‘Excessive speeders and obnoxious noise’: Edmonton police crack down on roadways

Earlier this month, Mayor Don Iveson, Edmonton’s police chief, Dale McFee, and the Edmonton Police Commission signed off on a letter to the province, calling for a change to the legislation to allow police to seize vehicles with the ability to impound them for seven days, if a driver is caught speeding 50 kilometres per hour or more over the posted speed limit.The request said the seizure would reduce the problem of excess speed on our roads — one example highlighted was a vehicle on the Anthony Henday clocked at 214 kilometres per hour.Brooklyn Elhard, press secretary for the minister of transportation, said government has been in contact with Chief Mcfee to inform him the province will not be implementing roadside seizures for excessive speeding.In a statement, Elhard said “tough sanctions” for speeding already exist in Alberta.They include fines and six demerit points for driving 50 kilometres per hour over the speed limit and a mandatory court appearance. Elhard said a judge may later impose fines of up to $2,000, a licence suspension of up to 90 days, or incarceration.LISTEN: Liane Langois, president of the  Alberta Motorcycle Safety Society, joins 630 CHED Afternoons with J’lyn Nye

On Thursday, May 28, Edmonton police will be hosting the first of several amnesty testing events, to allow motorcycle riders to test the noise levels on their bikes.“People that have vehicles that do create unacceptable or obnoxious level of noise are fairly well aware that they have those vehicles,” said Bates.The event, at the NAIT South Campus Parking lot at 7110 Gateway Boulevard, will be open from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.