Sneaky Photo Radar Locations Thread

[Deleted]

LOCATION

Portage Eastbound
1946 Portage Avenue
The Hartman Apartments

The Academy for Science and Technology is a couple blocks east.

This is a unit that is hiding in the driveway, using a handheld radar device to capture images.

If your not aware, these handheld devices only do enforcement when held by the operator and pointed at a vehicle, so if the operator isn't pointing the unit, it doesnt continue to operate on its own like the previous units that where mounted in a fixed position. So now the equipment potentially is subject to human error.

These guys are getting sneaky, please post for other locations these units are being seen.

[TheDeuce]

It wasn't photo radar but I saw a cop doing the laser tag bit while hiding behind a garbage recycling bin on northbound Pembina by the University yesterday. He was bobbing up and down firing off at the unsuspecting masses, looking very much like a whack-a-mole in blue.




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[Tim]

Join the Winnipeg police and you too can become a tax collector for the city to!!!
Wonder how many of these guys sighed up for this!

[jetsorbust]

There's almost always one lately catching people driving North down Plessis rd, the guy parks just off Plessis on Rosseau.

And I don't know if the guy is on this site or anyone who knows him is, but hats off to the guy that spends hours a day standing a half block in front of the radar trap with a big sign saying "$LOW DOWN! Photo radar ahead".

When I retire I've always wanted to apply to work as a photo radar operator. Just sit in a car and not turn the camera on, see how long it would take them to fire you for not catching a single speeder.

[The Unknown Poster]

WHat a disgrace this is. They should not be allowed to sit on private property to do this.

This is so clearly a matter of collecting as much revenue has possible, not about safety.

South bound Waverly through Waverly West is another perfect example of this. Cops dont set up where they might catch a handful of ignorant drivers exeeding the limit by 20+ km, they set up where they can catch hundreds of drivers going 10KM over, usually immediately following a transition from a higher speed.

When are they going to start ticketing drivers doing 20+ km BELOW the speed limit?

[Tim]

How Slimey one must feel to do a job like that!

[Deleted]

Thank God the cities in Alberta aren't cash strapped like Winnipeg. I've only had one photo radar ticket, and it was $70. In Winnipeg, I would have been looking at a $215.00 fine.

[The Unknown Poster]

Seeing some examples on Twitter of citizens setting themselves up ahead of the speed traps with warning signs. Good for you!

[USApegger]

Aug 19, 2013 9:46:01 GMT -6 The Unknown Poster said:

Seeing some examples on Twitter of citizens setting themselves up ahead of the speed traps with warning signs. Good for you!

I didn't mean to like this post, I wanted to quote it. There are lots of warning signs for people, the HTA and drivers handbook tells you what the speed limits are when you don't see signs posted. I think anyone that gets a ticket for speeding by photo radar deserves it. They are lucky they don't get demerits like the old days when they had the radar cars.

Is this a cash gab? yes for those that choose to speed

[hacky666]

It is completely silent as the police cruiser slows to a stop outside the darkened house. The night is still. A few Christmas lights twinkle through the night with false cheerfulness. You and your partner stare wordlessly at the front door, steeling yourself for what lies ahead. You curse the fact that no amount of training can ever prepare you for this moment.

Finally, you step outside into the cold and slowly walk towards the front steps. You knock on the door and wait. Nothing. You try to convince yourself no one is home and the dread inside begins to lift, just a little bit. You knock again.

A light flicks on inside the house and instantly all hope is extinguished. You feel sick to the pit of your stomach. The porch light pierces the night, silhouetting you and your partner on the steps. A woman's face peers through the frosted window and you watch in anguish as recognition dawns in her eyes and horror spreads across her face.

The door opens and the reality of the moment washes over you. You have recited your words a dozen times, but when you look into those stricken eyes, your composure evaporates. Panic sets in. Your mouth refuses to work.

She says a name and all you can do is nod. Then you drop your eyes to the ground and shake your head. That's it. Her hand flies to her mouth and she dissolves into tears. She falls to the ground screaming the name over and over again. Without uttering one word, you have just shattered many lives and inflicted unimaginable damage on a family that will endure for a generation.

