Just wondering, say someone's licence was suspended due to excessive tickets...can he go to another province and get a licence there?
Just wondering, say someone's licence was suspended due to excessive tickets...can he go to another province and get a licence there?
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Originally posted by r3cc0s
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No, when you go to another province to get a licence one of the questions that is asked on the application is "Has your licence been suspended in another province?"
The government thinks of everything.Originally posted by USED1
No, when you go to another province to get a licence one of the questions that is asked on the application is "Has your licence been suspended in another province?"
Ok, let's say instead that the licence was expired, not suspended. Do they also check for this?Originally posted by USED1
No, when you go to another province to get a licence one of the questions that is asked on the application is "Has your licence been suspended in another province?"
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Originally posted by r3cc0s
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well if your license is expired then you can go get one in your own province right?
unless your license ACTUALLY is suspended.. then shit..
Call pointts, LOL.
well, if it's only your first suspension, then isn't it only for 30 days only? if so , I wouldn't bother going thru all the trouble if I were you.... if you have to drive, then you're gonna drive regardless if you have a license or not.
But heres the scenario. You owe 5k in tickets, and your Alberta license is expired. Couldn't you go to Saskatchewan, apply for a drivers with a local address, and use that instead?
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Originally posted by r3cc0s
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If you need some help I may be able to help you. My uncle has a peice of land in Sask that I am pretty sure you could use that address.
I don't think so. The Sask registry will contact the home province you are from to confirm you have a license, and bingo bango, you will come back as suspended.Originally posted by Weapon_R
But heres the scenario. You owe 5k in tickets, and your Alberta license is expired. Couldn't you go to Saskatchewan, apply for a drivers with a local address, and use that instead?
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is this really your situation or are you just wondering?Originally posted by Weapon_R
But heres the scenario. You owe 5k in tickets, and your Alberta license is expired. Couldn't you go to Saskatchewan, apply for a drivers with a local address, and use that instead?
I'm just wondering
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Originally posted by r3cc0s
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This is going back about 5 years so I don't know if things have changed much since then, but this guy had his licence suspended in alberta and drove to sask, went to his friends uncles place and got a licence, insurance and registration there...
He drove around with a sask licence for about a year then switched back..
I wasnt really friends with him, it was just a friend of a friend and I don't really see this guy at all any more.. but I can ask my buddy if he remembers any more of the details...
I just can't remember if it was because he couldnt get insurance here, or if he got a DUI or lost his licence because of tickets...
edit: one thing I do know is if you get the licence you need to get the insurance and registration as well in order for it to work.. you have to have a sask address as well.
I am sure it is the same as being a resident of alberta and obtaining sask insurance. You may get away with it but it isn't legal.
I am sure is consitutes as fraud somehow. It would be like, but not as extreme as, using a different SIN and name to obtain a license.
I know, however, you can own a canadian license and an american license if you are a dual citizen. Both licenses would be legal in either country. So if you lose one the other would still be valid.
You are in big trouble if something happens. I know that if you are not properly licenced in BC, ICBC can deny coverage in the event that you are involved in a collision. I would imagine it works much the same way elsewhere.
Imagine spending the rest of your life being pursued by debt collectors if the settlement is a large one.
Have you ever met anyone who would admit to being less than a better than average driver?
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Originally posted by Weapon_R
But heres the scenario. You owe 5k in tickets, and your Alberta license is expired. Couldn't you go to Saskatchewan, apply for a drivers with a local address, and use that instead?
Nah...that won't fly anymore. Back in the day guys that drove for a living (say...trucker), would move to another province if they ended up with something like an impaired. If your license is suspended for overdue fines I'm pretty sure you can't get a license in any other province.
This is also enforced for people who have had their license suspended for maintenance enforcement.
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As far as I know this only works for parking tickets.. umm friend of a friend type of deal..ha. Say you had a whack of tickets, you go apply for a new one in a new province, and they dissapear. But they aren't "fines" directly given to your name by an officer, so I imagine its a different story for speeding..etc..
And like masked bandit said, the good old days I remember hearing the stories of getting a new one that easy, but back then it was a paper trail, and they couldn't keep up with your moves, whereas now its all on the screen in front of them, its quite easy to bring up your name and history/ current status....
The answer is yes you can and yes it is legal
There is a lot of misinformed info on this post
I dont know how sask works but my roomate just went through this getting a BC license
In BC they could look into his entire record and see that his AB license was currently suspended for fines which apparently doesnt matter if you want a license there
The only way you cant is if its suspended for DUI or something serious like that
If its only fines each province is responsible for collecting their own and supensions for fines only apply province to province
until you get pulled over and your license gets checked against the computer, which is a Canada wide database.
At which point you will show as suspended, get a court summons and your car seized for 30 days.
It's a lot to gamble really.
[edit] just for clarification, your DL will not be suspended for the unpaid fines, you only won't be able to register your car or get your DL renewed. It will be suspended from the demerit points on the tickets though in most cases unless you get 5K worth of equipment violations and not moving violations.
Last edited by DayGlow; 01-08-2007 at 05:58 AM.
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Not sure if this still applies but several years ago, your license could be suspended for having 5 unpaid fines consecutively. I speak from experience.Originally posted by DayGlow
[edit] just for clarification, your DL will not be suspended for the unpaid fines...
I don't think so anymore. Stopped a guy a few weeks back and a check showed he had over 50 tickets in the last 2 years, most going to the fine collection program, so he was still able to drive even though he had a ton of tickets.
But he will have to pay them off when he want's to renew his DL in a few months.
As for registering in another province to get around this, if it can be proven your primary residence is within Alberta there are other charges under the TSA to cover that. If I found out someone had 5K worth of tickets and was avoiding paying the fine I would write them a summons that required an automatic court appearance (an option on any ticket if I feel it is needed). They can then explain to the judge what is going on.
"It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong....I'm not a big man" Chevy Chase, Fletch Lives.