Comments for Wise Up Winnipeg

Comment on Welcome to WiseUpWinnipeg by Jason

Jason — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:03:27 +0000

I’m in the same boat. I take that same turn onto Plessis from Ravelston everyday & there’s no way I got up to 65 in that short of time with my old beater. I’ve timed myself making a similar turn (into a 70km zone to be safe!) and even a heavy foot, it’s just not possible in that short distance with my car.

Comment on Welcome to WiseUpWinnipeg by joe

joe — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:16:14 +0000

you’re right, I would.

I would not be the dangerous one if everyone followed the simple rule.

Comment on Welcome to WiseUpWinnipeg by Paul

Paul — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:48:34 +0000

I also got tickets from Plessis and Rosseau. I’m a frustrated how the city is delaying signing of tickets to offenders (not even sure how accurate this mobile photo radar are). I got the recent one on my mail then it was followed by multiple tickets from older offences. It’s seems like a scam since they collected the tickets in like a week or so before mailing them. I would have been more careful if the they sent me in the first oldest ticket.

Comment on Welcome to WiseUpWinnipeg by Chris Sweryda

Chris Sweryda — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:05:43 +0000

Cliff,
What your not getting is that you don’t get the first ticket until two weeks after the first offence so you have no idea you have a ticket coming and by the time it does come, it’s very easy for more to be coming. There are many issues with improper signing and setting of speed limits in this city which is why so many thousands of tickets are being issued unfairly. I’m not going to waste time re posting stuff so just look further back in the comments if you would like to educate yourself a little bit.

Comment on Welcome to WiseUpWinnipeg by Cliff

Cliff — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:37:07 +0000

So how retarded are you to get 2 tickets in the same spot? You not only deserve the tickets for speeding in the first place, you deserve them for being such a retard.

Comment on Welcome to WiseUpWinnipeg by Chris Sweryda

Chris Sweryda — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:04:48 +0000

Hi Matthew,

Sorry to hear they got you. It won’t cost you anything by fighting and worst that can happen is you loose and the judge doesn’t give you a reduction leaving you with the exact same fine you already have. Once you get the ticket sent in, you’ll get a court date which likely won’t be for months. Closer to your court date, give me a call and I can tell you how it works in court. In the meantime, I suggest joining our yellow sign group that has been shutting down some of these locations. Here is a link to a piece I wrote about that specific location.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/136771203/Disraeli-and-Henderson-Photo-Enforcement

Comment on Welcome to WiseUpWinnipeg by matthew

matthew — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:51:35 +0000

well i just got my first photo radar ticket at Location 3825 …… Disraeli Fwy east says i was doing 76 in a 60 km zone at 86m and fine is 259.50$ as i live beside the bridge and taking it is the one and only way i can get out of my house due to construction.(It sucks) And i am aware of this trap and it is downhill coming off the bridge i know i gain speed so im always slowing down and i dont think i was going that fast so im planning on pleading not guilty as sole provider of a famly of 5 yes 259.50$ is worth my time! I am a vary safe driver and i dont want to be part of the citys cash grab can someone tell me how long this takes and if i lose how much extra will i have to shell out Things i should say or ask

Comment on Welcome to WiseUpWinnipeg by Chris Sweryda

Chris Sweryda — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:27:01 +0000

And I’m sure your one of the dangerous ones who will go 50 on Bishop Grandin when the 80 km/h sign is missing just to make your point. That’s following the 50 unless otherwise posted rule despite the type or road, traffic speeds or anything else. You’d be more of a hazard then the guy going 93 km/h.

Comment on Welcome to WiseUpWinnipeg by Chris Sweryda

Chris Sweryda — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:25:27 +0000

You have no idea what your talking about. If you plead guilty, you admit guilt and only get to give an explanation for why you should have a reduction. If you plead not guilty and loose, you still get to give an explanation for why you should get a reduction so your at the same step at that point. There’s lots that have plead guilty with an explanation hoping for a reduction and didn’t get it and then found out later that there were many reasons why they may have won had they stuck to not guilty.

Comment on Welcome to WiseUpWinnipeg by Bradley

Bradley — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:42:34 +0000

Hello,

Well guess what… I got a 2nd ticket by the same officer within 2 months. First was a radar trap in front of the Assiniboine Zoo, which I paid as I really didn’t have a reason for doing 86 in a 60 zone. But this 2nd ticket is an outright scam. I travel Northbound on the Route 90 bridge over the Assiniboine River twice a day. So this time I was in the curb lane, going hardly faster than the rest of the traffic. For those who don’t know, after the bridge you go underneath Portage, so there is a very long stretch of downhill roadway with 70k speed limit. People always go fast here, I mean its hard not to defy gravity. Anyhow, he pulls me in. 86 in a 70 zone.

On the ticket I pleaded not guilty and sent in a letter saying: 1. I was hardly moving faster than the traffic. 2. My speed is not terribly high. 3. Unusual spot to do radar. I asked for a stay of proceedings, which they haven’t given me. My court date is next April… so what do I do then? Never been to court, not sure what to expect. I had planned to send them the letter again now and then 2 months before April.