| Nis240 |
The other day i was drivin in castle down when i see a cop behind me , i was doing the speed limit and knew i had not done anything wrong. He pulls me over and asks me for my license regestration and insurance. i had the car only for three weeks and had forgotten to transfer my plates regestration from my other vehicle to my new one. i was about a week over due on the regestration but it was insured and i had the bill of sale and eveything. the cop comes back with 2 regestration tickets ; one for not having the car regetered and another for use of an unauthorized plate (which was the plate from my old car). he gives me the 2 tickets totalling 450 $$$ and says that a tow truck will be here shortly to tow the car to the police inpound lot. the car was towed and the next morning i got another plate (50$$) because the other one was gonna be distroyed because it had been misused and payed another 150 $$$$ to get my car out of the slammer.
should they have towed my car and distroyed my plated i had insurance and just hadent transferred my new car onto my plate??
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| Pro Drag |
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Originally posted by Nis240@Aug 4 2003, 10:27 PM
The other day i was drivin in castle down when i see a cop behind me , i was doing the speed limit and knew i had not done anything wrong. He pulls me over and asks me for my license regestration and insurance. i had the car only for three weeks and had forgotten to transfer my plates regestration from my other vehicle to my new one. i was about a week over due on the regestration but it was insured and i had the bill of sale and eveything. the cop comes back with 2 regestration tickets ; one for not having the car regetered and another for use of an unauthorized plate (which was the plate from my old car). he gives me the 2 tickets totalling 450 $$$ and says that a tow truck will be here shortly to tow the car to the police inpound lot. the car was towed and the next morning i got another plate (50$$) because the other one was gonna be distroyed because it had been misused and payed another 150 $$$$ to get my car out of the slammer.
should they have towed my car and distroyed my plated i had insurance and just hadent transferred my new car onto my plate??
Does any
Yup, the cop did everything by the book. As far as they know the car is stolen. Happened to me once, the cop took the plate but was nice enough to "escort" me to my house 3 blocks away so I could park the car without the impound fee. |
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| DeathRat |
| Out of curiousity, what is the time limit to swap over your plates? :unsure: |
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| SlowAzzPorsche911T |
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Originally posted by DeathRat@Aug 5 2003, 04:26 AM
Out of curiousity, what is the time limit to swap over your plates? :unsure:
3 weeks to the best of my knowledge.. 2 weeks on the safe side though |
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| redbaron303 |
14 days from the day of sale.... don't be caught late!
Sorry to hear! I would deffinatly make a trip to the crown prosecutors office and explain your situation and see if he'll throw the tickets out or reduce the cost or something?! Thats complete BS, but at the same time he was just doing his job (how much do I hate that goddamn line!!!!) |
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| HKSpowers |
Is this true? cause from my understanding you have to have the plates registered to that vehicle in order to drive it as well with insurance.
Now i've heared conflicting stories where you have 2 weeks to insure and register a vehicle that you just bought, I think its a load of b.s. but could someone clear this up with me. |
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| albertarc |
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Originally posted by HKSpowers@Aug 9 2003, 11:49 PM
Is this true? cause from my understanding you have to have the plates registered to that vehicle in order to drive it as well with insurance.
Now i've heared conflicting stories where you have 2 weeks to insure and register a vehicle that you just bought, I think its a load of b.s. but could someone clear this up with me.
The insurance must be switched over right away. Some insurance companies may give a grace period but that is an internal policy & not governed by Provincial legislation.
As far as the registration - if you no longer have the previously owned vehicle in your possession then you have 14 days from the time you purchase (not start driving) your next vehicle to have the plates switched over. Where this becomes confusing for some people is they feel because they cannot drive the old vehicle (blown engine etc) they can use the plate from that vehicle - wrong. Also people believe that if they purchase a vehicle today but don't start driving it for a month etc then the 14 days start when they start to drive the vehicle - wrong.
