Montreal cyclists are ticketed hard
Montreal cyclists are ticketed a lot more than Toronto’s – 42 times as often, if the Toronto Sun is to be believed. TVA mentions in passing that our pedestrians are also ticketed twice as often as Toronto’s.
Update: Vélo-Québec is not very happy.
Ephraim 07:21 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
Wow, it must be a free-for-all in Toronto. Or something is wrong with these statistics. I hardly ever see ANYONE ticketed, other than green onions running around.
dwgs 09:47 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
I see a lot of bikes being ticketed regularly. The cops set up on the bike paths.
Mr.Chinaski 09:49 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
12800 tickets, for 5-6 months of biking, equals not even a hundred tickets per day. It’s more alarming for Toronto than Montreal, I say.
Jack 11:27 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
I wonder how many of those police commanders and their officers use their bikes when they are coming in for the shifts from Mirabel, Terrebonne, Mascouche, and Blainville. They claim they are doing it for our own good and safety but these numbers border on harassment. Maybe they just do not like the lifestyle promoted.
@ Ephraim your right it is free for all in Toronto, last year 41 pedestrians ( citizens) were killed by cars and trucks in TO, they were not killed by bicycles.
DeWolf 12:28 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
It really is a free-for-all in Toronto. It has some of the worst driving behaviour I’ve seen anywhere. Montreal drivers are saints by comparison.
Bill Binns 14:13 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
I walk a minimum of 40 miles a week in this city and have seen a grand total of one bicyclist get a ticket, ever. I actually don’t know if he got a ticket but I saw him get pulled over. I walk down Sherbrooke between Amherst and whatever that street is at the eastern edge of LaFontaine park 4 times a day and there is never a day that I do not encounter people illegally riding bikes on the sidewalks. Ontario St is almost as bad. It is damn near impossible to find an outdoor space in this city where you can be free from the need to watch for bicycles.
Either cyclists in other Canadian cities are more responsible or those cities have even more chaotic streets and unsafe pedestrian spaces than we do but the cops clearly are not doing enough enforcement here regardless of the numbers.
Ephraim 18:20 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
Has Velo Quebec EVER been happy? Seriously?