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SGI has made it harder for drivers to identify where photo radar cameras are located.

In Saskatoon, two cameras rotate through 10 boxes located along Circle Drive and in select school zones.

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When the camera is placed in the box, the contraption that holds it in place is visible to approaching vehicles.

“We found that people were still speeding because they knew where the cameras were and then just stopping for the cameras,” said SGI spokeswoman Marie Schultz.

“The point of the program is to slow down speed in all locations, regardless of if there’s a camera there or not, so we want them to look all the same so people start paying attention to the roads instead of the cameras.”

Schultz said SGI began modifying the camera boxes after a surge of images and posts on social media told people how to recognize whether a photo radar box contained a camera.

Over the past two months, SGI has installed the visible camera-holding devices on all boxes in the province. Efforts wrapped up earlier this month.

The two-year photo radar pilot project was launched last December in Saskatoon, Regina, and Moose Jaw and on Highways 1 and 12.