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Originally Posted by broken_arrow

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...

Might want to double check your facts before eagerly giving advice to go to court... that incident happened in Washington in the states and not even in BC or Canada. Charter arguments won't work.