The following story is from Sylvianne. It is concerning a ticket for not paying the registration plate…
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My spouse and I lived the same situation (Ticket for registration papers) since I didn’t pay my registration plate for this year but the ticket was sent to my spouse and not me. Must he pay a ticket on a vehicle that isn’t his (so it is not his plate that need to be paid, but mines). The officer had made a mistake filling out the ticket and gave it to him instead of me (since his registration plates are paid, it is mine that are not paid for). However, the thing we might not know is that the driver is maybe responsible for the vehicle he is driving even if it is not his ?

I don’t know, can you help me ?

Thank you!!!
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There is some very important information missing in order for me to give you good advices… Who was driving the vehicle ? And the vehicle belongs too ? The registration plate is related to the vehicle… It is the owner responsibility to make sure that the registration is paid… no matter who is driving the vehicle…

So if it is YOUR car that belongs to you Sylvianne that’s been arrested by the officer… it is normal that ticket is given… I don’t know if the ticket should be or not at the name of the owner or the driver… You can ask for the communication of the evidence in order to have more details… You can also ask information by calling at the SAAQ… (Come back and tell us the answer !!!)

Here is the story of the application for a restricted license needed to be able to work… This is the following of Ticket for excessive speeding story, but the comment alone was enough to be an article on himself…

After loosing her driver’s license, the young lady started the process to obtain a restricted license for her work… A lot of information to remember if this kind of situation occurs…
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Hello!
Here is the following of my daughter’s story.

My daughter didn’t want to contest here ticket, choice that I respected even if it wasn’t mine. But the following events made her regret her decision… We paid the fine… which also means that we plead guilty.

So, the case at the SAAQ was actualised : 10 demerit points are added (when she is only allowed 4 with her probative license) = suspension of the license for 3 months This is not a good timing when you are following a summer course on evenings, that your boyfriend moved 15 km away and mostly that you’ve just started a summer job that requires a vehicle (well not absolutely, it is not a taxi driver’s job, but understand that mommy and daddy are not enchanted about the fact that they need to drive her mornings and evenings…) (more…)

It is possible for people from different country or simply other provinces to do a driver’s license trade in order to get a Quebecker’s license… Therefore, it is also possible for a Quebecker going out of the province to trade his license for one from his new country or province.

Here is M. Roy story that warns us from trading Quebec/New-Brunswick licenses.
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Hello, On May 5 2009, I leave Quebec for a 2-4 moth stay in New-Brunswick. After my arrival in New-Brunswick, I decided to trade my Quebec license in New-Brunswick. However, before the trading, I called at the New-Brunswick services in order to get the information concerning the current rules. That being done and knowing the current rules, I get informed on the demerit points since I’ve got 11 in Quebec, since in New-Brunswick you can only get 10 points.

The clerk online mentioned that this will have no consequences on the trading and that the points don’t follow. So, I get to the New-Brunswick service department, Shippagan district. Once there, I ask for the trading, the lady gets my Quebec’s folder out see my 11 demerit points in Quebec and tells me… “ Well, you are lucky ; you will get a new start, no points ”. Then I get my picture done and start the trade. Here I am with my brand new New-Brunswick license. Everything is going well, we are May 7th 2009, my license is changed and installed. (more…)

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The story below has been circulating on the Internet for many years… I have no any idea if it is an urban legend or if there is any truth in it.

However, I have a hard time believing that the adjustment of the demerit points is not automatic in the centralized file. The safety road code and the payment system must necessarily be two distinct entities!

In addition, the so-called “programmer” and “retired cop” is aware of systems in all the provinces… Is it the programmer who carried out the development of the systems in all the provinces? Because let’s not forget that the road code is of provincial jurisdiction… It is rather not very probable that the systems overall the country is identical.

For the interested parties, here is one of the versions circulating…

If somebody tested it… please share…!
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The story of Y.H. relates to an infringement for a one way. Moreover, he did not have a valid driver’s license

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Hello

First of all, I would like to thank you for your advice and your assistance. Initially, I would say that the tickets here are excessively expensive! Second, I will try to expose my problem.
I am a permanent resident and I have been here in Montreal for 10 months. Of course, I have a foreign driver’s license (from Tunisia) and I drove before since I‘m student here. When I got my residency no one told me I could not drive with my Tunisian license. (moreover, they do not explain a thing and there is no assistance to the immigrants it is another issue to be discussed, but not for now).

I would like to draw your attention to certain laws here in that have no logic. I’ve been told that the French could drive with their French license, but I wonder …

First of all, signaling in France (in Europe also) is completely different from the one in North America, then signaling in Tunisia is exactly the same in France since Tunisia is under a French protectorate.

Also we ask us (Tunisian) not only to take the theoretical exam which is ok, but we also ask us to take the practical exam… Do they think we drive bogeys back in Tunisia!

I was driving one evening. The light turned green and I turn into a street I did not know. The police intercepted me and before asking me for my papers, the officer started to talk to me on a jollier tone; I did not understood a thing. Finally she said that I was heading in the wrong direction. I did not realize it because the street was deserted.

At my great surprise the two tickets are of the amount of 581$!! I wonder how and on what basis they assess these amounts??
Sincerely I am frustrated and I feel a certain injustice (not for my traffic ticket).
What can I do and is there a solution for me since I can’t afford the tickets because I work at the minimum wage?
Thank you in advance and my most sincere greetings.

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Here is my answer: (more…)