Hi

Last week I visited Montreal from Toronto and was staying at the Queen Elizabeth hotel. I drove to the front entrance around 9:10am and asked the bell hop where to park. What I didn’t realize is that lane is reserved for buses until 9:30am.  I stayed in the car and talked to the bell hop through the window for 15 seconds.

Once he gave me directions and I proceeded to exit the lane but was stopped by a police trap set up for catching people in the bus lane. My defense is that as a tourist I was simply asking for parking directions with no intention of driving in that lane.  I was not in the reserved lane before I was pulled over.  I don’t see any demerit points on the ticket… Is this right?  Any chance to fight this?

Thanks for your help.

Adeel

While I was driving home from work a motorcycle cop issued me a ticket without even pulling me over.

He informed me that I would be receiving a citation in the mail while we were still on the highway over his loud-speaker. I was driving home from work with the cop in front of me most of the way. Just before leaving the highway I pulled even with him for the first time, while driving even with him for a moment he got behind my car to get a look at my tag then started talking to me via his load speaker.

He asked me if I it was my car. I shook my head “yes” and then he told me I would be receiving a citation in the mail for driving 70 in a 55. I guess my questions are: can a cop pull you over without actually pulling you over, since I did not pass him at any point and only was even with him the whole trip can I report him for speeding, and since he did not get me with a radar gun do I have a way to contest his assessment of my speed.

If there is anything I can do to contest the way this all happened please let me know.

Hello.  I just got stopped by the Montreal police today and given a $444 ticket for not having paid my driver’s licence renewal fees on time.  They didn’t stop me for any other driving offence.  I don’t know what happened, but I honestly never received a renewal for my licence (not that I can actually prove this).  I haven’t recently moved or anything, so it has nothing to do with that.  I received my car registration renewal notice in December - it was due January 31, and I paid it by postdated cheque on time.  I would have paid my licence at the same time had I have received it!!  I guess it would also have been due in January since my birthday is on January 23.  I think that I didn’t really think twice about it because we used to only have to pay our driver’s licence every 2 years.  So it didn’t even strike me as strange to have not received anything.  I obviously know now to expect BOTH renewals each year. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello,
I live in Dollard-des-Ormeaux and close to my house the is a street you can’t turn left on between certain hours of the day. You can’t turn left because they want to reduce traffic on that street, some people use it to avoid traffic on the boulevard. I was on the way to school and took a left on that street to pick up my friend who lives right off of it. I was pulled over and got a 152$ ticket, 0 points. If I contest the ticket and lose, what kind of court fees would I be paying? It doesn’t seem to say anything about how much court fees cost anywhere on the internet.

Thank you

Hi,

I am living in Montreal temporarily, a couple of weeks.  I drove from Ontario with a rental car, Ontario plates.  This morning I heard the car being towed.  I ran out and pleaded with the driver not to take it away.  He was extremely professional and understanding and dropped the car.  However the other agent gave me a ticket for $117.00 for parking in a snow removal area on the street.

Since I have a rental from Ontario and my Driver’s License is from New Brunswick, can I pretend that I did not get the ticket in that it is too much tracking (Ontario plates, New Brunswick DRL and rental car) or is there any other way around this infraction?

I simply did not know what the protocol was in Montreal.  I was parked on this road for three days and no issues until this morning.

Regards,
Infracted in Montreal.

I got pulled over and got a ticket for speeding and no driver license.

which driver license i have.I have 2 driver’s license one is from my country of origin (mexico) and and international translation driver’s license which expires on 13-feb-02.

so i went and payed the speeding ticket $140 and asked a dismissal of the no driver’s license ticket.And the girl at the desk said no and that i have to go a hearing with a grand jury to contest the ticket.

i told her i have no other choice but to contest because i wasn’t driving without driver’s license.

this is costing me days of work .what should i do?

Hi
Her is my recent story that occurred Christmas week. I am almost positive I will contest. Unless in your experience you say absolutely not to. But even then…

Week before Christmas I was on my way off the Montreal Island by Champlain bridge. It was 7.30 am, and the most left lane is closed and used for inbound bus traffic. The lane is “closed off” with cones located approximately 200 m before the span.

Details of the lane configuration: Read the rest of this entry »

I got a ticket for not paying registration on time.

Due date was 30th Nov and I was caught on 4th Jan.
I did not receive a renewal notice from the department and contacted them on 9th Dec via mail and they responded back to me saying  that my address on the file is not right and they received the documents back.

I left for US the same day and returned on 1st Jan. After which the office was closed untill 3rd Jan and I did not use my car for that duration. Read the rest of this entry »

I got a speeding ticket today for going 50 km/hr in a 30 zone.

However, the signs were not visible: one was partly covered by a tree (which I took a picture of later on), and the other was completely covered by a huge construction truck… and right behind that truck was where the cops we located (bastards).

I tried to explain to the cop that the signs were not visible and all he could say is “je peu pas faire rien…”

So should I contest the ticket?

Hello,

Thank you so much for the effort and the service you are providing, it is nice to know that I’m not alone sharing these frustrating situations.

In my case, this morning happened while I was taking my kid to daycare. I was turning right on a big street not knowing the right lane was a reserved lane. However, as soon as I finished turning I realized I was on a reserved lane so I directly do right turn to get in a parking lot as to clear lane. As I was getting back to go the main street (the middle lane this time), the police officer stopped me and gave me a ticket.
Now I understand that this was a reserved lane but I could only see it once I got onto that street and I made a reasonable effort to get out of that street by getting into the parking lot (within 2-3 seconds) instead of blocking the lane waiting for the rush hour cars to let me in the middle lane.

Do you think I have a chance to make that argument at the court and win?

Thank you so much for your help!