Taking on the Government South ’Peg highway a trap: WiseUpWinnipeg (Sign put up to Warn Drivers).
South ’Peg highway a trap: WiseUpWinnipeg
Winnipeg Sun
First posted: Monday, January 09, 2012 08:03 AM CST | Updated: Monday, January 09, 2012 09:14 AM CST
To get the city to wise up, the group is unveiling a night-reflective sign closer to the road, at a 1 p.m. press conference Monday. (HANDOUT)
A south Winnipeg speed trap is getting a night-reflective sign this morning courtesy of WiseUp Winnipeg.
The anti-photo radar lobby group says a one-mile stretch of highway on the way out of the city is chronically enforced by police.
WiseUp spokesperson Todd Dube says the city has stepped up its enforcement in the past several months — to about six hours per day, every day.
But it's not just a speed trap, he says — WiseUp gets more complaints about it than any other enforcement zone because the signage and speed limit don't make sense to drivers.
“International signing practices stipulate dual speed-limit signs (median and shoulder) for multi-lane divided roadways such as this,” says Todd Dube, WiseUpWinnipeg founder. “At this particular stretch, the City has only one sign, which is posted more than three times the distance off the road vs. the maximum (2 meters) outlined in the Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) - Canada, which the City ironically claims to adhere to. The critical importance of signage distance off the road is to optimize driver recognition and ensure visibility by headlight beams in the dark."
To get the city to wise up, the group is unveiling a night-reflective sign closer to the road, at a 1 p.m. press conference Monday.
Dube also said WiseUp is calling on the city to zone the stretch at 70 km/h.
"It is apalling when citizens have to start taking Public Works matters into their own hands to promote vigilance against abusive public policies and enforcement," adds Dube.
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