A big electronic image of a cop warning people to slow down wasn’t enough to deter one driver from blowing through a Burnaby school zone at 74 km/h Thursday morning.
Burnaby RCMP were out doing an enforcement blitz in school and playground zones around the city to remind drivers to keep their speed down to 30 km/h.
On 16th Avenue by Cariboo Hill Secondary school, a photo of school liaison officer Const. Frank Tarape wagging a cautioning finger at drivers was splashed onto the school’s large electronic sign.
Below it was an identical, real-life Tarape wielding a speed gun.
No sooner had his image gone up than a woman, failing to notice the sign, Tarape or – apparently – the school zone sign was clocked at 74 km/h.
She told officers she was in a hurry, police said.
The driver, a Burnaby resident in her early 60s, was issued a $253 fine.
