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Edmonton city council has a noble goal: to reduce traffic fatalities to zero in Edmonton in the next ten years.

With this in mind, the transportation department has produced a document — Vision Zero— that outlines broad strategies, such as lower the speed limit, increasing photo radar and changing road design. These measures are now being discussed at the council committee level.

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In Wednesday’s transportation committee meeting, Coun. Michael Walters put forward the idea that when a photo radar ticket is handed out, not only should the owner of the registered vehicle be handed a hefty fine (as is now the case), they should also get demerits against their driver’s license. Walter says demerits shouldn’t go with every ticket, but if one car gets multiple tickets, the demerit penalty should kick in then.

If you accumulate 15 or more points occurs within a two-year period,your licence is automatically suspended for one month.When it comes to speeding, you get two demerit points for speeding up to 15 km/h and three demerits for more than 15 km/h but less than 30 km/h over.