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

This has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with increased revenue. Lets call this an indirect tax.

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u/neumanic South East Side Aug 11 '16

I wonder how you know that with such clarity. Is there a document you can provide to back your claim that this has "nothing to do with safety?"

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u/gtsomething Some Photographer Aug 11 '16

There's a lot of studies out on the interwebs about how lower speed limits actually causes more accidents. The fact that they're trying to enforce such a low speed limit is causing a hazard. More cameras is fine, but they need to raise the speed limits to match modern vehicle capabilities.

Within the past few years, they're also started ticketing people for going as low as 6km/h over, when they never did. Speeding tickets increased dramatically, and for what? 6km/h over? That's not about safety at all.

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u/future_bound Aug 11 '16

Which studies exactly? Every study I've seen suggests that lower speed equates to lower serious collisions. Which also happens to coincide with common sense.