Winnipeg drivers getting a bit better about school safety: survey
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A school zone safety survey this morning yielded less discouraging results than in years past, according to CAA officials.
CAA and the Winnipeg Police Service were monitoring three school zones around Winnipeg this morning from 7:30-9:00 a.m.
They weren’t supposed to be doling out tickets, but some of the speeding infractions were too serious to not be fined, said Staff Sgt. Rob Riffel of the WPS traffic unit.
The most severe speeding offence witnessed was a driver going 65 km/h in a 30 km/h zone, said CAA President Mike Mager.
The annual school safety zone assessment took place at Sister MacNamara Elementary School, École Howden and École Viscount Alexander during the morning rush hour.
At Sister MacNamara in the West End, the most glaring issue was drivers rolling through stop signs at a four-way stop near the back of the school, Mager said.
Between the three school zones, there were 587 instances of people not stopping at stop lines, crosswalks or for patrols, or performing rolling stops.
There were also 79 sightings of distracted drivers (people on their phones, eating, drinking, putting on makeup), 185 illegal lane changes and 173 instances of speeding.
One person was spotted trying to bottle-feed their baby in the backseat while driving. Another person was seen reversing their car and driving the wrong way down a one-way street with children in the area.
Mager said he was pleased to see less bad driving behaviour today than in the previous four years CAA has done the survey. But he said the problems surrounding dangerous driving in school zones are nowhere near fixed.
“I do want to say that I’m encouraged by what I see. Some of the numbers are down from what they’ve been. We think, generally speaking, over the years, motorists are getting the message to slow down, take care and caution while they’re in a school zone,” Mager said. “I’m fairly concerned that we had 173 speeders… these weren’t people that were going five, six kilometres over the limit. These are people that were going enough that they would be ticketed.”
Staff Sgt. Riffel said officers took note of one particular school zone where drivers were prone to speeding and they will be back there in the coming weeks doing more targeted enforcement.
The annual back to school safety assessment helps traffic officers take stock of the severity of school zone infractions, he said.
“It was helpful because those officers got to stay there for an hour and a half and see what was going on,” Riffel said. “When you’re stuck in traffic or you drive by, you don’t necessarily notice that bad driving behaviour. But if you actually stop and look for a period of time, that’s when you pick it up.”
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A school zone safety survey this morning yielded less discouraging results than in years past, according to CAA officials.
CAA and the Winnipeg Police Service were monitoring three school zones around Winnipeg this morning from 7:30-9:00 a.m.
They weren’t supposed to be doling out tickets, but some of the speeding infractions were too serious to not be fined, said Staff Sgt. Rob Riffel of the WPS traffic unit.
The most severe speeding offence witnessed was a driver going 65 km/h in a 30 km/h zone, said CAA President Mike Mager.
The annual school safety zone assessment took place at Sister MacNamara Elementary School, Ecole Howden and Ecole Viscount Alexander during the morning rush hour.
At Sister MacNamara in the West End, the most glaring issue was drivers rolling through stop signs at a four-way stop near the back of the school, Mager said.
Between the three school zones, there were 587 instances of people not stopping at stop lines, crosswalks or for patrols, or performing rolling stops.
There were also 79 sightings of distracted drivers (people on their phones, eating, drinking, putting on makeup), 185 illegal lane changes and 173 instances of speeding.
One person was spotted trying to bottle-feed their baby in the backseat while driving. Another person was seen reversing their car and driving the wrong way down a one-way street with children in the area.
Mager said he was pleased to see less bad driving behaviour today than in the previous four years CAA has done the survey. But he said the problems surrounding dangerous driving in school zones are nowhere near fixed.
“I do want to say that I’m encouraged by what I see. Some of the numbers are down from what they’ve been. We think generally speaking over the years, motorists are getting the message to slow down, take care and caution while they’re in a school zone,” Mager said. “I’m fairly concerned that we had 173 speeders… these weren’t people that were going five, six kilometers over the limit. These are people that were going enough that they would be ticketed.”
Staff Sgt. Riffel said officers took note of one particular school zone where drivers were prone to speeding and they will be back there in the coming weeks doing more targeted enforcement.
The annual back to school safety assessment helps traffic officers take stock of the severity of school zone infractions, he said.
“It was helpful because those officers got to stay there for an hour and a half and see what was going on,” Riffel said. “When you’re stuck in traffic or you drive by, you don’t necessarily notice that bad driving behaviour. But if you actually stop and look for a period of time, that’s when you pick it up.”
A school zone safety survey this morning yielded less discouraging results than in years past, according to CAA officials.
CAA and the Winnipeg Police Service were monitoring three school zones around Winnipeg this morning from 7:30-9:00 a.m.
They weren’t supposed to be doling out tickets, but some of the speeding infractions were too serious to not be fined, said Staff Sgt. Rob Riffel of the WPS traffic unit.
The most severe speeding offence witnessed was a driver going 65 km/h in a 30 km/h zone, said CAA President Mike Mager.
The annual school safety zone assessment took place at Sister MacNamara Elementary School, Ecole Howden and Ecole Viscount Alexander during the morning rush hour.
At Sister MacNamara in the West End, the most glaring issue was drivers rolling through stop signs at a four-way stop near the back of the school, Mager said.
Between the three school zones, there were 587 instances of people not stopping at stop lines, crosswalks or for patrols, or performing rolling stops.
There were also 79 sightings of distracted drivers (people on their phones, eating, drinking, putting on makeup), 185 illegal lane changes and 173 instances of speeding.
One person was spotted trying to bottle-feed their baby in the backseat while driving. Another person was seen reversing their car and driving the wrong way down a one-way street with children in the area.
Mager said he was pleased to see less bad driving behaviour today than in the previous four years CAA has done the survey. But he said the problems surrounding dangerous driving in school zones are nowhere near fixed.
“I do want to say that I’m encouraged by what I see. Some of the numbers are down from what they’ve been. We think generally speaking over the years, motorists are getting the message to slow down, take care and caution while they’re in a school zone,” Mager said. “I’m fairly concerned that we had 173 speeders… these weren’t people that were going five, six kilometers over the limit. These are people that were going enough that they would be ticketed.”
Staff Sgt. Riffel said officers took note of one particular school zone where drivers were prone to speeding and they will be back there in the coming weeks doing more targeted enforcement.
The annual back to school safety assessment helps traffic officers take stock of the severity of school zone infractions, he said.
“It was helpful because those officers got to stay there for an hour and a half and see what was going on,” Riffel said. “When you’re stuck in traffic or you drive by, you don’t necessarily notice that bad driving behaviour. But if you actually stop and look for a period of time, that’s when you pick it up.”
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