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A photo radar protest in Edmonton got so much support over the weekend that organizers are doing it again.

Jack Shultz, a local anti-photo radar activist, said more than 30 people volunteered to stand next to photo radar vehicles along Edmonton roads Saturday and Sunday in protest.

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They believe photo radar is a cash cow for the city and does little to slow drivers.

Volunteers held up brightly coloured signs warning passing drivers about the presence of photo radar.

“The amount of supporters who showed up was unreal,” Shultz said.

“If you want to speed and get caught, man up and pay the consequences. But when it comes to hiding behind trees and ticketing people by mail, I don’t feel that’s necessary,” Shultz said.

At the heart of the issue, said Shultz, is that photo radar operators appear to hide behind bushes, under overpasses or behind signs, which Shultz said distracts drivers.

“I would see so many people get rear ended, people going under the limit looking side to side for these radar trucks, I just find it to be more of a distraction and a hazard than the people that are actually speeding five to 10 over,” said Shultz, who said his crusade to change traffic enforcement started while watching the flow of traffic along 170 Street while on his lunch breaks.