Speeding Ticket Missing the date, Valid or Invalid???

[Shaner]

Taking responsibility = Don't speed

Being responsible = not speeding
Taking responsibility for your actions = paying the fine if you get caught for speeding.
They are not the same thing.
You can't really take responsibility for your actions if your actions aren't wrong in the first place.

Please don't preach. Thanks!

I never said don't speed. I said shutup and pay the fine if you get caught for speeding, which is exactly what I did. Pay closer attention.

[tempperm]

I m sorry but your "holier than thou" attitude doesn't work for me.

[Shaner]

On a very ironic note, I got pulled over coming home from hockey tonight. I was doing 90 in a 60 and the cop put down April 1st as the date the offence occurred, but the actual date was March 31st.

[Daemar]

Just write in that 'dd' spot a random number like 702.
I've never gotten a ticket, so I have no idea what the rules are in alberta.

[Txiasaeia]

On a very ironic note, I got pulled over coming home from hockey tonight. I was doing 90 in a 60 and the cop put down April 1st as the date the offence occurred, but the actual date was March 31st.

So what are you going to do?

[Shaner]

So what are you going to do?

I'm going to do exactly as I said others should do. I'm going to plead guilty and pay the fine. I am going to see if I can get the fine reduced though, but that's completely different than fighting it.

[gilboman]

I'm going to do exactly as I said others should do. I'm going to plead guilty and pay the fine. I am going to see if I can get the fine reduced though, but that's completely different than fighting it.

how is it any different? you should take responsibility for your actions, you were given a ticket with fine based on amount you were speeding by, trying to lower the fine means you are not accepting responsiblity which you have preached in this thread.

if you are guilty of the offence, then prepare to accept the consequences of it, not to try to ask them to give you the punishment of a lesser offence

[Shaner]

how is it any different? you should take responsibility for your actions, you were given a ticket with fine based on amount you were speeding by, trying to lower the fine means you are not accepting responsiblity which you have preached in this thread.

if you are guilty of the offence, then prepare to accept the consequences of it, not to try to ask them to give you the punishment of a lesser offence

Now you're just arguing semantics for the sake of arguing. I have a problem with people fighting a ticket which they are guilty of. Those people stand in front of a judge and say they are not guilty, even though they know they are. I am not doing that. I will go speak to the Justice of the Peace, take 45 seconds of his time and ask for a reduced fine. If he says yes, I plead guilty. If he says no, I plead guilty. Either way, I am not claiming to be innocent, I am taking responsibility by pleading guilty and paying the fine that the JP deems appropriate.

Go back a few pages, you'll see that even before I got this recent ticket, I said asking for a reduced fine is perfectly fine and people should do it.

[clearblue]

if you pay the ticket before the first 30 days, isn't it already reduced by $25?

[Bree]

My uncle is a traffic sgt. in Alberta, and apparently, you may have a chance fighting the ticket. My father is a Sask. JP, and he also says you may have a chance at reducing it.

You should really pay the fine and take responsibility though. You shouldn't have been speeding, you know it. You got caught, you got fined. Pay the price and suck it up. You have no one but yourself to blame.

[Canuck_2005]

Now you're just arguing semantics for the sake of arguing. I have a problem with people fighting a ticket which they are guilty of. Those people stand in front of a judge and say they are not guilty, even though they know they are. I am not doing that. I will go speak to the Justice of the Peace, take 45 seconds of his time and ask for a reduced fine. If he says yes, I plead guilty. If he says no, I plead guilty. Either way, I am not claiming to be innocent, I am taking responsibility by pleading guilty and paying the fine that the JP deems appropriate.

Go back a few pages, you'll see that even before I got this recent ticket, I said asking for a reduced fine is perfectly fine and people should do it.

SHanner you are soo full of $h!t I can smell you from Caledon, Asking for a reduction in your fine is NO different then fighting the charges. Simply by adding that second step you have cost the tax payers money so get off your high horse

oh, and what ever happened to your friend who ran a red light? Did he dispute the charges, or did you advocate against that

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[tjuzer]

If you're going to fight it, don't forget to apply (ask) for the cop's disclosure - which is his version of the incident that happened and he noted down in his notebook.
You can look at what he is going to say in the court and see if there are loopholes.

Once bitten, twice shy. I fought a case without asking for it and realized too late I wasn't properly prepared. On hindsight, I could have easily won the case.

So let my mistake be your learning chance.

How to ask for disclosure

[jm20]

word..126 isnt SPEEDING on 401.If you are going the speed limit, you pose more of a threat these days..

126 on the 401 is not even enough for the slow lane, apart from the odd, READ: FREQUENT, traffic jams and accidents.

[Shaner]

SHanner you are soo full of $h!t I can smell you from Caledon, Asking for a reduction in your fine is NO different then fighting the charges. Simply by adding that second step you have cost the tax payers money so get off your high horse

oh, and what ever happened to your friend who ran a red light? Did he dispute the charges, or did you advocate against that

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How can I be full of **** for an opinion of mine? I am stating my feelings on something that happened to me, I am not stating a fact, so how can I be full of **** and what exactly am I full of **** about? And I have no idea where Caledon is, but if you can smell ****, it likely is a result of your house being dirty, try cleaning it.

On a serious note, go back and read what I said. I said (even before I got my ticket) that asking for a reduction in the fine is something everyone should do. I recommend people do it, you got nothing to lose. My problem is when people stand in front of a judge and say "not guilty" when they know damn well they are guilty.

I am not trying to get my ticket thrown out on a technicality (the date being wrong), I am just going to ask for a reduced fine. If the answer is no, I will pay the entire fine (I'm going to see the justice tuesday morning).

If you want to label them as being the same thing, so be it, that is your opinion. My opinion differs, it doesn't make me full of **** though.

[GangStarr]

Date is an important factor but it really comes down to the judge.

You will probably receive something in the mail, in which case they will probably have the date on it and argue the officers copy of the ticket was dated.

Its worth a shot, take it to court and see what the judge says.