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Sask. drivers say poor signage led to hundreds in unfair building zone tickets

Editorial Board Published February 21, 2025
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A bunch of Saskatchewan drivers say they’ve been unfairly charged a whole lot of {dollars} in rushing tickets after driving by means of a poorly marked building zone.

Final November the Saskatchewan authorities was twinning a section of Freeway 6 simply south of Regina, that means the stretch of the highway was thought of a building zone. A photograph radar system was put in to catch motorists who didn’t decelerate.

Quite a few motorists at the moment are saying the signage was complicated and misplaced throughout a week-long interval close to the top of that month. They are saying they didn’t understand they have been rushing till they started to obtain massive fines within the mail earlier this 12 months.

“The signage posted at times was very erratic and sporadic, going from 40 kilometres at one part, 500 feet later it would be up to 80 kilometres, 500 feet later it’s back down to 60,” stated Denise Treleaven, who commutes from Milestone, about 50 kilometres south of Regina. She was fined $446.

“You were unclear whether you’re still in construction zones, but there will still be the signs that sit on the side of the highway that say 100 kilometres. So they weren’t covered up.”

Treleavan stated she’s been in touch with round 150 different individuals who say they’ve acquired tickets from the identical time interval on the finish of November for a similar stretch of freeway. Some, she stated, have acquired a number of tickets dated inside just a few days totalling greater than $1,000.

“I’m confused, more than anything,” stated Treleaven. “When I first got the ticket, I’m like, ‘there’s no way I was speeding through a construction zone.’ And then I see all these other people that are stating the same thing.” 

“I was absolutely shocked. I couldn’t believe it,” stated Traci De Jersey, one other commuter from Milestone who was fined $482. “There needs to be one thing incorrect as a result of not each individual that lives within the Milestone space is a speeder.

“I will go to court on the court date. I will send it in not guilty. I would own it if I did it wrong.”

Traci De Jersey commutes in from Milestone, Sask., to work as a nurse. She says the development zone was poorly marked and confused many drivers. (Chris Edwards/CBC)

In response to an inquiry concerning the ticketing dispute, the Authorities of Saskatchewan said that “photo speed enforcement in Saskatchewan work zones is enforced through cameras that are manned. This means that there is a technician operating the photo radar, ensuring the accuracy of tickets issued.”

“The technician is required to ensure proper signage, such as Slow to 60 km/h, or 60 km/h Fines Triple, and that crews and/or equipment are working prior to operation of a photo radar camera in a work zone,” it stated. 

The motorists can deal with their considerations by means of the court docket course of, the federal government stated.

Treleaven stated she would possibly contact a lawyer who can signify the group of motorists she’s gathered.

For now, she stated that she’ll plead not responsible to the rushing ticket, which is able to immediate a discovery motion. Via that course of, she’s hoping to get an official estimate of what number of tickets have been issued on that stretch of freeway over that six-day interval, together with a typical common.

De Jersey, who works as a nurse, stated she’s tried calling numbers supplied on the ticket, however has both been rebuffed or gone unanswered. 

“I want someone to put the effort in to work with me to determine what did go wrong,” she stated. “Absolutely something went wrong and it was not at the hands of every driver that went through that area. Not a chance. The odds of winning the lottery are better than that.”

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