New photo radar rules will make roads less safe, says LPS chief
LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Chief of the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) was not impressed by this week’s announcement that Alberta’s photo radar system will be changing.
Shahin Mehdizadeh says the roads will become less safe, and this might not result in the kind of financial savings some people think it would.
Starting in April 2025, the Government of Alberta declared that there will be no ticketing on numbered provincial highways, intersection safety devices will only be able to be used for red light enforcement, and up to 70 per cent of existing photo radar sites will be removed.
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