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Manitoba photo radar tickets class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: William Acheson of Winnipeg has filed a class action lawsuit against the Government of Manitoba.
- Why: Acheson claims the Manitoba government overcharged motorists who were assessed photo radar tickets by an estimated $36 million.
- Where: The Canadian province of Manitoba.
The Government of Manitoba overcharged drivers an estimated total of $36 million in photo radar tickets, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff William Acheson, from Winnipeg, claims the Manitoba government failed to abide by its own regulations while handing out photo radar fines to motorists between November 2017 and November 2021, reports The Canadian Press.
Acheson argues speeding motorists were issued a charge for every kilometer per hour that they were over the speed limit, despite regulations allegedly stipulating that fines would only start once 10 kilometres over per hour was reached.
The Government of Manitoba, meanwhile, assessed an estimated 470,000 photo radar tickets during the aforementioned four-year span, according to the Manitoba photo radar class action, reports The Canadian Press.
Acheson has reportedly focused his class action lawsuit on regulations within the Highway Traffic Act that were approved in 2017 by the Progressive Conservative cabinet.
Regulations from the Highway Traffic Act stipulate that the appropriate fine amount for speeding is $7.70 for each kilometer per hour that a motorist is going in excess of 10 kilometers per hour over the speed limit, reports The Canadian Press.
Manitoba government overcharged motorists a minimum of $77 per photo radar ticket, says class action
Acheson argues the Government of Manitoba thus overcharged motorists a minimum of $77 each time they received a photo radar ticket, since the government allegedly started assessing $7.70 fines from the very first kilometer per hour over the limit.
The Government of Manitoba only amended the regulations in November 2021 to make it so that motorists could be assessed fines for the very first kilometer per hour they were going over the speed limit, according to the Manitoba class action, reports The Canadian Press.
The allegations brought by Acheson have reportedly neither been proven in court yet nor responded to with a statement of defence by the Government of Manitoba.
There is currently no date set for a court hearing, however, Acheson’s counsel is hoping that a judge will approve the complaint as a class action so that other drivers would be able to be eligible for compensation, reports The Canadian Press.
A separate class action lawsuit was filed against the Government of Manitoba in May 2021 by seven rural churches arguing its COVID-19 measures were wrongly impacting their religious gatherings.
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