So, is option 4 a class on car seat installation? That would be sweet, I could make sure the message got to her about it! She lives near Bonnyville I believe.
And we have COUNTIES in Canada? Are you kidding me? I had NO idea! And I've even lived in Alberta (in both Edmonton and Calgary).
Option 4 is a 2? hr education class. The ticketed driver has to attend the class in it's entirety. The class involves videos on the basics of installation, videos on seatbelt use, videos on safe driving & some interviews with parents who lost kids due to being improperly restrained. The basics of installation video also covers different stages of travel. I think they might use TC's "Safe in the car" DVD. (I think that's the name of TC's DVD for parents... I don't remember for sure at the moment.) They're required to bring their ticket with them to the course, and it's dealt with at the end of the session. Depending on where it's taken, the seats may also be inspected and/or corrected at the end of the session. (Red Deer does this, I'm not sure what other areas do..)
Option 4 isn't offered in every circumstance. It depends on what else the ticket was written for because when a parent is offered option 4 and takes it, the entire ticket is dismissed. So if there's drug charges or dangerous driving charges or something on there along those lines, option 4 may not be offered. St. John's Ambulance runs the classes usually once a month or so, and at varying times to try and allow caregivers who have different schedules to be able to take it before their ticket becomes payable. (Interesting note, only 1/3 of those eligible actually take it, the rest just pay the ticket... and most police will ticket for at least 2 things at a time,)
As for counties, yep, tons of counties. What I didn't realize was that we actually have sheriffs and peace officers as well in AB. Peace officers are mostly traffic enforcement & they're not allowed to carry a gun. Red Deer County has peace officers, Edmonton does too... I think most areas in the province do. But yeah, there's County of Parkland, County of Lac St. Anne, County of Red Deer and others that I wouldn't be able to list. Pretty much any area outside of one of the main cities is in a county. Like Spruce Grove and Stony Plain are county of Parkland. :thumbsup:
I don't entirely understand the balance of RCMP/sheriffs/city police. Edmonton has it's own police force, Red Deer has sheriffs (they use sheriffs generically, it's not like in the US where a sheriff is the head of a police department,) I believe Calgary's police force is independent. Lacombe also has it's own force aside from RCMP. RCMP does mainly rural enforcement and smaller towns it seems - and there's some fun and exciting Alberta trivia for you.