Photo Radar: Manitoba Motorists Unite!

Author: Colin Craig 2009/05/19

Time for motorists to work together to enforce speed limits and save money

CTF prints up free photo radar warning signs for motorists

- "Motorists of Manitoba unite. You have nothing to lose but a speeding ticket" -

WINNIPEG: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) responded to the provincial government's unwillingness to refund illegal photo radar tickets today by calling on Manitoba motorists to start working together to enforce the speed limit and save each other some money.

"If the provincial government is going to play games with taxpayers, then we need to start protecting ourselves," said CTF Manitoba Director Colin Craig. "Motorists need to start encouraging each other to slow down before speed traps. That way Manitobans can help enforce the law while saving each other from the government's cash grab."

Craig held a press conference in advance of a photo radar speed trap location and displayed an example of a sign that Manitobans could create to warn motorists to slow down and abide by the law.

"The government posts warning signs in front of red light camera intersections, but it doesn't post temporary signs in front of mobile photo radar locations. If they truly wanted people to slow down, they would put temporary signs up in front of the mobile units. Clearly they're more interested in the money," continued Craig.

“The government’s claim that this is only about safety would make even Pinocchio blush,” Craig added "If someone is doing 30 or 40 kilometres over the speed limit in a school zone, they need to be pulled over by police, not given a ticket in the mail. If they hit a child, how is mailing them a ticket and a photo of their vehicle two weeks later going to improve safety?"

The CTF had ten warning signs printed up and is offering them up for free to any citizen who wants to join the fight for safer roads and against photo radar."

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