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  1. 10-15-2008, 10:27 AM #1
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    Default Thousands Of School/Playground Zone Tickets AND 2,200 Speeding Drivers Caught

    Police Hand Out Thousands Of School/Playground Zone Tickets In Crackdown
    CHQR Newsroom
    10/14/2008

    Calgary police issued a whopping 9,000 tickets last month in a crackdown in city school and playground zones.
    Constable Mike O'Connor says the traffic enforcement program ran from September 2nd to 30th, because motorists either forget about, or ignore the signs to slow down when classes resume in the fall.
    Speeding and failing to yield to pedestrians accounted for a majority of the tickets issued - more than twice as many as the 4,246 tickets written last year during the same time.
    However, O'Connor notes that this year, police had two radar units dedicated to the crackdown, which resulted in the higher number of summonses.


    2,200 Speeding Drivers Caught On Alberta Highways On Long Weekend
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    10/14/2008

    It was another very busy long weekend for Alberta sheriffs.
    More than 2,200 speeding tickets were handed out on Alberta highways.
    More than 100 adult and child seatbelt infractions were found.
    More than 300 tickets went to drivers with suspended licenses or without insurance, and 69 tickets dealt with careless driving and stunting.
    In addition, 11 suspected drunk drivers were taken off the road.
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    Default Re: Thousands Of School/Playground Zone Tickets AND 2,200 Speeding Drivers Caught

    Originally posted by urban.one

    In addition, 11 suspected drunk drivers were taken off the road.
    Yeah right, maybe for that evening.
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    Good. I am not going to rant, but speeding through a playgroud zone is one of the few things that really drives me crazy. The playground zone in Lakeview is like a freeway.

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    So say they caught 10% of speeders....

    9000 tickets....

    so out of 90,000 speeders.... the mother of all dangers and crimes in this FUCKING city....

    How many people were killed as a result of these rampant criminals?
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    ^^it didn't hit home until I drove around with my baby nieces...driving down crowchild and some retard blows by me at 130...fuck that guy, nail his balls to wall for all I care.
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    Originally posted by Toma
    How many people were killed as a result of these rampant criminals?
    But, but, if it saves just one child....



    Fucking retards.
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    Originally posted by TKRIS


    But, but, if it saves just one child....



    Fucking retards.
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    Originally posted by TKRIS


    But, but, if it saves just one child....



    Fucking retards.
    That made me lawl.
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    Passed another dumbfuck going 30 in a PZ at 7:50 am this morning, got the icy glare of death afterwards.

    Fuck people who try TOO HARD to obey the law.
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    Originally posted by Schwa
    Passed another dumbfuck going 30 in a PZ at 7:50 am this morning, got the icy glare of death afterwards.

    Fuck people who try TOO HARD to obey the law.
    what time do playground zones begin at?
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    Originally posted by marko polo


    what time do playground zones begin at?
    You have a license?

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    8:30 am to 1 hour past sunset.
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    I'm glad this happened, it's not like every cop in the city was doing this and nothing pisses me off then some person that flies past me in a playground zone when theres kids around
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    Well atleast they set them up in shool/playground zones and not just on the highway so they can make extra cash.

    Doing 20 km over on deerfoot is normal. Doing 20km over in a school zone is not.
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    Originally posted by Schwa
    8:30 am to 1 hour past sunset.
    I wonder if a ticket has ever been issued at say 45 minutes after sunset. This would be pretty lame. You'd be expected to know exactly when sunset is each day because you can't plead ignorance.
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    Originally posted by marko polo


    what time do playground zones begin at?
    On some PGZ signs it actually lists the hours.
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    Originally posted by 2002civic
    I'm glad this happened, it's not like every cop in the city was doing this and nothing pisses me off then some person that flies past me in a playground zone when theres kids around
    Yeah because that happens ALL THE TIME, right?
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    Originally posted by FiveFreshFish


    I wonder if a ticket has ever been issued at say 45 minutes after sunset. This would be pretty lame. You'd be expected to know exactly when sunset is each day because you can't plead ignorance.
    Probably very rare that the police issue a ticket like that unless they a driverdoing something really stupid. But if it comes to that, you bet the police knows exactly when the sunsets each day.
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    isnt the one hour mark usually when you cant see the sun anymore, as it takes about on hour to set
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    Originally posted by snoop101
    Doing 20 km over on deerfoot is normal. Doing 20km over in a school zone is not.
    They're usually 0 tolerance in school/playground zone speed traps.

    I got a ticket for going 35 in a 30 zone years ago, along with a huge lecture about how I could live with myself as a potential murderer.
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