Infracted in Montreal

January 18th, 2012

Hi,

I am living in Montreal temporarily, a couple of weeks.  I drove from Ontario with a rental car, Ontario plates.  This morning I heard the car being towed.  I ran out and pleaded with the driver not to take it away.  He was extremely professional and understanding and dropped the car.  However the other agent gave me a ticket for $117.00 for parking in a snow removal area on the street.

Since I have a rental from Ontario and my Driver’s License is from New Brunswick, can I pretend that I did not get the ticket in that it is too much tracking (Ontario plates, New Brunswick DRL and rental car) or is there any other way around this infraction?

I simply did not know what the protocol was in Montreal.  I was parked on this road for three days and no issues until this morning.

Regards,
Infracted in Montreal.

No driver’s license ticket and speeding

January 12th, 2012

I got pulled over and got a ticket for speeding and no driver license.

which driver license i have.I have 2 driver’s license one is from my country of origin (mexico) and and international translation driver’s license which expires on 13-feb-02.

so i went and payed the speeding ticket $140 and asked a dismissal of the no driver’s license ticket.And the girl at the desk said no and that i have to go a hearing with a grand jury to contest the ticket.

i told her i have no other choice but to contest because i wasn’t driving without driver’s license.

this is costing me days of work .what should i do?

Ticket for use of closed lane

January 12th, 2012

Hi
Her is my recent story that occurred Christmas week. I am almost positive I will contest. Unless in your experience you say absolutely not to. But even then…

Week before Christmas I was on my way off the Montreal Island by Champlain bridge. It was 7.30 am, and the most left lane is closed and used for inbound bus traffic. The lane is “closed off” with cones located approximately 200 m before the span.

Details of the lane configuration: Read the rest of this entry »

Ticket for registration

January 12th, 2012

I got a ticket for not paying registration on time.

Due date was 30th Nov and I was caught on 4th Jan.
I did not receive a renewal notice from the department and contacted them on 9th Dec via mail and they responded back to me saying  that my address on the file is not right and they received the documents back.

I left for US the same day and returned on 1st Jan. After which the office was closed untill 3rd Jan and I did not use my car for that duration. Read the rest of this entry »

Speeding ticket in a 30 zone

January 12th, 2012

I got a speeding ticket today for going 50 km/hr in a 30 zone.

However, the signs were not visible: one was partly covered by a tree (which I took a picture of later on), and the other was completely covered by a huge construction truck… and right behind that truck was where the cops we located (bastards).

I tried to explain to the cop that the signs were not visible and all he could say is “je peu pas faire rien…”

So should I contest the ticket?

Ticket - reserved lane

December 5th, 2011

Hello,

Thank you so much for the effort and the service you are providing, it is nice to know that I’m not alone sharing these frustrating situations.

In my case, this morning happened while I was taking my kid to daycare. I was turning right on a big street not knowing the right lane was a reserved lane. However, as soon as I finished turning I realized I was on a reserved lane so I directly do right turn to get in a parking lot as to clear lane. As I was getting back to go the main street (the middle lane this time), the police officer stopped me and gave me a ticket.
Now I understand that this was a reserved lane but I could only see it once I got onto that street and I made a reasonable effort to get out of that street by getting into the parking lot (within 2-3 seconds) instead of blocking the lane waiting for the rush hour cars to let me in the middle lane.

Do you think I have a chance to make that argument at the court and win?

Thank you so much for your help!

Two tickets - speeding

December 5th, 2011

Hello,

Within the last 2 months I received two tickets, my first was for speeding ( 3 demerits) and my second was excessive speeding (14 demerits and 1000$). I already contacted a lawyer,

I believe for the first one they had the radar gun but the second they did not. I want to keep my license, I am 21 with my full 8 demerits, and have had no prior tickets except for one red light.

Is there any hope?

Secondly Read the rest of this entry »

Minor with alcohol ticket

December 5th, 2011

Hi,

Recently i got a ticket for possession of alcohol (1 beer….) outside of my university ( its frosh week) and am not happy about it at all. But upon looking at my ticket I noticed a few errors. He didnt use my full first name, wrong postal code, wrong streetname spelling, and also wrote that the wrong address on the “highway (if applicable)” section because it wasnt near the highway, so isnt applicable i wouldnt think. I also got an obstruction of justice ticket for lying about not having my wallet, which is a charge under the criminal code, but the officer didnt fill out any of the “Statement of Issue of Appearance Notice to Accused” portion on the back of my court order.

I’d really appreciate your help!

Thanks!

Ticket for not stopping at a stop sign

December 5th, 2011

Hi,
A few weeks ago, I was pulled over for not stopping at a stop sign.

I was approaching a T-intersection near my house … I saw that there were no cars, pedestrians or bicycles near the intersection. I did a very quick stop at the stop sign and looked to my right to see that there were 2 cop cars parked side-by-side up the street about 60m away. it looked like they were chatting with each other. When I pulled away from the intersection one of the police cars pulled me over and said she never saw my wheels stop rotating and wrote on the ticket that I went through the stop sign at 20km/h. I’m sure I stopped at the sign, even if it was very brief.

Do you think I have a chance of winning if I contest this ticket?

Thanks in advance!

Ticket for not stopping the vehicle while facing a stop sign

December 5th, 2011

Hello,

Today an officer gave me a ticket for “being the driver of a road vehicle and not stopping the vehicle while facing a stop sign” c.C-24.2 of the Highway Safety Code.

The penalty was $156 and 3 demerit points. I was clocked at 15km/h. What happened: I was behind a van who stopped at an intersection with 4 stops and then turned right. I stopped behind him, made my own brief stop at the stop sign and also turned right. What are my chances of winning if I contest this ticket?

Thanks,
Ruth Anne Shooflar