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Originally Posted by Frequitude
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So I just got an expired registration ticket mailed to me. It is valid (A month overdue. I forgot to renew since I haven’t really driven over Covid so didn’t think to check and they don’t mail you anymore.). No photo attached or anything. Just a letter written in comic sans briefly detailing the officer’s observation with a yellow ticket stapled to it.
I fall firmly in the “you broke the law, pay up” camp in these type of threads, but this feels particularly absurd. There was no pullover. Just this letter. I want to fight it purely on the basis that this is a ridiculous law enforcement method.
Am I totally off base here or do I have any recommended reasonable recourse?
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The first reason you should fight it is the entire concept of plates that expire is ridiculous. Saskatchewan has had permanent plates for I think around 10 years. Alberta is also will finally transition this fall to the permanent plate system.
Also there is the secondary function of getting you to correct the situation as a result of getting the ticket which was completely missed. So instead of the officer correcting a situation he believed (or the law believes) is worthy of a fine he let the offender continue. So it’s either fine to let it continue or it requires enforcement.
I’d fight the ticket. The entire thing is ridiculous and in 3-4 months won’t be a law anymore.