Failure to Produce license ticket (Alberta)

[kaddy69]

I just got a "Failure to produce license" ticket tonight. $174 :mad:

Do I not have 24 hours to show the cops my license?? I thought the fine would be dropped if I could produce a license within 24 hours.

Anyone know if this is true. The cop didn't say a single word to me, expect letting me know what ticket I had.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Kaddy

[BobW]

Damn, that's harsh....

I always thought the ticket could get thrown away if you showed up with your license at a police station.....

[kaddy69]

Damn, that's harsh....

I always thought the ticket could get thrown away if you showed up with your license at a police station.....

I'm hoping that's the way it is. He did also gave me a ticket for 70 in a 50km zone (Speed Trap).

Anyone else know.

[gman]

I just got a "Failure to produce license" ticket tonight. $174 :mad:

Do I not have 24 hours to show the cops my license?? I thought the fine would be dropped if I could produce a license within 24 hours.

Anyone know if this is true. The cop didn't say a single word to me, expect letting me know what ticket I had.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Kaddy

It is up to the cops to give you that option. He does not have to give you that option. You should have asked him on the spot though.

[kaddy69]

It is up to the cops to give you that option. He does not have to give you that option. You should have asked him on the spot though.

So I do not have any options?

[gman]

So I do not have any options?

Fight in court?

[kaddy69]

Fight in court?

Any idea on what grounds? I don't think saying the officer never offered me time to produce the license would cut it :(

???

[gman]

Any idea on what grounds? I don't think saying the officer never offered me time to produce the license would cut it :(

???

Guilty with explanation if you have an explanation. If not, you run out of option.

[kaddy69]

anyone else have suggestions?

[cwb27]

Pay the ticket? Move on with life and remember to keep your license on your person when operating a motor vehicle?

[myapple]

Damn, that's harsh....

I always thought the ticket could get thrown away if you showed up with your license at a police station.....
Don't think they'll throw it out. The charge is for failure to produce, which in fact...they did not produce. If u walk into police station...they will probably tell you to leave. Only way to get rid of it is fight it in court.

[Pete_Coach]

geez, go to the police station within 24 hours and show them your license. Tell them you forgot your wallet in the other pants. They can, and normally do, negate the ticket. If they say tough, then ask for the officers name that you showed it to , get a date and time you were there and if you need to go to court, then you can say you produced it within 24 hours but for some reason they did not want to see it.
Oh, by the way, you do have a license to show?

[bionicbadger]

Production of licence
31(1) A driver of a motor vehicle shall carry his or her operator's
licence with him or her at all times during which he or she is
driving a motor vehicle and shall produce it for inspection on
demand by any peace officer.
(2) A person while engaged in instructing a student driver shall
carry that person's operator's licence with that person and shall
produce it for inspection on demand by any peace officer.
(3) A person having the care and control of a motor vehicle shall
produce that person's operator's licence for inspection on demand
by any peace officer.
(4) If the owner of a motor vehicle possesses an operator's licence,
that person shall produce the operator's licence for inspection on
demand by any peace officer.
(5) For the purposes of this section, "operator's licence" means
any licence to operate a motor vehicle, regardless of its place of
issue.
RSA 1980 cM-22 s31
Production of duplicate licence
32 When a person produces to a peace officer an operator's
licence that is illegible, mutilated, defaced or altered, the peace
officer shall require that person to produce a properly issued
duplicate licence within a reasonable time.
RSA 1980 cM-22 s32
Failure to produce licence
33 A person who on the demand of a peace officer
(a) fails to produce that person's operator's licence as
required by section 31, or
(b) fails to produce a duplicate licence as required by section
32,
is guilty of an offence.


Nothing about any 24 hour grace period.

[bobbings]

Don't think they'll throw it out. The charge is for failure to produce, which in fact...they did not produce. If u walk into police station...they will probably tell you to leave. Only way to get rid of it is fight it in court.

the fact that the law says, "failure to produce" instantly got me to think of all the fake IDs there are. the word, produce is really vague, good luck fighting the ticket though

[kleptodathief]

that no lic. ticket, its a 'fix it ticket', goto courthall and theres a special room where they just 'withdraw' itt, u still gotta line up and wait for the judge, xplain u just forgot ur license or misplaced it, somewhere..

as for the speeding ticket, did he have radar on u? take it to court and if it the cop doesn't show up(mostl likely he won't), its withdrawn

plus i bet the courtdate will b like a year from now

GL OP

[bobbings]

that no lic. ticket, its a 'fix it ticket', goto courthall and theres a special room where they just 'withdraw' itt, u still gotta line up and wait for the judge, xplain u just forgot ur license or misplaced it, somewhere..

as for the speeding ticket, did he have radar on u? take it to court and if it the cop doesn't show up(mostl likely he won't), its withdrawn

plus i bet the courtdate will b like a year from now

GL OP

i agree with you but does it take that long for a court date in Alberta? i know here in toronto, it'll take a year and possibly more. my dad's court date was 1 year and 2 months from the day he got it.

[kaddy69]

that no lic. ticket, its a 'fix it ticket', goto courthall and theres a special room where they just 'withdraw' itt, u still gotta line up and wait for the judge, xplain u just forgot ur license or misplaced it, somewhere..

as for the speeding ticket, did he have radar on u? take it to court and if it the cop doesn't show up(mostl likely he won't), its withdrawn

plus i bet the courtdate will b like a year from now

GL OP

Called today about the license, it is produce on demand. There is no 24 hour grace period. :mad:

I will plead guilty to the "failure to produce license" with explanation. I was on the way to soccer game and forgot to get my wallet out of my other pants. I'll tell the crown the the truth, as that's what happened.

The speeding ticket will be fought in court. I was over the speed limit approx 60-65 (right lane) and beside me was a white sedan (left lane) that was driving faster than me. We both slow down and I get stopped. One problem is that I drive a sporty car (RSX). Again, I was going approx 60-65 km, but not 70km. The officer chose to flag me down.

The office was using laser radar if that makes any difference???

[springbok]

The fail to produce tickets are exactly what they mean: you failed to produce your licence on demand to a P.O.

Unfortunately, there is no 24hr rule, and yes it is a lot of money :(

I have never seen anybody win a fail to produce ticket in court. I have seen the fine reduced, when the explanation is satisfactory.

As for the speeding...... speak to the crown and he will most likely reduce the ticket to 10 over. (depending of your record of course).

Court dates in Calgary are about 4 months. this varies though.

I just got a "Failure to produce license" ticket tonight. $174 :mad:

Do I not have 24 hours to show the cops my license?? I thought the fine would be dropped if I could produce a license within 24 hours.

Anyone know if this is true. The cop didn't say a single word to me, expect letting me know what ticket I had.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Kaddy

[bionicbadger]

The speeding ticket will be fought in court. I was over the speed limit approx 60-65 (right lane) and beside me was a white sedan (left lane) that was driving faster than me. We both slow down and I get stopped. One problem is that I drive a sporty car (RSX). Again, I was going approx 60-65 km, but not 70km. The officer chose to flag me down.


I suggest you come up with a better story than that. You just admitted you were speeding and the cop pulled you over. You said he was using a laser which makes it pretty tough to get the wrong car by accident. He probably pulled you over, because A) you were in the right lane (assuming the cop was on the right side of the road), and B) he tagged your car with the laser and it was over. It doesn't matter if the guy beside you was going twice as fast as you, you were still over the speed limit and the cop tagged you.