Got fined just 25 mins after the expiry time of my translink ticket. Can I appeal without going to court?

Question

I usually get a month pass, but for this month I got daily ticket from skytrain, and since I needed to do some shopping I returned after 25 mins of the expiry date of my daily translink ticket. The police came and asked for my ticket and since it was expired 25 mins before, he gave me a $175 ticket fine.
I just want to know if appealing requires going to court necessarily, and if you think it would be helpful if I appeal in this case since I can provide my monthly pass of this month and explain that I returned only 25 mins after the expiry time of my ticket (but I do not like to go to court).

Answer 1

25 min over, 1 hour...it doesn't matter, it's expired.

What, exactly, are you going to tell the judge? "I was only a little expired" is admitting that you are in fact guilty. "I wasn't expired" is a lie.

Answer 2

lol just 25 minutes,so you knew it had expired why did u not buy another ticket?

pay the fine and next time pay attention. maybe 5 minutes would be ok but not almost a 1/2 hour.

go to court and u will loose.

Answer 3

An appeal is for when they made an error in law. You admit that your ticket had expired - which means you had no ticket, and were trying to ride for free, which is illegal. I'm not sure on what grounds you can make an appeal. You sound guilty to me.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Disputing a Fare Infraction Ticket



In order to dispute a fare infraction ticket, you must:

- fill out a Notice of Dispute form and

- send the dispute form to the TransLink Fare Infraction Administration office within 14 days of getting the ticket (except as set out in section 4(1)(b) of the Bylaw).



If you don't fill out the dispute form completely, or information is wrong or missing, the Dispute Screening Officer might reject your dispute. If your dispute is rejected, you still have to pay the ticket.



Reasons for Dispute

According to section 251(1) of the SCBCTA Act, you can dispute your ticket if:

- you didn't commit the infraction as alleged and/or

- the ticket doesn't comply with section 249(1) of the SCBCTA Act.



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If you don't agree with the ruling you can appeal...



Appealing a Fare Infraction Ticket

In order to appeal your ticket, you must:



- fill out a Notice of Appeal form and

- send the appeal form to the TransLink Fare Infraction Administration office within 30 days from the dispute decision date (except as set out in section 5 of the Bylaw).



If you don't fill out the appeal form completely, or information is wrong or missing, the arbitrator might reject your appeal. If your appeal is rejected, you still have to pay the ticket.



Reasons for Appeal

According to section 253 of the SCBCTA Act, you can appeal your ticket if:

- you didn't commit the infraction as alleged

- the ticket doesn't comply with section 249(1) of the SCBCTA Act and/or

- you feel that relevant information was not submitted in the dispute process (per section 6 of the Bylaw). This is a chance for you to submit information or evidence that you didn't submit during the dispute process.



Click the link below for a Notice of Dispute form and/or a Notice of Appeal form



Disputing a Fare Infraction

http://www.translink.ca/en/Fares-and-Passes/Fare-Infractions/Disputing-a-Fare-Infraction.aspx

Answer 6

I got the excact same thing as you did two years ago.. I had to go to court on may, I got my way out :) just go and explain what you said..or simply pay the dang 1.75 next time

Answer 7

It was expired. What will be your argument?