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Originally Posted by lazypucker
Sorry to hi-jack the thread somewhat, I have a different situation about my dad....
So he was ticketed for speeding on the highway near Cochrane by RCMP in person. He is ok with the fine, but he is worried about demerit points. Is there a traffic court for this sort of infraction and is there a justice of peace you can go and "negotiate" about fines and demerit points like at the Calgary courthouse downtown?
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He'd have to appear in Cochrane to fight the ticket.
Unless he is at risk of a license suspension due to accumulating too many demerits or has a job that only cares about demerit points and not convictions, there is no point to getting the demerits reduced. He'd be much better served either taking the full demerits and a reduced fine or just paying the whole thing if it will cost more to go fight it than he could get reduced.
Insurance doesn't really care about demerits, they base it off of convictions. So a conviction with demerits for speeding is the same as one you negotiate all the demerits away. Demerits drop off your driving record in two years and stop affecting insurance in three years, both from the date of conviction.