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I moved out to Alberta for the summer and just got my first ticket, thought I was in a 90 zone (straight, paved road through nothing but fields, usually a 90 in Ontario) but it turned out to be a 70 zone. Got pegged for doing 99 in a 70, but I explained my situation to the officer and he reduced it at the roadside to doing 85 in a 70, 15 over.

Where it gets weird is that doing 15 over the limit in Alberta is 2 demerit points, whereas in Ontario it's zero points. I still have my Ontario licence, Ontario plates, and Ontario registration, so I'm wondering if I will still get dinged 2 points on my licence even though in Ontario I wouldn't get any.

I'm apprehensive about going to court to fight the ticket as well, as I'm told the officer can bring the charge back up to the original, non-reduced speed of 99 in a 70. 30 over would get me twice the fine and 4 demerit points. I'm leaning towards being grateful for the reduced ticket and just paying the fine - and taking the extra 150-300 bucks a year for insurance (21 year old male).

Thanks in advance!

Demerit points are calculated as if the offence happened in Ontario. So 15 over will result in zero points and 29 over will result in 3 points.

Thanks!

Does anyone have any information about the possibility of them upping the ticket back to the original speed if I try and fight it? Is it even worth it?

More just curious than anything.