Operation 24 Hours campaign hits Edmonton motorists with 695 traffic tickets and 195 speeding tickets
Edmonton motorists were issued 695 traffic tickets during the latest 24-hour traffic campaign by the Edmonton Police Service, including almost 30 per cent given for speeding violations.
EPS ran the traffic campaign on May 15, issuing 195 tickets for speeding violations through on-site enforcement and speed cameras, police said in a Thursday news release.
'The whole purpose of the operation is to focus on speeders rather than other things,' said Sgt. Kerry Bates with EPS. 'Of course, as you deal with any traffic stop there are other things involved, like distracted driving or impaired driving.'
The latest campaign had fewer violations than the last Operation 24 Hours on Sept. 12, 2024, which resulted in 733 speeding tickets issued out of 900 total violations.
Bates said that, while he feels the number of violations has stayed 'fairly steady,' one reason for the drop in numbers is because of the changes to the use of automated traffic enforcement tools made by the province.
In December 2024, the province announced it would reduce photo radar sites by 70 per cent, citing a need to shift the focus from gaining revenue to traffic safety. That change drew concern from Edmonton's director of trafic safety, who called photo radar a 'critical' safety tool.
'The number of violations was lower than previous years, and some of that obviously has to do with the reduction in automated enforcement as of April 1 of this year, so it had some effects for sure,' Bates said.
There were 500 other tickets issued in this latest campaign, including 152 non-hazardous violations like missing documentation, 111 hazardous infractions like making a dangerous lane change, 83 red light violations, six Criminal Code driving offences, and five distracting driving tickets.
'The red light cameras will be an ongoing enforcement tool,' Bates said.
Edmonton police issue over 900 traffic tickets during Operation 24 Hours
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