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Originally Posted by MeowMeow
She was giving me shit because i slowed down to find place to pull over
She said i 'caused a traffic'
I was only 5km below the speed limit and she said i was driving without caution and 'neglected'
There were no fucking traffic behind me other than one other car and she was liKe
'do u understand the road condition' which i replied 'theres no rain nor snow and clear sky and clear road'
And she started lecturing me about how there is going to be 'black ice' tonight in Washington
Cool im at seattle right now and there is no fucking 'black ice' anywhere
I admit my fault and i understand she is watching out for othets
But her and false accusation of 'causing traffic' and apparenrly i 'almost caused a collisiom' WHEN THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS was unnecassary.
And then she was like at least i wont give you a ticket for negligence
Speeding? okay i admit it. but negligence (aside from speeding from how she judged) wasnt even present.
Im bitter about this specific incident because she kept on saying she couldve given me a ticket for something i didnt do
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I would take it to court and contest it. How long do you have before you make a choice to either pay or contest it? Its 15 days in Ontario, so I am not sure about BC. Anyway, wait until the LAST day possible and declare that you wish to take it to court (this raises the possibility that the court date will be set very late and you can claim unreasonable delay and stay of proceedings (Charter, s. 11(b)).
I personally never pay the tickets right away and always take them to court. First of all, it delays the payment, second of all, the cop might not show up (50/50 chance) and lastly, if the cop shows up, you can just plea bargain with him/her to get the fine lowered...
EDIT: Traffic law in Ontario is different than it is here, so I am not sure if the information above is even valid... I have not gotten a ticket yet here (knock on wood), so I am clueless as to what happens here...
EDIT: My apologies, did not realize that it happened in the States...