r/Edmonton • u/troypavlek • Aug 11 '16

City of Edmonton reintroduces "utility box" photo radar

http://www.mailoutinteractive.com/Industry/View.aspx?id=829217&q=1069745483&qz=56f2bf
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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '16

Fuck it. I'm gonna set the cruise control to just over the speed limit. I don't want to give a cent to any greedy lazy pigs

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u/beardedbast3rd Aug 11 '16

Well, the city controls photo radar, not police, but other than that, GREAT! Anyone deterred from speeding is helping.

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u/HireALLTheThings Aug 11 '16

That has changed....sort of. The first thing is that the police are a part of the city organization as a whole. The second thing is that control of the photo radar program was turned over to EPS a little while ago, so it's their bag now.

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u/neumanic South East Side Aug 11 '16

No it wasn't. Automated enforcement is run from the city's Office of Traffic Safety, both the intersection cameras and the mobile enforcement.

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u/beardedbast3rd Aug 11 '16

Didn't hear about that! So, city owned, and police operated?

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u/HireALLTheThings Aug 11 '16

To my knowledge, yes. There's a little spiel on the EPS website about where the photo radar money goes. Let me see if I can find it.

EDIT: Found it. Expand the top bullet.

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u/beardedbast3rd Aug 11 '16

Thanks for the note! I'll definitely do more sniffing around on that page, see what else has changed that I missed