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Originally Posted by DoubleF
Cool. So why frequently put photo radar there? It just screams cash grab if that's the case.
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... well, it's photo radar, a thinly-veiled cash grab is what it is.
Photo enforcement programs and equipment are designed and marketed to municipalities as
revenue-generating tools, an opportunity to shore up the budget. They're sold
to the public under the guise of safety, despite the fact that they routinely do nothing of the sort and especially when used in such a manner to accomplish their primary goal of revenue generation; see jayswin's report of the photo radar vehicle being placed on a freeway near a merge lane with the barrier hiding the high-vis vinyl despite being contrary to the provincial regulations as a recent example. There's another spot on south Deerfoot by the north Barlow / Ogden merge ramp that is similar.
It's not for safety. Not now and never was ever about safety.