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punkis Nov 14, 2009 8:33 pm

license suspended in Quebec
 
My Quebec driver's license was suspended for an unpaid fine. I paid up at a courthouse on Friday but now I have to take a document to a license office and wait until the next business day...Tuesday. I want to drive to Toronto tomorrow. What am I risking if I get pulled over for some reason? Do I get one warning? Will I go to jail or have my car impounded? Would Ontario cops have it in their system? I called the SAAQ and asked them if they would know in Ontario and he said anywhere in the world they would know which I don't believe.

fly-yul Nov 15, 2009 7:59 am


Originally Posted by punkis (Post 12820103)
My Quebec driver's license was suspended for an unpaid fine. I paid up at a courthouse on Friday but now I have to take a document to a license office and wait until the next business day...Tuesday. I want to drive to Toronto tomorrow. What am I risking if I get pulled over for some reason? Do I get one warning? Will I go to jail or have my car impounded? Would Ontario cops have it in their system? I called the SAAQ and asked them if they would know in Ontario and he said anywhere in the world they would know which I don't believe.

"The world?" - maybe not.

Ontario and Quebec most definitely share driving info.

Have a look here for the world of trouble you are looking at if caught http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/saf...sibility.shtml

Also, your insurance will be invalid.

Take the train. And next time pay your bills.

punkis Nov 15, 2009 8:19 am

not entirely accurate
 
Thanks...while I have chosen to stay put, the link you sent is only for those suspended because of a criminal conviction.

fly-yul Nov 15, 2009 1:18 pm


Originally Posted by punkis (Post 12821587)
Thanks...while I have chosen to stay put, the link you sent is only for those suspended because of a criminal conviction.

How about this one?

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/sta...08_e.htm#s53s1

Driving while driver’s licence suspended

53. (1) Every person who drives a motor vehicle or street car on a highway while his or her driver’s licence is suspended under an Act of the Legislature or a regulation made thereunder is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable,

(a) for a first offence, to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000; and

(b) for each subsequent offence, to a fine of not less than $2,000 and not more than $5,000,

or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 53 (1); 1997, c. 12, s. 7 (1).

Same

(1.1) Despite subsection (1), every person who drives a motor vehicle or street car on a highway while his or her driver’s licence is suspended under section 41 or 42, even if it is under suspension at the same time for any other reason, is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable,

(a) for a first offence, to a fine of not less than $5,000 and not more than $25,000; and

(b) for each subsequent offence, to a fine of not less than $10,000 and not more than $50,000,

or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both. 1997, c. 12, s. 7 (2).


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