| TrevorK |
This writeup was made by the user ReasonOne. I think it's very useful information.
If you have any corrections, please post in this thread.
And I'd like to say thanks - this is the type of content we need to help people out!
Here's what I did:
After getting the ticket, I went down to the Rocky Mountain Plaza office in Calgary. I got in a lineup to see a teller. When you see the teller you can do one of three things:
-Plead guilty and pay the ticket/fine,
-Plead innocent and set a court date beyond the appearance date noted on the ticket, or
-Request to speak to either a Crown Prosecutor or a Justice of the Peace.
The tellers will not tolerate ANY abuse. Usually there is at least one security guard, one bailiff and one police officer within 20 yards of you and they WILL escort you out and deal with you appropriately if there are any problems (don't laugh, I've seen it happen).
You'll have to take a seat and wait to be called if you're going to see a Crown or a JP. If you can't stay long enough to wait, you can ask the teller the hours that they work and they should give you a ballpark timeframe for the next week or so (from what I was told at the time, Crown Prosecutors at that office tend to work before noon). Sometimes if you do stay and wait it can take as little as 20 minutes and as long as 3 hours depending on how many people are waiting with you.
If you are to appear before either one of these people, dress well (does not have to be a suit) and have a neat appearance. If you are wearing a hat, then take it off before you go in. Lawyers that are standing nearby always make a comment about this. It's apparently considered the height of bad manners and it seems disrespectful to them. Be clear and concise with speaking with them. If you can take any pictures of the site that occured that may help you explain something to them (they MUST be directly relevant to your situation at hand) , I would advise you to bring it in. If you can make brief notes on what you want to say before you get in, you save yourself the trouble of panicking and forgetting what you originally wanted to say.
If you speak to a Crown or a JP this gives you the opportunity to contest your charges before you actually have to appear in court. If your reasoning is sound and your argument logical, they MAY reduce or on occasion eliminate/toss your charge. This could save you the trouble of appearing in court.
You must also be prepared for the possibility that you'll get laughed at if they don't buy your explanation or story, and they will just tell you to appear on your predetermined court date. At this point it is also possible to do one of two things:
-Request more time to prepare for the court date if needed (if there is no agreement to a fine/charge)
-Request more time to come up with funds to pay for a fine/charge (if there is an agreement to a fine/charge; if any)
One more thing I forgot to add is that if you go too early after the time you received your ticket, it may not be entered into their database yet. Your best bet is to go down within 2 weeks of your court appearance. |
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| michael lee |
| i was driving down the road the cop looked in my truck and saw i did not have my seatbelt pulled me over a wrote me a ticket is that legal:mad: |
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| thumbz |
No, what he did was illegal.
There is no law about seat belts in Alberta! (...uhmmm, Texas? WTF?!)
Fight that ticket!!
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| type_r_project |
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Originally posted by thumbz
No, what he did was illegal.
There is no law about seat belts in Alberta! (...uhmmm, Texas? WTF?!)
Fight that ticket!!
:lol:
too funny :lol: :lol: :lol: |
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| 240drifter |
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Originally posted by type_r_project
too funny :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ummm were in 2008 last time I checked holly old post batman |
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