Be a man and pay up. You broke the law, and this is the consequence.

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And even if the cop says 50 and OP says "THATS NOT RIGHT I WAS ONLY 40 OVER" well OP just shot himself in the foot and will have to pay as he just admitted being guilty.

Unlike other international issues, Canadian provinces and US states share their motor vehicle information due to the land border. If you fail to appear, either by paying or protesting the Canadian violation, your NYS license will eventually be suspended. That has all of the bad consequences associated with failing to appear in some other US state and dollars to donuts, the fines increase for non-payment.

How and whether the underlying violation affects your future admiissibility to Canada is not the first thing for you to worry about.

Your options:

1. Pay the ticket
2. Contest the ticket. Whether you can do this by mail, it requires an appearance in person (in which case a local lawyer is a better idea) or whatever, will vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

Ignoring the ticket is dumb.

50km/h (which the op has been charged with) is not a "revenue generator. That's a safety issue. Speed differentials on the road cause safety issues, not the speed itself.

Whether the op did it or not is between him and the courts.

Pay the da*n ticket. The Sea to Sky is a dangerous drive and subsequently is heavily policed by the RCMP to save speeding drivers from killing themselves and others (which unfortunately they still do...). You were driving at "excessive" speeds at 50km over the limit a charge which actually generates much higher fines and discetionary vehicle confiscation. Frankly, I think this cop saw u were a visitor to Canada and gave you a break with a lesser ticket. Hiring a Canadian lawyer to fight this for you (IF indeed you can find one to deal with this case) will cost you WAY more than the ticket. So pay the ticket and your subsequent visits to Canada won't have the stress of knowing this issue remains unresolved.

First time I was in Vancouver I got a ton of speeding tickets. I'm European and people rarely adhere to speed limits here. Ignored them, hey, I was young, and broke. Went back a few years later to work, and no record whatsoever.

This! Pay the ticket.

Don't pay the ticket. Hire a paralegal and fight it. The points will surely transfer, and a ticket of that magnitude is pure metaphorical suicide.

Pay the ticket.

Avis is likely to assess a penalty to your credit card AND an generous administrative fee if the government comes after them to collect based on the renter's non payment.

It's usually in the terms and conditions of your rental that the renter is responsible for any traffic violations or toll charges.

Governments usually exchange information if they are next to each other so I would not be surprised if the conviction information is provided to AVIS or their insurance company representative.

Paying in advance will avoid any further complications on the part of AVIS or overpriced administrative fees being applied to your account.

When I drive the Sea-to-Sky I am regularly passed by people doing 120+ kph, so it's entirely possible you were doing 110, particularly post-2010 after the hundreds of millions spent upgrading the highway to straighten it out.

Canadian law enforcement can be a real PITA. Pay up and move on....

Yeah because Canada is totally reliant on speeding tickets for government revenue :rolleyes:

Lots of good advice here. If you're a real gambler, don't pay it. Let us know how it works out, seriously.

At least you got a real cop stopping you, and not some photo radar nonsense.

Moving Violations go with the driver, not the owner of the car. If you lend your car to a friend and they get a speeding ticket, you are not responsible for paying if your friend doesn't. Works the same with car rentals. Avis wont even know you got a speeding ticket.

Parking Tickets go to the car owner, which is why Avis (or whoever) will jack you up with fees for getting a parking ticket on a rental.

That is completely untrue. And, it's untrue because the law varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In many states, it's both. The driver is responsible, but so is the registered owner if the driver doesn't pay.

But, this is Canada and unless you're certain of local provincial law, I would be careful about this advice.