BC really that hard up for money?

[fishoholic]

1991, wow that was awhile ago. Don't they have a time limit or something, why didn't they notify you a long time ago? Plus I thought (not sure if it's true or not, but a friend told me) if you were from out of province, and you don't go back to that province, that the police can't make you pay it. Also after all this time how on earth would they be able to prove it was you? Seems rather odd that after 18 years you would just now get sent to collections. I would think they should of at least notified you first and made you aware of what happened and give you a chance to pay before being sent to collections.