Ticket traps: a dossier
QMI looks into ticket traps, naming the ten worst and telling us police have closed a prolific site at the approach to the Jacques‑Cartier bridge.
Also, the reduction of the speed limit to 30 km/h in several spots has been a fertile generator of tickets for police. Check the phrasing “Les élus de l’équipe de Valérie Plante ont diminué la limite de vitesse…” – yes, she’s protecting pedestrians, but at what cost?
Nicholas 12:12 on 2024-05-25 Permalink
Honestly, the listicle was surprisingly good, especially for Quebecor. They point out these intersections were ones with high crashes, dangerous illegal turns, in school zones. Most were not even speeding. I also like how they note once a bike lane went in on Bourbonnière, which narrowed the street, speeding significantly reduced. We know the solutions.
Blork 16:22 on 2024-05-25 Permalink
Yeah, there are better ways to slow and calm traffic than setting up traps, but those all require time and money resources, whereas traffic traps generate revenue, so guess who wins?
Blork 16:31 on 2024-05-25 Permalink
Incidentally, I got busted for speeding in a 30 zone over here in Longueuil a couple of years ago. They had changed one block of a nearby street from 50 to 30 without telling anyone. They did change the sign in the middle of the (long) block but when you’ve been seeing a sign that says 50 for a decade and then one day it says 30 you don’t notice the change.
Ironically, I made a left turn into a school zone where I know the limit is 30 and slowed down accordingly. What a surprise when I saw the cop lights flashing in my rear-view mirror. I told the cop I was doing less than 30 and he said yeah, but you were doing 42 around the corner. I replied “but that’s a 50 zone!” and he said “not anymore.”
steph 21:20 on 2024-05-26 Permalink
Are you talking about Fernand-Lafontaine? Because I swear I thought I was having a twilight zone moment there as well. I only noticed because I noticed the cop giving someone else a ticket.
Blork 09:07 on 2024-05-27 Permalink
No, it was Adoncour, between Curé-Poirier and Ch. du Lac.