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You will know where they are because there will be warning signs as you approach the intersection. The government claims that’s what differentiates this program from the unpopular photo-radar program that was scrapped in 2001. With photo radar, the cameras were in unmarked vans parked randomly, so you had no warning to slow down.

4. How much extra money will the government make in speeding-fine revenue?

That’s difficult to calculate because right now ICBC can’t say how much speeding revenue comes into government coffers each year. When asked, the B.C. Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General referred the question to ICBC.

ICBC’s response was: “We’d need to put in a data request and that would take time (days/weeks).” Postmedia News has made that request, so stay tuned. But in the meantime, some very rough calculations can be made.

At the moment fines for general speeding range from $138-$196. If you get caught for excessive speeding — over 40 km/h — the fines go from $368-$483.

The government highlights speedsters who go through the ISP intersections at 30 km/h or more over the limit, which carries a $196 fine. So, based on 2017’s 162,400 tickets at an average $196 a ticket, that’s roughly $32 million a year, with most of that money distributed to municipalities.

The government wouldn’t reveal how far over the speed limit a driver needs to be travelling to activate a camera. However, based on government data mentioned above, if on average 10,500 speeders go through an ISP intersection each year (travelling more than 30 km/h over the speed limit), then that’s 367,500 speeders going through 35 intersections a year. With a $196 fine for each, that’s a whopping $72 million — more than twice what the government reaps in fines at the moment.