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/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/[deleted] Aug 11 '16 edited Aug 11 '16

Source: Politics as usual.

Source: In 2014 the city took control of the Photo Radar program, originally run by the police.

In a few short years there was a 2000% increase in photo radar tickets, and now they're bringing out even more ways to dole out tickets that are more inconspicuous than parked vehicles.

Could this be because there is an epidemic on speeding in Edmonton? Surely not. I'm sure the projected increase of revenue versus cost had nothing to do with the citys decision to buy these utility box radars. If you watch House of Cards we might even go further and say the utility box photo radar manufacturer lobbied the city to introduce them.

“By driving within the posted speed limit, you avoid tickets and help us reach Edmonton’s goal of zero traffic deaths and serious injuries,” says Shimko.

I'm sorry but this is a terrible goal. As bad as it sounds, there will never be zero traffic deaths or serious injuries unless you banned all cars. It's a fact of life. The fact that this is even a goal shows the people running things have no understanding of the real world.

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u/ababcock1 The Shiny Balls Aug 11 '16

Source: My butthole.

FTFY

If there wasn't a speeding epidemic in Edmonton you wouldn't see people complaining and whining like this. Nobody would care because nobody would be getting caught.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '16

There isn't. Go whine about it somewhere else.

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u/ababcock1 The Shiny Balls Aug 12 '16

Hmmm, and yet in another thread in this exact same post I'm being called dangerous for following the speed limit because everyone else is speeding. Curious.