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Apparently, for some, the argument for photo radar has not been persuasively made. Fine. Here we go:

Speeding is dangerous, especially in residential areas. It’s also hard to enforce manually. Photo radar is a tool that lets police do it more effectively, and is used by bastions of Orwellian-statism like Alberta. It’s not about changing any law, it’s about making enforcement of public safety rules for police easier.

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Let’s also be honest: The only argument against photo radar is that you would rather be able to break the law and get away with it.

Oh, sure. Maybe the limit will be set to only five kilometres more than the limit, and you’ll be given no reasonable leeway, though in practice in other jurisdictions that isn’t the case. Or maybe everyone is driving that fast and you are just following along.

Well, just drive a little slower – literally as fast as the law allows – and you won’t have to pay a fine like all the other people you’d rather break the law with.