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A 58-year-old woman is facing a hefty fine after allegedly deciding to hold up traffic to take a picture of an active RCMP Checkstop.

Manitoba RCMP took to their twitter account Thursday to share the bizarre story.

According to RCMP, the woman slowed down noticeably and held up traffic to take a picture from behind the wheel as she drove by the Checkstop. The driver was fined $204 for distracted driving and received five demerits.

The tweet was shared with a photo of the officer serving the fine Thursday.

sigh….58yo slowed traffic to take a pic of the #rcmpmb Checkstop van. Fined $204 for distracted driving. #noexcuses #forreals pic.twitter.com/DJh3u8rt19 — RCMP Manitoba (@rcmpmb) December 22, 2016

A woman claiming to be in the vehicle reached out to Global News and said the driver plans to fight the ticket.

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