Hey guys this is my second time posting. A while back actually about 5 month ago I got a ticket for proceeding contrary to sign at intersection 144(9). When the officer was asking me for my insurance and drivers license, i did not have the new insurance slip, 
thus he also gave me a ticket for…
Hello all
(simon or anyone else can feel free to answer)
I requested disclosure of a radar manual in original disclosure request. Didn't get disclosure until trial date, so an adjournment was granted. At that time the Provincial Prosecutor stated that it wasn't his policy to release the manual to…
so last night i was driving home at around 1am
i was going 120 in a 100 when a car started tailgating me (almost bumper to bumper)
i sped up in order to put some distance between us but it wouldnt leave me alone for over 10 minutes.
i was exhausted and not paying attention to my speed guage i ended up…
Hey folks. New forumer here.
Just curious to hear a few opinions on the following video taken at a photo enforced intersection.
As you can see, the light was still yellow for a fraction of a second as the camera-car entered the intersection (crossed the stop line), but it was close.
I drive a Honda Civic and we all know how those are when it comes to theft. On my driveway my brothers car was stolen twice and once broken in to. Also a few other cars have been stolen on my street. I have an alarm and all that. But say my alarm was going off and I ran outside and fought off the…
Hello all, yesterday I received a ticket for parking in a handicapped spot outside of school. I was done classes and had to load up my van with some very heavy and awkward items for transport. I had been parked in the garage across the street for the duration of my classes and decided to bring…
Sometimes I find plain simple English not quite so simple:
Green arrow(14) Every driver approaching a traffic control signal showing one or more green arrow indications only or in combination with a circular red or circular amber indication and facing the indication may proceed only to follow the…
Hi, recently I was driving home around 2:30pm from the bus stop I drive to in order to bus to school. I was traveling down Kennedy just past 19th seatbelt on, doing the speed limit. About one and a half kilometers past the intersection of Kennedy and 19th a fox sprinted across the road. I swerved…
Re: Summon, driving w/out insurance, first time offense
Well even if the prosecutor drops both the CAIA charges, you could still plead not guilty and request a trial and disclosure for the plate charge. Maybe the officers notes are missing something so at trial that one would get dismissed as well.
You would have to ask your insurance company how that particular charge would affect your insurance, but it definitely not as bad as driving without insurance charge.
Re: Summon, driving w/out insurance, first time offense
When you're showing up for trial charged with driving with no insurance and trying to mislead an officer into thinking you had insurance, you want to go to court and try to do the same exact thing and show them you've learned absolutely nothing. What can possibly go wrong?
There's no set fine for driving without insurance. It's $5,000 to $25,000.
I'd suggest maybe hiring someone to do the talking and try to minimize the damage as much as possible. However, it's your decision.
Re: Summon, driving w/out insurance, first time offense
If the car insurance company says you were covered that day, then you were covered and there is nothing misleading. If they say you were not covered until a certain time on that day, then it would be misleading only if you tried to say you were covered before the time the insurance company says your coverage started.
Will you risk driving without insurance in the future knowing now that there is a possibility of a $5,000 fine? I bet you learned something!
These are serious charges though so you should seriously consider legal advice and legal representation. And remember everything I tell you on this forum is not legal advice... it is just simply my opinion of what I would do if it were me in the same situation.
Re: Summon, driving w/out insurance, first time offense
jsherk wrote:If the car insurance company says you were covered that day, then you were covered and there is nothing misleading. If they say you were not covered until a certain time on that day, then it would be misleading only if you tried to say you were covered before the time the insurance company says your coverage started.Will you risk driving without insurance in the future knowing now that there is a possibility of a $5,000 fine? I bet you learned something!
These are serious charges though so you should seriously consider legal advice and legal representation. And remember everything I tell you on this forum is not legal advice... it is just simply my opinion of what I would do if it were me in the same situation.
I understand what you and Bend are saying and that it is a very FINE line here for me. Trust me I've learned my lesson big time just from the stress of it. I have gotten a letter that states my coverage was reinstated on Oct 21st, 2016 at 2:50 pm and my insurance says that the LEO called in to check the status of my insurance at 3:00 PM.
Given all this information I still feel I should just state that I thought I was insured that day and it turned out I wasn't as my policy was originally supposed to be resintated on Oct 1st, 2016 when I originally froze coverage (which I have the documents and signed forms for + communication with my Insurance agent via email). On Oct 1st when my insurance agent emailed me he was reinstating coverage I told him ok but my car was just sitting there with a dead battery and he messaged me saying lets hold off. On the day I sent the officer my insurance electronically I had forgotten that my policy wasn't reinstated Oct 1st as per the signed forms. Irregardless I drove to my YMCA interview with no insurance. That is the fact.
