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The free ride enjoyed by red-light-running Quebec drivers in the City of Ottawa could soon end.

The city is receiving help in its quest to ticket owners of Quebec-plated vehicles whose drivers have been caught burning red lights at camera-monitored intersections.

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The Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) is working with Quebec authorities to help the city find a way to send traffic tickets to Quebec drivers.

A spokesman for the Quebec’s Société de l’assurance automobile, which maintains driver’s licence records in that province, said it contacted the CCMTA because the national organization has the technology to transmit the driver information. The two groups already have an agreement to provide information to agencies outside of Quebec.

It’s been an annoying loophole that has befuddled Ottawa City Hall since it started installing red-light cameras in 2000. The city has expanded its red-light camera program, investing millions of dollars in technology to make the roads safer, yet a large number of drivers have been granted immunity because of logistics.