North Edmonton intersection most frequent site of automated photo radar
North Edmonton intersection most frequent site of automated photo radar
Automated traffic enforcement devices have caught more drivers speeding and running red lights at 127 Street and 126 Avenue than any other.
Top 10 intersections by number of tickets (both speeding and red light):
- 127 Street at 126 Avenue — 156,565
- Gateway Boulevard at 34 Avenue — 128,473
- 170 Street at 118 Avenue — 80,607
- 50 Street at Ellerslie Road — 74,364
- Yellowhead Trail at 107 Street — 71,954
- Mark Messier Trail at Campbell Road — 68,876
- Gateway Boulevard at Whitemud Drive — 63,255
- Fox Drive at Fort Edmonton Park Road — 59,424
- 170 Street at 95 Avenue — 43,550
- 97 Street at 122 Avenue — 35,952
The automated enforcement program in Edmonton generated 29.86 million dollars in 2022. Source: Automated Traffic Enforcement Report 2022
It should definitely be 60km/h at 127 & 126. What is there like 6-7 lanes. But I guess the rest of 127st is 50km/h so it's complicated I guess
Hats off to those people paying the voluntary traffic tax. You're the real MVPs
I was just up in Edmonton a few weekends ago, it's been a few years since I've had to go up the QE2. Think my last time was in early 2018. One of my biggest takeaways, is that Edmontonians are absolutely being held hostage by their policing when it comes to radar. It's good to see (/s) that the Edmonton police are assigning such a high amount of resources to traffic "safety", considering all the other actual tomfuckery I witnessed. I ain't ever seen so many god damn speed traps in my life, let alone the photo radar. That henday is a nightmare.
being held hostage by their policing when it comes to radar.
Thank you for sharing but I have to say I don't really get this perspective. I get that photo radar tickets are annoying, but... as another poster said, it's a voluntary tax (edit: thanks @yardy_sardley). Literally just stay in control of your vehicle and you won't speed.
And the argument that photo radar doesn't improve safety? Also didn't make sense to me. Sure some people don't care and speed anyway, but most people are more likely to stay within the limits and therefore the roads are safer. If you don't want the police to grab your cash with this cash grab, it's voluntary. Don't let them grab it.
My whole point is that you've got a helluva lot of front line resources chasing people around over speeding. Yes it can cause accidents, yadda yadda, but when we have transit systems overrun by drug addicts, the opioid crisis itself, and all sorts of other shit going on, it's kinda dumb. Surely those resources could be utilized better elsewhere, no?
We stayed in Sherwood for something different, kids wanted to go to the mall, that's like what a 30-40 min drive on the Henday? Almost every overpass had a cop on it, cops all in the traffic, again this is probably a difference in opinion (which is fine, don't get me wrong). It was pretty messed up.