More tickets handed out by mistake

Benoît Philie

Friday, 9 march 2018 01:00

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Friday, 9 march 2018 01:00

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Several citizens of the Montreal region have contacted The Journal in recent weeks, outraged at not being able to cancel tickets that they say they are yet to be received, by mistake, in the last few months. Three of them tell their story.

Four errors in one year

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The resident of Old Montreal Nicolas Delrieu received a month ago a fourth penalty given by mistake after being parked in the area of the rue D’youville.

The Montreal-Nicolas Delrieu said to have received four parking tickets issued in error in the space of a year. He is horrified by the fact that the City requires it to be present in court each time to prove his own mistakes.

“I find that the way in which the City is date of the Far West, the spear, the resident of Old Montreal. I am innocent, I send the evidence by photo, but I have to present myself in court, or pay to demonstrate their error. This is unacceptable. “

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The restaurateur has found four findings of violations of $ 53 on his windshield after being parked on the rue D’youville, in a sector where the metered parking alongside a space for parking permit holders. The most recent was presented to him in early February.

Mr. Delrieu pay fifty dollars per year for their vignette, which allows him to park in this area without having to pay for metered parking. However, it seems that parking enforcement officers did not make a case of the sticker displayed on the rear of his vehicle.

Each time, he sent a not-guilty plea with photos and documentary evidence in support, to demonstrate the error of the City.

However, in all cases, the prosecutor assigned to the case chose not to withdraw the finding of a violation. The price of three of the four fines since spent $ 80 for a total of $293.

To the City, one states that a citizen must provide a file containing detailed explanations, backed up by documentary evidence, to challenge a fine. The prosecutor may then decide to cancel the folder or go ahead with the procedures.

Mr. Delrieu will need to apply to a judge of the municipal court in June to demonstrate that the City has made a mistake. It will be able to challenge three of the four fines on the same day.

“I’ll have to go there, even if we will not be able to work. I am an entrepreneur : time is gold “, he laments.

A ticket for a truck parked

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Gilbert Picard, Saint-Sulpice

Gilbert Picard received a ticket for a vehicle that was parked in one of his garages near Mont-Laurier.

“I don’t know how it could happen. The agent has probably mis-read the plate of the vehicle and made a mistake, ” says the entrepreneur.

He received a ticket of $ 114 by mail in January for having “stopped a road vehicle where signs prohibit stopping” on February 10, 2017.

However, at this date, the truck Duramax 2015 covered by the fine, was put in storage, as evidenced by the documents of the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec consulted by The Journal. Mr. Picard has decided to contest the fine and must appear in court this month.

Sent the wrong vehicle

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Maher Bascaron, Sainte-Thérèse

The retired Maher Bascaron Sainte-Therese, has received a ticket for being parked too long in a street of Westmount, where he swears to never be gone.

“I’m not ready to accept it. I have huge concerns about the frequency of this kind of error “, lance-t-il.

Mr. Bascaron has found a violation of $ 53 in his mailbox at the end of July. The fills ? The ticket is sent to another vehicle model as his, was able to check The Log.

He tried to overturn the finding by sending the necessary evidence at the municipal court, without success.

“I have to go to court and it will cost me more in time and money than to pay. I feel injured, ” he said.

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