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Alberta dilutes legislated traffic protections for roadside workers
The original version of the bill, which amended the Traffic Safety Act, required drivers in every lane going in the same direction to reduce their speed to 60 kilometres per hour when passing a roadside worker's vehicle with its flashing lights on.
Drivers on two-lane highways were required to slow to 60 in both directions.
On Tuesday, Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen announced the speed limit change would come into effect on Sept. 1 but would only apply to drivers in the lane closest to the roadside worker.
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The old set of rules were set to come in effect in March but the government put them on pause in order to release a driver education campaign lasting two to three months.
Instead, the education campaign is starting Tuesday, a little over three weeks before the rules are set to come in.
Dreeshen claimed it was dangerous for drivers in multiple lanes to slow down at the same time.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...930909?cmp=rss
Yes, well, Dreeshen is also a ####ing idiot, so there's that. Why are they so bad at everything?