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man....all this trouble over a plate and some speeding.

I just drive my little leased car. I gas, fix and wash it.

I use my bluetooth to talk on the phone as I not drive like a dumbass while not drunk.

So little headaches. no dumb RS posts.....

Such Simple. Much easy.

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Originally Posted by BallPeenHammer2 (Post 8658205)

Such..so unlike RS.....how did you get here anyway??? :)

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Originally Posted by BallPeenHammer2 (Post 8658205)

man....all this trouble over a plate and some speeding.
I not drive like a dumbass while not drunk.

Like I said, I did change my address with ICBC and was waiting for the sticker in the mail, but what ever. That ticket was almost 10 years ago and I won.

So based on the bolded part, you drive like a dumbass while drunk. :accepted:

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Originally Posted by zulutango (Post 8658239)

Such..so unlike RS.....how did you get here anyway??? :)

it's been years and I still don't know myself. LOL

This happened to a friend of mine a few years ago.

He was pulled over by Richmond RCMP when he was in Richmond. The officer was going to cite him for speeding (60 km/h in 50 km/h). I don't recall the exact conversation but he told the officer most people goes 60. The officer then saids, which roads and my friend names them and questions why was he being pulled as he was following the flow of traffic.

What happens next, changed things... He then tells the officer that there is a spider crawling on him. The officer then looks and sees the spider (sort of big) and sort of freaks out. My friend then tell the officer to come closer to the car, the officer does. He then uses his palm and squash / kill the spider on the officer's chest.

As the officer is in relief with the spider gone, the officer lets my friend go (no ticket) and tell him to drive safely.

"Spider Pig, Spider Pig....does whatever a Spider Pig does...." (Homer Simpson...the Simpson's Movie). :)

and for you older folks....

saw an officer with a laser yesterday on hwy 1 just past the Burnaby lake stretch

i was in the middle lane following the flow of traffic, volume was pretty thick for a Sunday but surprisingly the flow was fast
limit is 90 but i must've been going 120-130 with a 5 second gap to the car in front of me, right lane was going ~110 and left lane was whizzing by at 130+

i rmbr thinking :lawl: officer must be having a field day on the laser since he could easily pick out anyone for speeding.

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Originally Posted by 6o4__boi (Post 8659470)

Yup the speed limit is a complete joke from willingdon all the way accross the new bridge. Limit should be 110. I doubt we will ever see it above 100 though.

Anyone going 90 on that section of highway is a MAJOR impedance, and puts themselves at huge risk.

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Originally Posted by aristo-crat (Post 8653565)

I have a question.

I have a very recognizable car, and was recently pulled over and given a speeding ticket.

The officer based his pulling me over on "us being called in by an off duty officer who said we were driving dangerously and speeding" - Which wasn't the case at all. We may have been speeding, but not more than anyone else was. We were driving with the flow of traffic except for passing people. Anyways, thats not important. He didn't get me on a gun or anything.

The officer said he was "giving me a huge break" and said that if I dispute the ticket, hes "going to see me and court and will charge (me) with street racing and excessive speed"

There were 4 of us driving together, on a single lane road. We were NOT street racing. He said that driving in a group and speeding is classified as speeding under the MVA.

What I'm wondering is:

A) Is the the officer legally allowed to 'blackmail' me into paying the ticket? Saying "pay it or i'll charge you with other offences'. He literally said: "If i get notice that you're disputing this ticket, I will meet you in court and i will bring the officer who called you in and will charge you with excessive speed and street racing, and will attempt to get your vehicle impounded"

Is this not blackmail? Isn't it my right to fight a ticket?

B) Can i be charged with another offence in court, if i'm going to fight the ticket? If i go to fight this speeding ticket, can i be further charged with something else if i wasn't charged at the time he wrote the other ticket?

Thanks for the insight.

Most likely if you take it to court it will be thrown out. You probably passed the off duty cop and pissed him off so he called his buddy. If a bunch of people called you it might be harder. But how he handled the situation it seems like he just wanted you to pay the fine.

If it was me I would take it to court the ticket is cheap but the points are no fun. If he does show up they usually give you a deal to pay the money and have no points.