Public approval for automated speed enforcement and slower residential speeds remains high across the province, according to Research Co. survey. | Photo by Jennifer Gauthier

Mario Canseco: Three-quarters of British Columbians support speed-on-green cameras

by Mario Canseco

north shore News

December 11, 2024

Recently, the government of Alberta announced its intention to phase-out the use of “photo radar” across the province. The goal is to reduce the number of sites where automated speed enforcement is used from 2,200 to about 660. In the overwhelmingly populist slant of the current provincial government, Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen delivered the news in an apron emblazoned with the words “Cash Cow.”

In 2019, almost two decades after the provincial government under BC Liberal premier Gordon Campbell eliminated “photo radar,” intersection safety cameras began to operate in British Columbia once again. Right now, 140 different devices monitor high-risk intersections, looking for red light and speed violations.

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  1. They really did not ask anyone, we know their polls are nothing but Bull Shit same as their Statistics. Eby did not win the election he rigged and stolen it. Just like he got the position in the first place. They all lie. the governments are nothing but a legal mafia. They are all controlled…

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