Manitoba driver slapped with nearly $1,800 speeding ticket

By Heather Steele Global News

Posted August 1, 2018 11:57 am EST

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A driver was slapped with a $1752 ticket for speeding in a construction zone. RCMP handout

A driver will be digging deep in the wallet to pay for a speeding ticket after being nabbed for doing 125 km/h in a 60 km/h construction zone.

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The driver was fined $1752.

RCMP say it happened on Hwy. 10 south of Minnedosa.

“Ouch! That’s gonna hurt the wallet,” the RCMP tweeted Wednesday morning.

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Manitoba has some of the highest speeding fines in North America, with fines nearly double in construction zones.

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