You stand on the steps, utterly helpless. You bite down on your lip to stop the trembling, fighting the lump as it gathers in your throat. You struggle to hold back the tears.

The images of the crash flash through your mind. Sights and sounds that are forever seared in your memory; the stench of gasoline, music emanating quietly from the wreckage, the blood, the staring eyes already glazed over in death. You watch the firefighters and paramedics as they wordlessly perform their duties in reverence for the enormity of the tragedy.

As you walk away from the house, now ablaze in lights and sorrow, you reflect on what just transpired. Then you place another brick on the wall you are slowly building around your heart, a wall to keep out the pain.

When people complain traffic enforcement is nothing but a cash grab, they fail to grasp that first and foremost, it saves lives. They would understand that if they stood with me on the front steps of that house, if they were forced to look into the eyes of someone who has just been told they will never again feel the warm embrace of their family member. Then they, too, would experience the guilt that we, as police officers, feel we were not there to stop the driver who killed their loved one.

Last year in Manitoba, police officers stood on those doorsteps 172 times. One hundred and seventy-two times entire families were condemned to a lifetime of pain and torment by the knock on the door. Try telling those people traffic enforcement is nothing but a cash grab.

Insp. Scot Halley is with the Winnipeg Police Service's community-support unit.

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition December 7, 2013 0

www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/a-knock-at-the-door-changes-everything-234866521.html

[The Unknown Poster]

Speed kills. Doesnt change the fact photo radar is about the money, not the safety.

[Lions67]

Jul 30, 2013 9:57:27 GMT -6 DEATHBYPOPCORN1990 said:

LOCATION

Portage Eastbound
1946 Portage Avenue
The Hartman Apartments

The Academy for Science and Technology is a couple blocks east.

This is a unit that is hiding in the driveway, using a handheld radar device to capture images.

If your not aware, these handheld devices only do enforcement when held by the operator and pointed at a vehicle, so if the operator isn't pointing the unit, it doesnt continue to operate on its own like the previous units that where mounted in a fixed position. So now the equipment potentially is subject to human error.

These guys are getting sneaky, please post for other locations these units are being seen.

God it looks sooo warm out there!!

[TheDeuce]

Dec 9, 2013 8:49:37 GMT -6 The Unknown Poster said:

Speed kills. Doesnt change the fact photo radar is about the money, not the safety.

Actually, speed doesn't kill. Running into things kills.


Moreover it's been demonstrated that there is an inverse relationship between speed limits and traffic fatality rates - in a variety of different studies.


Driver Speed Behavior on U.S. Streets and Highways
Samuel C. Tignor, Ph.D., and Davey Warren
Originally published in ITE 1990 Compendium of Technical Papers

Did the 65 mph Speed Limit Save Lives?
by Charles Lave, PhD, Chairman and Patrick Elias, B.A.
Dept of Economics
University of California, Irvine

Effects of Raising and Lowering Speed Limits
Martin R. Parker & Associates, Inc.
38549 Laurenwood Drive
Wayne, Michigan 48184-1073



The single biggest drop in deaths per million miles driven (the single biggest stat indicative of driving safety) happened when the 55 MPH federal speed limit was dropped. Traffic fatalities are a lot rarer with a 75 MPH speed limit than they were with the 55 MPH speed limit.





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[The Unknown Poster]

I've actually seen that before and it makes a lot of sense. There was a study around here that showed an increase in side impacts at red light camera intersections too, no? The enforcement is always done where there is a lot of vehicles, not where the safety is most paramount. Its done where new developments or construction alter a speed limit and people might be confused. Its all about money.

[jetsorbust]

Dec 9, 2013 8:49:37 GMT -6 The Unknown Poster said:

Speed kills. Doesnt change the fact photo radar is about the money, not the safety.

Exactly.

I don't think many people say that "traffic enforcement is a cash grab", they say that photo radar is, particularly the way it is used.

Get a real cop to pull someone over when they feel someone is speeding. They will also likely notice the person is impaired (if they are). You don't get that from a photo radar camera... but you sure get a lot of tickets for people doing 63 in a 50 at 8:00 PM on a bright, sunny, summer day with ideal road conditions.