sesamestreet
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Good to know! The good part is that it doesn't affect insurance.
Traffic violations and ignoring to pay
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I said if your out of Canada/Ontario for more than 3 years. If you return before that and you have a minor ticket it will affect your rates.
vociferous
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nope. unless you have a source on that, you're wrong.
my license has been suspended 4-5 times, for medical and driving issues.
its never come via certified mail. only once has the letter arrived prior to the date of suspension.
i once had a ticket for driving under suspension. the only reason it was dropped was because the letter showed that according to the letter i received on the 28th, my license was to be suspended on the 25th, and i was pulled over and ticketed on the 24th, before the date it was supposed to be suspended.
if your scenario was true you could just avoid signing for the letter and essentially drive until it was successfully delivered in person.
Bike Cop
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MTO sends out a letter, but it's not registered mail. No one has to sign for it, and after 5 days it is "deemed to be served". Prior to those 5 days, a charge is unlikely as the officer is to wait until confirmation of the suspension service is received.
Also, the administrative fee to reinstate a licence has gone up to $180 now, not 150.
This was covered in another thread somewhere, it's actually a very long period, multiple years IIRC.
I understand it... that the first time you get pulled over after being suspended... you will get a notice of suspension from the cop... it doesn't matter how long that is after the letter was sent. I've received the notice when pulled over more than a year after the letter was sent.
It's a couple of years.
Gf's Dad got a ticket. Sent the payment the day it was due but they received it later so they added a late fee. Never told him. So even though he paid the fine he didn't realize there was a late fee and never paid that. Then they suspended his license for not paying it and also didn't tell him. Went to renew his license a few years later and found out it had been suspended the whole time. He had to go through the graduated licensing program.
After 7 days service is deemed and you will in almost all circumstances be charged with driving while suspended. Years ago a notice of suspension was issued but nowadays it's deemed served after 7 days.
