Playground and School Zone Speeding Tickets

It’s 8:45 pm… totally dark! The sun set more than 2 hours ago, but you’re getting a ticket for doing 50 through a school zone! Huh?

Calgary City Council decided the speed in our school zones and playgrounds will all be signed as Playground Zones, and that the 30 km/h limit will be in force until 9pm.

City Council cited adults going to night school as the reason for the change. We call BS on that one! They had nothing meaningful to say about why it was necessary to include playground zones in the change. We CAN tell you that the City spent $157,000.00 of taxpayer’s money in sign changes with absolutely NO statistical evidence showing a need for this change.

So why do YOU think they did it? We think it created yet another opportunity to stuff the city coffers full of enforcement cash.

Then there’s the insurance industry… jacking up premiums for more and more Calgary drivers because this offence is in the moderately serious range for premium increases. Hmmmmm…..

Find out how a school zone ticket and many other traffic tickets affect your insurance premiums.