![]() In February of 2022, Ontario got rid of the fee to renew vehicle registration and plate stickers.Ī few months earlier, in November of 2021, the province stopped mailing paper reminder letters to remind people that car registrations, health cards and driver's licences would soon expire, in most cases. In May, Hamilton police rolled out the automated cameras and found too many drivers with expired plates for officers to be able to write tickets to them all. ![]() That same month, Ottawa police said they'd seen a " dramatic increase" in expired registrations and also expired driver's licences. 403 in Mississauga found their readers caught more than one expired plate a minute. The devices are able to read plates in bulk, running the numbers against police and Ministry of Transportation (MTO) databases and, in February of 2023, OPP officers patrolling Hwy. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a new Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park.Īs Ontario police rolled out automated licence plate readers this year, an odd thing came to light.
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