“I’ve walked past people four or five abreast,” Chris Herda, a friend of the man ticketed, said. “I personally didn’t know it was a law. I don’t think anyone else knew it was a law either.”
The ticket was issued under section 143(2) of Manitoba’s Highway Act, which states that “any pedestrian proceeding along a highway where no sidewalk is provided, or where the sidewalk is not passable, shall walk as closely as is practicable … but persons walking on a roadway shall not walk more than two abreast.” Herda claims that he and his friends were walking on the sidewalk at the time.
The address written on the ticket is a residential street with dual walkways for pedestrians. The Winnipeg Police Service have said the man will not be asked to pay the ticket. In a statement, they said the “Provincial Offence Notice (PON) issued has been reviewed by supervisory staff and it has been determined that the improper offence was cited.” Police have issued the man another ticket, but wouldn’t elaborate on the new charges.
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2 comments:
People need to use respect in public. How many of us cannot pass a walkway because a large group occupies and thereby blocks the entire walkway, forcing others onto the street?
I find brandishing a gun makes most walkways clear.
Much better than having to deal with pompous idiots that have had their control freakness officialised.
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