The question of Julien that was stopped by a officer in a no-Stopping zone ! ! !

Is it a joke ??? No-Stopping zone Ticket because of that !!!

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About a month ago, on my way to school, i was pulled over because my exhaust was too loud. I got the ticket at 5:20. The officer who pulled me over was not in his car; he walked in front of my car and told me to stop on the side of the road, which was a No-Stopping zone. ( the officer was also parked in this zone, it is in front of a Tim Hortons). For the next ten minutes i was talking with the officer, asking him questions on why my exhaust was not legal. Today, i just received a ticket in the mail for “being stopped in a lane reserved that prohibits stopping” for 144$ with the time marked at 5:29. This ticket refers to the time when I was stopped for my exhaust about a month ago.  I was in fact in this No stopping zonee but the officer told me to pull over in the No-Stop zone. If an officer tells me to pull over in No-stop zone, i can’t be then given a ticket for being in a No stop zone?? Had the officer not pulled me over i would have never stopped in the No-stopping zone!

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My opinion :

SURE !

Contest-it !

and ask right now for the Disclosure of evidence !

Maybe you will learn some stuff…

Crazy officer…

When we get a ticket, it is always frustrating… when we are intercepted by an officer has a radar… we tend to abdicate… but if the officer didn’t have one ? And that the officer was also in movement ? On a motorcycle ? Also speeding ?

Is it a valid ticket without radar ? Ioan question…

His story :
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Hello,

I just got a 90$ and 1 demerit point ticket. Here is the situation, I was driving in the left lane and I pass by a motorcycle without noticing that it was an SQ’s one, yes I know I wasn’t paying attention…

The officer pulled me over and gave me a ticket since he was driving at 115km/h and that I drove faster then him… There was no radar since he was already driving.

My question is the following… can he give me a ticket without a radar. I suppose he can…

But the real question is this one: An officer on duty and who is not driving towards an emergency (no flashing lights on) can he drove over the speed limit? If I look at the road safety code, he should also get a ticket for driving at 115lm/h ? If yes, I should I do to report him ?

May 28th
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Sometimes, it is pretty hard to avoid saying what we are thinking to an officer that is giving us a ticket that we don’t think we deserve…

Even in extreme cases, better for us to keep silence…

Talk about this to Steve who got a ticket, plus the first one, for insulting a police officer…

His story :
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Hello, I was driving on my motorcycle in the city of Trois-Rivières on a wonderful and sunny Sunday afternoon. An officer pulls me over for no apperent reason and asks for my registrations. I didn’t do anything at that moment, no infraction.

The officer came back with a 60$+25$+10$ ticket since I forgot to sign my plate registration paper.

When the officer gave me my ticket I say to my spouse: “This is sneaky, a 95$ ticket since I forgot to sign my registration paper”. The officer takes my ticket back and my registration paper. Then, he came back with an other ticket, a second one, a 100$+44$+10$=154$ for insulting an officer while on service.

Can this be contestable ?

In all means, 249$ for simply forgetting to sign a registration paper, I believe that this is pushy.

May 30th
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Most of the time, officer’s work alone. However, when they do awareness campaigns or safety campaigns (would they say) (thing that we believe is quota…) they work in teams.

In those cases… can one take notice and the other one writes the ticket ?

Alain is asking the question can a ticket written by an other officer then the one who saw the infraction be valid.

His story :
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Hello and congratulation or your website it is very useful.

This morning, while I was driving trough a residential neighbourhood in Montreal, I got a ticket for not stopping completely my car at a stop sign. Of course, I am convinced that I did my stop correctly. But there is a thing that bothered me around this “infraction” as I read the ticket once I’ve got home. (more…)

Alex caught a little ticket and asks a question that many of you are wondering… we can guess the answer but we wonder anyways… maybe if…

Is an officer hiding to do radar legal ?

His story :
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When the officers do radar, are they authorise to hide for example behind a safeguard and get out at the last minute to take the lecture ?

May 18th
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My opinion :

Of course they can… it is legal… and very lucrative !

But they do this for our safety of course…

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When we do an infraction, but the officer don’t catch us right away… if he catch us only when we are in our house… is this legal ?

Question from Abder who got “caught by an officer in my house”…

His story :
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I was caught by an officer when I was in the building where I live, I got out to talk to him and he asked me if I was the owner of the car parked in front of my home, I said that indeed it was my car and he told me that I didn’t pay my licence for one week and that I couldn’t drive anymore and he gave me a 400$ ticket.

I would like to know if I should contest or not.
Thank you very much.

May 19th
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Little question from Joanne who probably got a ticket…

She asks us if an officer parked in a forbidden zone can give us a ticket…

His story :
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Can an officer park his vehicle in a forbidden zone to do some surveillance in a residential neighbourhood ?
Thank you.

May 14th
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My opinion :

An officer can park his car wherever he wants… he must avoid being at a dangerous place tough !

But this has no impacted on the fact that you committed an infraction…

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Sometimes, it is not believable what officers can do… We ask ourselves what is in it for them to act this way… what is his motivation ? When we here to serve and protect… we can only doubt it! Erik can only conclude “it is really an officer that is harassing me”…

His story :
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Hello,

I bought this vignette for my street but the officer continues to put tickets. Every time I go in front of the judge, he gave me reason. This week, I waited for the officer (I already had 5 tickets at the exact same location, the officer (always the same) give me a ticket per week regularly). He first told me that my vignette (A11) was effective only for the down side so the judge was wrong to give me reason and that she (the officer) will continue to give me tickets. (more…)

Is an officer always on duty ?
If an officer shift end at 17h00… and he sees you jerking on the street at 17h02… can he give you a ticket ? Kevin’s question : An officer that is not on duty, can he give us a ticket ?

His story :
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Hello,

Can an officer, who just finished his shift, that is not on duty still have the right to arrest me and send me a ticket by mail ?

April 29th
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My opinion :

Indeed he can… an officer make the oath and is always on duty…
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We are always frustrated to get a ticket from an officer…mostly when we are a bit in a hurry…

But it is not really wise to avoid “concluding the transaction” with the officer and leave the location… Here is Mario’s story that got a ticket for refusing to stop on demand of an officer plus his first infraction…

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On October 22nd 2009 and got two tickets (article 366 and 636) for refusing to stop on demand of an officer when I was arrested and I asked him why. He didn’t say anything…

So I ask him to take my plat number and to send me the ticket by mail.

I got a 2$ ticket (art: 366) and a 438$ (art: 636). The officer took his notebook and took my plate number like I told him. However, I haven’t expecting to get two tickets. The 366 is for not stopping my cat in front of the line on the street, when there wasn’t a sufficient space to avoid blocking the intersection.

The other, the 636 is for not stopping my vehicle when asked by an officer. I want to contest the 490$ ticket. First of all, I was waiting on the corner of Berri to turn left on towards the Jacques-Cartier Bridge on the René-Lévesque Boulevard.

The officer came out of nowhere in front of my vehicle when the Nissan Pathfinder stop quickly behind me. That is when I saw that the officer wanted me to pull over. I believe that he didn’t like the fact that I stopped my car in the middle of the lane instead of the side of the road. Furthermore when I left in front of his silence.

Some tell me to contest… your advice and opinion.

Thank you very much !

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