With the launch of what he’s calling “Photo Radar 2.0″, the co-founder of SENSE BC says it could come back to haunt the BC NDP Government.

Ian Tootill says the residents of B.C. rejected the concept of photo radar 18 years ago, when the Liberals under Gordon Campbell swept into power.

“The anger was quite considerable prior to the 2001 election and the BC Liberals intelligently figured out that that could be an election ploy,” he said. “They ran on the promise to unplug the cameras and it seems like the NDP just hasn’t figured out that certain things you just don’t do and they’re going back.”

The province will tweak red lights cameras at 35 intersections – mostly in the Lower Mainland – to crack down on dangerous speeders.

Tootill says some people think they won’t be affected by the speed cameras, but that isn’t always the case.

“In the minds of the drivers and the way these things are promoted, it’s only the real flagrant lawbreakers that are going to get caught,” Tootill added.

“The problem is, you know, for these things to be first of all successful financially, they have to catch a lot of people. And once they catch a lot of people that’s when people wake up, and they get – not just mad, they get downright angry.”

The province – in announcing the changes – said there were an average of 10,500 vehicles going at least 30 km/hr over the posted speed limit between 2012 and 2016 in intersection with safety cameras.

It also says that speed has led to over 11,500 collisions every year in intersections.