Fail To Stop For School Bus – Overtaking

Inquiry:  Received the Offence Notice  dated June 15/2012 by a police officer at my residence who based the Info by received by telephone from few people as he explain.  “Fail to stop for School bus – overtaking”  I did stop for school bus, and waited till the last child walked off the highway, and also flushing lights on the […]

Suspension Of Licence For Unpaid Fines

Inquiry: Is your license suspended if i havent paid a ticket for driving while on the cell phone?. Response:  Generally, if a Defendant does not pay a fine owing to the Court, their licence will be suspended for non-payment of fine.  Driving on a suspended licence, can lead to very severe penalties including a total fine […]

Red Light Camera Charge – 2012-06-16

Inquiry:  Hi june last year i was done for.driving my partners car not insured we was both fully comp at the time. i had to appear in court jan 2012 and had to retake both tests but december i failed to stop at a red light the floor was slippy and has i had just got before the […]

Suspended Licence (6/15/2012)

Inquiry:  i am from south dakota and got my restricted minors permit suspended for driving after hours. with it suspended i got pulled over several months later for speeding. i recieved a ticket for driving with suspended license and for the speed i was traveling. is my license now revoked or suspended for 2 more months. i have not […]

Parking Ticket – 2012-06-13

Inquiry: I got a parking ticket (in fact, a notice via mail) while I was out of the country and my car was in the repair shop. What options do I have? 1. Fight the ticket 2. Pay and request a reimbursement from the car dealer? Response:  Parking tickets do not show on the driver’s record, but […]

Intoxicated In A Public Place

Inquiry: I had been caught passed out in a residential area drunk and received an intoxicated in a public place fine. The city I live in is Hamilton, Ontario. I am on social assistance and it would hurt me more to to pay this fine at the time than it would to serve a jail term. I would like […]

Out-Of-Province Conviction (Speeding)

Inquiry:  Hello…I got a speeding ticket in NB, no speed was written on the ticket, just speeding. I was wondering since I got this ticket in NB will demerit points be taken off of my NS Licence?…..thank you Response:  Generally convictions from another province will show on your driving history as an out-of-province conviction.  You may want […]

Spelling Error On Ticket

Inquiry:  I got pulled over today, and issued a ticket for making a left turn, across a median. There was a sign saying no left turns, and I saw it, but did it anyways, because soo many people do it. I got a ticket for 200 dollars, Well on my registration, The make of my vehicle os spelled […]

Speeding 65/50 With A G2 Licence

Inquiry:   hi. today i got a speeding ticket for driving 65km in 50 zone. i have g2 licence that i got a month ago. would i lose points and does it go in my record or effect the insurance. if you guys can answer my question i appriciate it, Thanks alot Response:   At 15 km/h the […]

Unpaid Fines In Canada

Inquiry:  I am a US resident and while visiting canada 3-4 years ago I got pulled over and got a ticket for not having my license with me ( I had a valid DL but forgot it at home ) and another ticket for having a radar detector in my car ( I didn’t know it was not […]