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Photo radar catches motorists when they’re not paying close enough attention.

The Saskatchewan Party government and the province’s municipalities seem to be taking the same approach when it comes to the future of photo radar.

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The Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) two-year pilot project to install photo radar cameras to ticket speeding vehicles wrapped up more than a year ago in March 2017.

We still don’t know the future of photo radar, but it’s a fair bet that neither the provincial government nor municipal politicians want to let it become a 2020 election issue.

SGI introduced the pilot project in late 2014 with a very narrow scope: School zones with vulnerable children and high-speed roadways where it’s dangerous for an officer to try to pull drivers over.

Only well-marked locations in Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw got cameras, including Circle Drive.

When the pilot project ended, SGI announced photo radar would continue until a further decision was made on its future. SGI indicated it would look at the data to determine whether the program was successful, but added that two years is generally not long enough to reach a sound conclusion.