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Saskatchewan's highways minister says results from photo radar traps set up this year at highway construction sites show drivers may need more education about the need to slow down and save lives.
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Saskatchewan’s highways minister says results from photo radar traps set up this year at highway construction sites show drivers may need more education about the need to slow down and save lives.
Don McMorris says although this was the first year photo radar was used in so-called orange zones, the number of tickets issued is unacceptable and the program may need to be expanded to ensure worker safety.
More than 1,700 tickets were handed out between Aug. 13 and Nov. 8 at jobsites, where the posted speed limit is 60 kilometres an hour.
About 80 per cent of the tickets were issued to motorists going between 60 and 80 kilometres an hour, while 31 drivers were clocked doing more than 100.
The provincial government promised to increase worker safety in orange zones after a flag person was killed last year at a jobsite in southeastern Saskatchewan.
McMorris says that while the numbers will be reviewed, he believes tripling fines for orange zone violations has forced motorists to slow down.
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