But Montreal authorities recently confessed that the glue on their stickers didn't get the job done.
We've noted that some motorists were using ugly-ass duct tape to keep their stickers affixed (Remember when you insisted it was called duck tape? quack quack - Chimples).
Due to the poor quality of the stickers, many fell off and panicked motorists got down on their hands and knees to search in the ditches and frozen, icy roadways to try to find them. (Sure they did - C)
Those who have received such an inappropriate tickets should - of course - contest the fine.
Agents at the various Montreal borough office have been fielding many such complaints and they've got all the forms at the ready for those who wish to fight the parking powers.
Apparently a response will take something like 10 months to receive. But it should result in the ticket being tossed out.
The sticker-controlling borough authorities are now giving out these clear stickers to place on top of the original sticker to ensure proper stickage.
Coolopolis strongly suggests that anybody affixing a sticker to a car or any other device should do it while sober and of a clear-spirit and Zen-like mind. A pre-sticker-pressing yoga or Tai Chi session is highlyr recommended.
Remember those coloured stickers which for a brief while in the 70s and 80s were required by law to be placed in the corner of our licence plates thus confirming that we had paid our yearly fee? Why didn't they simply use that very powerful glue on the parking stickers? It was a tight bond!
ReplyDeleteI raised the licence plate sticker issue in this blog some time ago, questioning why Quebec had suddenly discontinued them, especially since the sticker system had been used for years by many U.S. states as it was much more efficient for a vehicle owner to receive a sticker in the mail than having to line up often for hours at specified licence bureaux--a very frustrating annual ritual in Montreal as I recall, particularly as the deadline approached.
Someone responded that because the police are now able to punch in a vehicle's license place number on their mobile computers to determine who is up-to-date or not, such stickers would no longer be necessary.
That is one logical reason, I agree, but the obvious fact is that when those annual stickers did exist, ANYONE could see at a glance who had procrastinated or was derelict in their fee payment with last year's colour sticker still affixed. You could even give them a friendly reminder.
Regarding duct tape: beware that some brands have a cheap type of glue which after a number of years dries up and leaves a messy crust and/or residue on whatever it was attached to and is not easily removed. A nasty mess!
Chimples is not wrong !Duct or Duck are both correct. Check out the link !
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The actual name is Duct tape. See:
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"Duck Tape" is a registered trade mark which is simply a playful take-off on the word duct.
I imagine some wise-guy guessed he could make a buck by selling "Duck".
Could anyone provide a link to Montreal authorities confessing the stickers don't stick? And where are these forms available to contest the fines issued by the city's attentive parking officers? Thanks! Miss Daisy duck.
ReplyDeleteI only know of it through a casual conversation with a clerk at the NDG borough office. But I was also told by one person ticketed that the city refused to relent and cancel her ticket. I have a similar contestation but have not yet received a reply. I could not find any cases on the jugements.qc.ca site either, but it would be interesting to find out if the city is pursuing these cases or will be tossing them out en masse.
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