “R”, which means that the next two characters indicate the length of time that the indication was showing red before the photograph was taken,

vi. the tenth, eleventh and twelfth characters are the number of seconds, to the tenth of a second, for which the indication was showing red before the photograph was taken.

3. In the bottom row, reading from left to right,

i. the first character is “B”, which means that this is the second in the series of photographs taken,

ii. the second, third and fourth characters are the frame set number on the roll of film used,

iii. the fifth character is “V”, which means that the following characters in the row indicate the speed at which the vehicle was travelling when the first photograph in the series of photographs was taken, or this space may be blank,

iv. the sixth character is “=” or “V”, which means that the following characters in the row indicate the speed at which the vehicle was travelling when the first photograph in the series of photographs was taken,

v. the seventh, eighth and ninth characters are the speed at which the vehicle was travelling when the first photograph in the series of photographs was taken, in kilometres per hour, but if the speed is a two digit number, the seventh character may be “=”,

vi. the tenth, eleventh and twelfth characters are, respectively, “k”, “m” and “h”, which means kilometres per hour.

(3) The time that the photograph was taken, as described in subparagraph 1 i of subsection (1) and in subparagraph 1 i of subsection (2), appears with the minutes as a superscript, so for example, the time 19:47 appears as 19⁴⁷.

(4) The length of time that the indication was showing amber before the photograph was taken, as described in subparagraph 2 iii of subsection (1) and in subparagraph 2 iii of subsection (2), although they are to the tenth of the second, do not show the decimal point that should appear to the left of the last digit and the digit representing the number of the tenth of seconds appears as a superscript, so for example, 3.7 seconds appears as 3⁷.

(5) The length of time that the indication was showing red before the photograph was taken, as described in subparagraph 2 vi of subsection (1) and in subparagraph 2 vi of subsection (2), although they are to the tenth of the second, do not show the decimal point that should appear to the left of the last digit and the digit representing the number of the tenth of seconds appears as a superscript, so for example, 3.7 seconds appears as 03⁷.

(6) The key for the code identifying the municipality in which the red light camera system is located, described in subparagraph 2 iv of subsection (1) and in subparagraph 2 iv of subsection (2) is as follows:

1. The codes for the City of Hamilton are set out in Table 1.

2. The codes for the City of Ottawa are set out in Table 2.

3. The codes for the City of Toronto are set out in Table 3.

4. The codes 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004 and 1005 are for The Regional Municipality of Peel.

5. The codes 0104, 0742, 0752 and 0881 are for The Regional Municipality of Waterloo.

6. The codes 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 are for The Regional Municipality of Halton.

Table 1
City of Hamilton

 

0067	0099	0162	0175
0221	0252	0288	0329

 

Table 2
City of ottawa

 

5159	5172	5247	5255
5266	5344	5607	5649

 

Table 3
City of Toronto

 

0033	0039	0049	0105
0124	0128	0131	0143
0188	0294	0321	0325
0407	0409	0420	0431
0434	0437	0452	0454
0463	0471	0488	0534
0565	0589	0619	0675
0698	0702	0786	0869
1170	1191	1407	1541
1570	1608