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Old Aug 9, 2005, 11:15 pm
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ac3000
 
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Originally Posted by cattle
My confusion here is that it only says speeding on my ticket, it doesn't say if it's 5km over or 40km over which makes me wonder if I loose any points.



That is for ICBC premiums but I don't want to call my insurance company in AB and ask about this if I don't have to
According to what I can figure out, in BC, a violation of section 146(3) - Speed against highway sign - carries a fine of minimum $138. Therefor it doesn't matter what speed you were going (even if it was 1km/h over). The officer is simply stating that you were over the posted limit. Had he left the fine at $192, then you could have argued it down to $138, since he didn't indicate the speed. My guess is that he didn't indicate the speed since he gave you the minimum fine.

As for the demerit points, as far as i can tell, this section carries 3 points, regardless of your speed.

Hope this helps.
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