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School zones where there are no schools. Construction zones where there is no construction. And an entire city plagued by hundreds of broken, missing and hidden speed signs.

As the Winnipeg Police Service toasts a record-breaking $14 million in photo-radar fines for 2014, a diehard band of local activists are arguing it is merely the latest mark of a city gone mad with traffic tickets.

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“There’s no way it’s accidental,” said Chris Sweryda, researcher for Wise Up Winnipeg, a group dedicated to opposing what they call the “deliberate deception” of the city’s traffic-enforcement program.

Photo-radar revenue topped $14.6 million in 2014, according to a new financial report by the Winnipeg Police. It represents a dramatic increase of 25% over 2013, and is the equivalent of a $22 ticket issued to every man, woman and child in Winnipeg.

Winnipeg also took in $4.5 million in traditional, non-photo-radar traffic tickets.