Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen announced changes to reduce photo radar enforcement, including ending ticketing on all provincial highways and reviewing 'cash cow' sites, drawing criticism from police chiefs.
Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen , dressed in a “Cash Cow” barbecue apron, announced more changes Monday to further reduce photo radar enforcement.
The province also plans over the coming months to review “cash cows” – photo radar spots that appear to prioritize money-making over safety – with the goal of shutting down 70 per cent of the current 2,200 sites. Neufeld singled out Dreeshen’s barbecue apron and labelled the cash remarks “glib and perhaps inappropriate.”
“If we take that away, those treatments out of those locations, I think the inescapable conclusion is we get more collisions, and statistically some will be serious injury and some will be fatal,” he said.
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