A CAA school zone safety assessment found more than half of motorists driving more than the newly implemented 30 km/h limit in school zones. But, one group says if people get a ticket, they shouldn’t pay up.

CAA conducted its school zone safety assessment Wednesday morning, with help from police and others, and recorded 1,500 instances of risky behaviour behind the wheel.

"We had a number of people that the police had to actually stop them and go out and give them a warning because they were over 50 kilometres,” said Mike Mager, CAA president.

The new school zone signs have come under fire, however, from the Wise Up Winnipeg group. They say the city put signs in the wrong places in a third of all school zone, making tickets handed out invalid.

"It's so full of errors, mistakes, omissions. One-way streets going the wrong way and signed the wrong way that it's laughable, frankly,” said Todd Dube from Wise Up Winnipeg.

CAA said any sign issues should not be an excuse.

"(The) reality here is…we're just trying to get you to slow down to keep our children safe,” said Mager.

Parent Andrea Bilash said she’s urged her kids to always be cautious.

“I've trained them to be very careful - not to trust really the cars and to stop and to make sure that they stop. The fact that they reduced the speed zone (around schools), I think, is really good,” said Bilash.

The City of Winnipeg issued a statement late Wednesday afternoon about speed signs in school zones, required by provincial regulations.

“During the installation, some signs needed to be placed in a different spot than was initially indicated in the reduced-speed school zone by-law schedule, because of underground infrastructure, trees, or other natural/human-made obstructions. Signs were, however, still installed consistent with the provincial regulation and City policy,” said the city.

“An administrative report is currently being prepared which recommends amendments to the schedule of school zones attached to the by-law, in order to update the information so that it reflects where signs were actually installed. The Public Service will be putting forward an amendment in an administrative report in September, 2014.”