Two Tickets For Expired Plate - Help!
Hi,
My birthday was last week, got pulled over for expired plate four days after birthday (completely forgot).
Officer gives me two tickets for $110 each (total of $220). One was for not having sticker and the other one was for not having vehicle registered.
Seems like a double dip to me - they are the same thing, no? Can't have a sticker without registration.
Also, luckily the officer gave me the 48 hrs to produce to have the tickets waived.
Unlucky for me was that I got the ticket on Good Friday and needed an e-test. Nothing open on Good Friday. Get the e-test done on Saturday. Go the kiosk at the mall to get sticker and it is out of order! Drive all the way across town to the other kiosk and it is out of order too! Call the MTO to find out that all kiosks in Ontario are out of order. By this time, the MTO offices are closed (at 1pm on Saturdays).
And of course, the next day was Easter Sunday, so the kiosks in the malls were not available.
So essentially my 48 hrs to produce was really only 4 hrs as the MTO office was only open 9am - 1pm on Saturday, the kiosks were down and the other days were holidays.
Anyone have any advice for me? I got the sticker yesterday - the first possible day but over the 48 hr time period.
I know I could fight the tickets by requesting a court date on the back of my ticket.
Should I include any additional info? I have all the receipts (etest, sticker) showing that I got this done as quickly as I could. Also, I feel the need to explain that the 48 hours to produce did not really give me 48 hrs, actually only gave me 4hrs.
Or should I just check the back of the ticket for the court appearance and wait for the court date to provide the additional info?
I would like avoid going to court if possible and am hoping that the additional info may lead the office to just waiving the tickets.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!