Yellow Ticket in the Mail? o_o

[Neonn]

So I got a yellow violation ticket in the mail for tint. By yellow, I mean the ones written and handed to you lol. The offence was window tint, thats not the big concern. The fact that I received the hand written ticket is. To clarify, I was not pulled over anytime regarding this.

There is a checkbox on the ticket stating "Offence Notice - I believe on reasonable and probable grounds and certify that the person named above committed the offense has indicated and certify that I served an Offence Notice personally upon the person charged on the offense date."

Funny thing is that the officer checked this box this took it upon himself to strike a line through the part "...personally upon the person charged on the offense date."

He also attached a letter, written personally by him telling me the time and location of where we saw me. (The letter was written in comic sans... ). He sent the letter out 2 days later, according to the postage stamp, which would be a strike against the checkbox for him as well as the officer not personally giving the ticket to me.

Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?

[Sugarphreak]

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[ExtraSlow]

Comic sans is a great font.

[BavarianBeast]

What a fucking loser.

I got pulled over at a speed trap for window tint in my M3. Fine, yes I have tint, give me the $57 ticket and let me go.

Nope, the guy spent literally 30 minutes going around my car trying to find things to write tickets to me for. Ended up leaving with tint and having a modified muffler.

God damn pigs will jump at motorist for having a modified vehicle, yet whenever I call in anything I feel is serious they either take 30 minutes to show up, or don't at all.

[roll_over]

Was the location on private property?

[EM2FTL]

Comic sans.. wow. Guy should be run out of the force for that shit.

[Neonn]

It was actually at a mall parking lot, if I'm going by the time he in indicated.

Here is the letter and ticket.

[flipstah]

I thought you had to get pulled over for a yellow ticket. Otherwise, what's stopping cops from doing stupid shit like this?

[Neonn]

Originally posted by flipstah
I thought you had to get pulled over for a yellow ticket. Otherwise, what's stopping cops from doing stupid shit like this?

As did I, but according to this guy, he can just disregard that and cross out the part that says he personally handed me the ticket. I should start doing that with everything. I should put a line through the $57 and initial like he did.

[mr2mike]

Comic Sans... Such a joker.

Mall parking lot. Private property.

Also, I thought you had to be moving before the ticket can be served?
This is why if you're seen at a stop light with tint, they wait till you start moving before you get the lights.

[Disoblige]

What a fucking loser lol.
I wonder how many more he has done this to. Probably make a killing on just tint tickets alone

[-relk-]

You should just cross your name off and write back saying "wasn't me"

/s

In all seriousness I would take it up with someone who knows the law, him crossing out writing on a ticket throws a big red flag for me.

[mikestypes]

A guy in the Camaro club got a ticket in the mail a couple days ago for a distracted driving offense. He never got pulled over either.

I suspect this is some new tactic CPS is going to use as they struggle to keep up with growth.

[Neonn]

Got a lawyer looking into it for me. I will keep everyone updated. I don't think it will stand.

[88CRX]

I'll be honest I didn't believe your original post until I saw the pictures..... just brutal

[phil98z24]

The ticket will stand. Your lawyer will tell you the same thing. How else would photo radar and other similar tickets be issued if this couldn't be done? Those tickets are offence notices as well, they just aren't on yellow paper. The officer "took it upon himself" to do what he did because it's a legal document and that's the legal requirement. There are no "strikes" against him.

The Provincial Offences and Procedures Act allows alternative methods of service (like mailing tickets, as they do with photo radar, green light/red light camera tickets), and the officer doing so swears to an affidavit of method of service on the back of the original ticket which you don't get a copy of. He is striking out the part about personally serving it upon you because he didn't personally serve it to you, or serve it to you on the date of the offence... if he didn't cross that out, he would be lying about method of service.

It also doesn't matter if it was in a mall parking lot. It's a publicly accessible parking lot used by the public at large, so it's considered a road. Just like you can't drive in a parking lot without insurance, wearing your seatbelt, or anything else, you can't have tinted front windows on a roadway in Alberta. Whether you are moving or not.

Tell your lawyer to stand down and don't waste your money on finding out whether the ticket was legally issued, because it was.

[slinkie]

Originally posted by Neonn

I should put a line through the $57 and initial like he did.

Lol'd hard. And yea Comic Sans really? wow. Keep this thread updated

[gretz]

Originally posted by phil98z24
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Hey Phil, it's been a while.... just wanted to say, your avatar makes reading all of your posts that much more enjoyable...

Should there not be a separate ticket for handing tickets like this out? Photo radar has their specific "template", standard yellow tickets during traffic stops for non court appearance infractions, pink tickets for being a shithead... Should there not be a specific one for instances like this?

Having text on the print of the ticket "crossed out" would have me scratching my head / raising the question on the validity as well...

[Feruk]

Why'd you black out the cop's name?

[FraserB]

Originally posted by BavarianBeast
God damn pigs will jump at motorist for having a modified vehicle,

Depends on the cop. I've never gotten one bit of heat with very obviously modified vehicles.

Originally posted by mr2mike
Mall parking lot. Private property.

And 100% incorrect