{"id":922359,"date":"2026-07-25T06:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/fridays-letters-surge-in-speeding-easily-foreseeable\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T06:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:16:20","slug":"fridays-letters-surge-in-speeding-easily-foreseeable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/fridays-letters-surge-in-speeding-easily-foreseeable\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s letters: Surge in speeding easily foreseeable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<figure data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/edmontonjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/but_5672_290171706.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=KUBp02JjXibmQy40DXi9fQ, 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the cat\u2019s away, the mice will play is a saying that goes back at least 500 years but apparently this is news to the UCP government. Removing photo radar and experiencing a 128-per-cent increase in extreme speeding does not take a U of A or Safe Mobility predictive analysis.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Just drive the Anthony Henday where anyone doing nearly the speed limit is a slalom pole for the scofflaws racing past you and you will know that speeds on our streets are unsafe. Medieval people could have seen this coming.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p><em>Harry MacKendrick, Edmonton<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<div aria-labelledby=\"EdmontonJournalHeadlineNews8886415430497780266447464900329472\" data-account-id=\"b9d3df2fccd108b5eff3c44f573b2cd6\" data-aqa=\"widget-newsletter\" data-newsletter=\"single\" data-newsletter-component data-target-list=\"EJ_HeadlineNews\" data-widget=\"newsletter\">\n<p>By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p><h3>Columnist hits the mark on separatism<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>In his excellent editorial, Keith Gerein presents an honest and thoughtful consideration of the Alberta separatist movement. In a half-page column, he points out many aspects of the movement. In my opinion, it can be greatly simplified: All hat, no cows!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p><em>Don Davidson, Edmonton<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p><h3>UCP spending priorities skewed<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>So, the UCP government cannot spare $1 million to help ensure victims of family violence are protected from serious injury or worse but can come up with $91 million to fund a referendum on divisive issues the UCP didn\u2019t raise in the last election and that few Albertans have expressed concern about?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>There is something seriously wrong with this picture. This is not the Alberta I know and love.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p><em>C.E. 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