Cash Cow

• Alberta extends freeze on new photo radar locations, aims to reduce ‘cash cow’ factor

  Transportation Minister Rajan Sawhney says the freeze on municipalities adding new photo radar will continue until next Dec. 1.

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  Dec 1, 2021
  
• Photo radar tickets voided after Edmonton peace officer who allegedly slept on the job is fired

  A peace officer in Edmonton has been fired from her job at around the same time an investigation found she was "failing to made adequate observations" while working in a photo radar truck.

  Crime

  Jan 3, 2020
  
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• Alberta government puts freeze on new photo radar equipment, locations

  Effective Dec. 1, municipalities and police agencies will not be allowed to install new or upgraded photo radar devices or set up new locations as the provincial government examines the current rules.

  Crime

  Nov 26, 2019
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• Bob Layton editorial: Is the cash cow on a diet?

  Edmonton drivers are not speeding as much according to revenue numbers released by the city.

  Sep 20, 2017
• Bob Layton editorial: A new angle on photo radar

  Amid all the discussion on photo radar, a new twist from Dayton, Ohio.

  Commentary

  Jun 12, 2017
• Alberta will review photo radar amid concerns it has become a cash cow

  Alberta is reviewing photo radar across the province, responding to concerns that what is supposed to be a watchdog road safety tool has morphed into an engorged cash cow.

  Crime

  May 11, 2017
• Morinville changes photo radar policy seen by mayor as ‘cash cow’

  It's a topic that every driver seems to have an opinion on: photo radar. Is it a cash cow? Or is it a useful traffic safety technique to get drivers to slow down?

  Politics

  Sep 14, 2016
• Edmonton man’s online petition against photo radar picks up speed

  An Edmonton man's online petition calling for the end of the city's photo radar program continues to pick up speed.

  Politics

  Oct 6, 2014