Are Torontonians safer behind the wheel? Or in the crosswalk?

Last week, the Star tested how much money would be raised at one Toronto intersection in ten minutes if the zombie law was passed.

The “Phones Down, Heads Up Act,” proposed by Liberal MPP Yvan Baker, would fine those crossing the street while texting. Walking texters — doing the zombie shuffle — could be fined $50 for a first offence, $75 for a second offence, and $125 for each consecutive offence after that.

An alert reader pondered how much money would be raised if all the cars driving through a red light in the video — shot Dec. 6 at Yonge and Dundas sts. — were fined $325 (and lost 3 demerit points).

So we counted. And counted. Then counted some more. Turns out, drivers aren’t much more safety conscious than those zombie walkers.

See if you can guess the final count.

(A caveat: as our camera shot every three seconds, it’s not always entirely clear the light was red when the vehicle entered the intersection.)

Read more:

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