REGINA – The first batch of results from SGI’s recently-launched photo radar program are in, and they’re not good.
SGI launched the two-year pilot project at high-speed enforcement areas last December.
Only warning letters will be sent out until the end of January, at which point tickets will be issued.
Photo radar that placed on Regina’s Ring Road resulted in 1,405 warning letters being sent out, and clocked 439 vehicles going at least 30 km/h over the speed limit with the fastest speed being clocked at 155 km/h.
Moose Jaw’s camera (Highway 1 and 9th Ave.) generated 4,886 warning letters and the highest speed recorded was 115 km/h.
Another camera on Highway 1 east between the Pilot Butte turnoff and White City caught 5,142 speeders with the highest speed recorded at 147 km/h.
Cameras rotated through Regina school zones nabbed 4,712 violators and recorded one vehicle going 85 km/h. 172 letters went out to offenders caught in Moose Jaw school zones.
In 2013 Saskatchewan speeders contributed to 2,645 collisions, injuring 1,127 people and claiming 30 lives.
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