Red Light Camera Speeding ticket: Ignore it?
 

I got a red light speeding ticket in the mail the other day for nearly $200...I was going down Kingsway around 7am to work...I didn't know these were brought back!

Anyway I heard 2 interesting things but I'm not sure about their validity:

1) Is this true?

2) That electronic evidence is not enough to convict in court, for speeding an officer must be also present to verify with his eyes essentially so the in court argument would be, "how do I know your device recorded my speed accurately?"

Anything worth pursuing in these or should I just pay the friggin ticket?

I don't think these have been out long enough for anyone to have actually had to go to court yet... so I doubt there are many answers to your questions.

I do not think it will just go away though. And it will block you from renewing the insurance on this vehicle as long as it remains unresolved.

How fast were you going?

agreed with this comment, just wait a bit and see if you can do any kind of ICBC transaction. it will automatically flag you if you have an outstanding ticket. so just wait it out til you really have to pay lol

just be thankful its just a red light camera intersection and not the one with the red light AND speed camera..

seeing how you didnt know these we're back, are you also aware that there are speed cameras in place?

just pay the friggin ticket

Read closer, he got a speeding ticket from the combo cameras

It's just that from his post, he said RED LIGHT SPEEDING ticket.. i assumed he was going too fast that he didn't/couldnt stop. Anyway, either way, giving him a heads up wouldn't hurt.

I got this from a thread in another forum regarding this issue:

I think I'm going to ignore it as long as I can and see what happens

71km/h

That argument is silly. They will give you the device's calibration and tolerance which will demolish your point. That is why they don't give you tickets at 2km/h over, they give them to you at 20 over because there is no way that you can argue the tolerance is off by that amount.

Just pay the ticket. You were speeding, pay it. I got one, it sucked, and I paid it - because it's the right thing to do.

-Mark

No one's going to have the answers you're looking for.

Ignore it and let us know how it goes.

lol. If only...

lol lets see how that goes when you are due to renew your insurance :fuckthatshit:

I typed this out before but I guess it didn’t post

I got a red light camera ticket turning left onto nanaimo at Hastings last month, got it because my rear wheels were behind the line while my front wheels were across the line.. pretty hokey especially considering at that intersection MAYBE 2 vehicles get to turn even when it’s not very busy

What did you do with the ticket? Pay it? Or rip it up and give them the finger? (Refer to my signature for reference)

20+ over in 50 zone
man up and pay it

C'mon guys. OP's position is that the letter that came in the mail is merely an invitation to pay, and not a legal obligation (he did say it, I'm not making it up.) Let's see in a few months time. :D

Did you pay it or dispute it?

I asked a driving instructor once (the kind that teaches L and N drivers) how far I need to drive up to be considered in the intersection. Response was to get your whole body over the line (you the driver's body, not the car's body)

You did the crime now pay the fine.

I just paid it right away don’t have time to fuck around with a dispute etc. Learned my lesson and I was pro-camera at that intersection so nothing to be done about it

I think it's best that you don't pay and report back what happens. Since none of us has done that yet.

Just got a speeding ticket from the only camera in Richmond.. FailFish

Don't pay it. :troll:

too late :(
if only OP got back to us about how not paying it went

Like I said above I don't plan on responding to this ticket until I have to or it goes away....someone needs to try this