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Got a Parking Ticket in Canada - should I pay it?

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novon

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So I drove from Seattle to Vancouver BC recently, and got a parking ticket for parking too close to the curb, $30 canadian dollars. My Washington State license plate is on the ticket, but for Province they put BC instead of WA or US. Does anyone have experience with something like this? If I don't pay it do u think they can track it?
 
In most cases you'd be fine, but unfortunately I think BC, WA, and OR (and possibly CA) share ticket information.

You should have gotten a ticket in NYC like I did. I wrote it in and said "Yeah, I totally deserved this, the sign was posted but I didn't see it, do I have to pay?" and they saw it was registered in Washington and said "Hell, you'd never pay anyway, we'll let it slide this time."

It was couched in slightly more legalese, though.
 
Originally posted by: novon
So I drove from Seattle to Vancouver BC recently, and got a parking ticket for parking too close to the curb, $30 canadian dollars. My Washington State license plate is on the ticket, but for Province they put BC instead of WA or US. Does anyone have experience with something like this? If I don't pay it do u think they can track it?
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Whaaaaaaaaaaat? Isn't the object to get as close as possible to the curb?
 
Best to pay...

My dad got a ticket for driving 60 mph instead of 60 km/h (whoops 🙂). So more than likely they can probabaly track you down...

But dang, those policemen must like risking their lives jumping out in front of you to stop your car, just to give you a ticket for speeding...
 
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Best to pay...

My dad got a ticket for driving 60 mph instead of 60 km/h (whoops 🙂). So more than likely they can probabaly track you down...

But dang, those policemen must like risking their lives jumping out in front of you to stop your car, just to give you a ticket for speeding...
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Now that you've mentioned it. Does the vehicles in the US have both miles and km scale? Otherwise I'd imagine it'll be a real pain to drive in Canada and keep track of speed??
 
Originally posted by: MulLa
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Best to pay...

My dad got a ticket for driving 60 mph instead of 60 km/h (whoops 🙂). So more than likely they can probabaly track you down...

But dang, those policemen must like risking their lives jumping out in front of you to stop your car, just to give you a ticket for speeding...
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Now that you've mentioned it. Does the vehicles in the US have both miles and km scale? Otherwise I'd imagine it'll be a real pain to drive in Canada and keep track of speed??
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LOL

yes, they show both. That started a long time ago.
 
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
But dang, those policemen must like risking their lives jumping out in front of you to stop your car, just to give you a ticket for speeding...
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Naw, that's why they put the Mounties on speed enforcement...horses, you know.😉
 
Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
The Canadian military will hunt you down and kill you if you don't pay it.
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To paraphrase a REALLY old school ATOT phrase.....

I wouldnt mess with canada. They have a tank.
 
It depends on the reciprocation laws for your particular state.

I have a stack of outstanding parking tickets in Toronto. Nothing has come of them for the past 8+ years.
Though my friend who eventually immigrated to Canada had the DMV send him a notice that his NYS registration could be suspended due to a complaint about outstanding tickets in Toronto.
Ends up he had roughly $6,000 in parking tickets and Toronto didn't appreciate that too much. So they settled on it. Though it never created any problems in Canada with the law.

Now speeding tickets were different. Toronto sent unpaid tickets to collection and threatened DMV action (though nothing came of that threat).
 
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
The Canadian military will hunt you down and kill you if you don't pay it.
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To paraphrase a REALLY old school ATOT phrase.....

I wouldnt mess with canada. They have a tank.
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And 5 fighter jets, but only 1 pilot. I think they may have a jeep around there too somewhere....
 
Originally posted by: ChAoTiCpInOy
Don't they put out a warranty for your arrest if you don't pay your ticket?
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For the 1st 90 days after purchase, all parts and customer support are covered. After the initial 90-day period up until 1 year after the original purchase date, customer support is billable at a rate of $80/hr, and parts are only shipped if defective.

😕
 
Originally posted by: Kabrinski
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
The Canadian military will hunt you down and kill you if you don't pay it.
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To paraphrase a REALLY old school ATOT phrase.....

I wouldnt mess with canada. They have a tank.
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And 5 fighter jets, but only 1 pilot. I think they may have a jeep around there too somewhere....
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pssh we have way more than five... like... atleast 7...
 
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: MulLa
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Best to pay...

My dad got a ticket for driving 60 mph instead of 60 km/h (whoops 🙂). So more than likely they can probabaly track you down...

But dang, those policemen must like risking their lives jumping out in front of you to stop your car, just to give you a ticket for speeding...
Click to expand...


Now that you've mentioned it. Does the vehicles in the US have both miles and km scale? Otherwise I'd imagine it'll be a real pain to drive in Canada and keep track of speed??
Click to expand...
LOL

yes, they show both. That started a long time ago.
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Ahhh.... that's handy... was thinking you need to bring a calculator 😉 Learn something new about different countries everyday!!
 
Originally posted by: MulLa
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: MulLa
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Best to pay...

My dad got a ticket for driving 60 mph instead of 60 km/h (whoops 🙂). So more than likely they can probabaly track you down...

But dang, those policemen must like risking their lives jumping out in front of you to stop your car, just to give you a ticket for speeding...
Click to expand...


Now that you've mentioned it. Does the vehicles in the US have both miles and km scale? Otherwise I'd imagine it'll be a real pain to drive in Canada and keep track of speed??
Click to expand...
LOL

yes, they show both. That started a long time ago.
Click to expand...


Ahhh.... that's handy... was thinking you need to bring a calculator 😉 Learn something new about different countries everyday!!
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That would be a huge pain in the ass driving in urban areas.

And more dangerous than cell phone drivers.
 
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Best to pay...

My dad got a ticket for driving 60 mph instead of 60 km/h (whoops 🙂). So more than likely they can probabaly track you down...

But dang, those policemen must like risking their lives jumping out in front of you to stop your car, just to give you a ticket for speeding...
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Haha, the RCMP do have a tendency to do that, don't they.
 
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