If you've been driving on the Ville Marie heading downtown, you are probably going well over the posted 50 km/h speed limit.
And at least one lawyer says it's nothing but a cash grab and it should be changed.
"I think it's moronic in a nutshell," said defence attorney Andrew Barbacki.
"I have clients and I'm aware of lawyers, other lawyers who have clients who are caught in what's really a money grab."
Barbacki told the Elias Makos Show that it's not as simple as respecting the speed limit approaching the tunnel: going 50 would actually be dangerous since other drivers are usually driving faster and if everyone drove at 50, traffic would back up onto the 20 and the Decarie.
"It would be chaos if people tried to all do 50 - it's impossible, it's ridiculous. The average speed, as you say, is maybe 90 and 100 is pretty normal," said Barbacki.
And getting a ticket going well over 50 km/h hurts your wallet and your driving record.
"At 11 o'clock in the morning on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, the officer will just have his choice of who to flag for either a 10-point or 14-point ticket which is around a thousand dollars," said Barbacki.
"I know of a young student, other people who really can't afford it."
Ironically, Transport Quebec told CJAD 800 that they're keeping it at 50 km/h for safety reasons. A spokesman said there are still temporary construction zones in the area and for configuration and safety purposes, they have to maintain the speed limit at 50, adding that putting in different speed limits in the area would have created "challenges" in what is mostly a construction zone.
"The plea of necessity - how do you prove that? You possibly could say that there's trucks coming at you and you were worried about getting rear-ended but I don't know, I haven't tried it yet. Perhaps I will and I'll let you know if it works," said Barbacki.
"Some clients just point out to (police) that everybody is going close to that speed and in fact, people were being passed there who get the tickets. I think it's arbitary, unfair."