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Originally Posted by krazycanuck
Well I got a speeding ticket today, that coupled with the Stamps loss and a sunburn, I have had a trifecta of crap happen to me.
I got pulled over, going northbound on Macleod trail, right by Stampede park...where for some reason the road goes down to a 50 zone. I haven't lived in Calgary for almost a year and when I lived here I was very conscious of driving the limit in that area because of how often I would see speed traps there. Unfortunately, I didn't look down at my speed, and I was going 66, which is certainly a VERY reasonable speed given the conditions of that road. Now, i have a 100 dollar ticket, but lets be honest it's not the ticket at all...it's the conviction and the insurance hike that goes with it.
I need to fight this, because well I cannot afford another added expense and I don't believe that going 66 in a zone that could very well support 70km/h traffic is a bad thing.
Does anyone know how they set the speed limits?
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In that area, you have the C train station, the stampede grounds, Talisman Center and the pathways coming along the river close to the street. That could be why the limit is 50kph.
I almost got a ticket driving south on Highway 2 around Bowden on monday. I was in the passing lane going around 135 and the cop going the other way hit his lights. Fortunatly that was the last I saw of him. I wonder if the busy Labour Day Weekend traffic made it too difficult to stop and turn around.