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Originally Posted by Tower
These things are such crap. We live in a Common Law Jurisdiction in Canada. These "fines" are bills and if you look at the Bill of Exchange Act - Two parties MUST agree to a bill. This is for any ticket given. Speed traps - if you get pulled over. Ask for 3 pieces of ID from the police (They need this to be in uniform) and as you get the ticket tell them that you understand this is a transaction under the bill of exchange and DO NOT sign. Accept it and take the original copy. This is your right.
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Okay, I'm gonna have to say that this reasoning sounds dubious at best for a few reasons (all as I understand them, but I believe pretty accurate):
1) The most common form of a Bill of Exchange is a cheque.
The point of a bill of exchange is that the person giving it out is agreeing to pay, not the other way around. A traffic ticket is more like an invoice.
2) What what you're describing is more akin to a contractual agreement and one of the important requirements to be a binding contract is that it cannot be for illegal activity. So paying a "Bill" for speeding isn't valid.
However paying a FINE for speeding is totally legit, as that is not a contractual agreement, it is a sentance for an offence.
3) I've never had to sign a traffic ticket in my life.
4) As Dess said (no I'm not taking his side), being a dick to an officer is no way to get out of ticket.