Here is the link to the Traffic Safety Act - Operator Licensing & Vehicle Control Regulations ... check out Section 86.
http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/Regs/200...isbn=0779722019
Jimbo ;) |
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| SlowAzzPorsche911T |
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Originally posted by albertarc@Aug 10 2003, 09:40 AM
As far as the registration - if you no longer have the previously owned vehicle in your possession then you have 14 days from the time you purchase (not start driving) your next vehicle to have the plates switched over. Where this becomes confusing for some people is they feel because they cannot drive the old vehicle (blown engine etc) they can use the plate from that vehicle - wrong. Also people believe that if they purchase a vehicle today but don't start driving it for a month etc then the 14 days start when they start to drive the vehicle - wrong.
Here is the link to the Traffic Safety Act - Operator Licensing & Vehicle Control Regulations ... check out Section 86.
http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/Regs/200...isbn=0779722019
Jimbo ;)
Jimbo, I was told by a few insurance agents that IF I have a valid driver's license, and I am on the policy of a vehicle in the family that I may take the plate off of that vehicle and swap it onto one which is not insured for purposes of taking it to the shop, appraisals, other valid reasons... is this true as far as the law is concerned or is it illegal as well? |
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| scooby_dooby |
it's a stupid stupid rule. If you still in possession of your old car you can't swap your plate, but however if you say sold it to a friend for $1 you could switch plates.
It happened to me, a couple weeks after I got my teg. I live by the football stadium and my car got towed away while i was out of town. When I went to get it, I made the mistake of telling the lady at impound that my Prelude was still in my parking stall.
I was forced to have my car towed BACK to my house, because they wouldn't release it to me.
So remember, if anyone asks you sold your old car. |
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| brbHPR |
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Originally posted by SlowAzzPorsche911T@Aug 10 2003, 09:44 AM
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Originally posted by albertarc@Aug 10 2003, 09:40 AM
As far as the registration - if you no longer have the previously owned vehicle in your possession then you have 14 days from the time you purchase (not start driving) your next vehicle to have the plates switched over. Where this becomes confusing for some people is they feel because they cannot drive the old vehicle (blown engine etc) they can use the plate from that vehicle - wrong. Also people believe that if they purchase a vehicle today but don't start driving it for a month etc then the 14 days start when they start to drive the vehicle - wrong.
Here is the link to the Traffic Safety Act - Operator Licensing & Vehicle Control Regulations ... check out Section 86.
http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/Regs/200...isbn=0779722019
Jimbo ;)
Jimbo, I was told by a few insurance agents that IF I have a valid driver's license, and I am on the policy of a vehicle in the family that I may take the plate off of that vehicle and swap it onto one which is not insured for purposes of taking it to the shop, appraisals, other valid reasons... is this true as far as the law is concerned or is it illegal as well?
It depends on your insurance company. my insurance company for example says that i can use another car for the duration that my other vehicle is being repaired as long as the car is not mine, a member of my family's, or that of someone in my household. i don't know why it's like that, but that's the way it is.
advice to everyone on this board. register and insure all obtained vehicles asap. if you don't, then don't drive it. |
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| Al36rx7 |
As Jimbo says, 14 days. Your old vehicle can not be owned by you at this time to get the grace period of using the registered plate (providing insurance has been switched)
I did this once, but I made sure I sold my car to my sister for a weekend (she was 14....she thought it was cool that she owned it for the weekend). I bought a car from out of town and I needed to drive the car back home. I may have been pushing the grey area, but the police officer that pulled me over for going 90 kpm down hwy 2 with a couple burned out bulbs let me go. I carried my previous car's bill of sale to prove that my "old" car had been sold.
If I missed something or am providing misinformation, please correct me Jimbo. |
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| albertarc |
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Originally posted by SlowAzzPorsche911T@Aug 10 2003, 09:44 AM
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Originally posted by albertarc@Aug 10 2003, 09:40 AM
As far as the registration - if you no longer have the previously owned vehicle in your possession then you have 14 days from the time you purchase (not start driving) your next vehicle to have the plates switched over. Where this becomes confusing for some people is they feel because they cannot drive the old vehicle (blown engine etc) they can use the plate from that vehicle - wrong. Also people believe that if they purchase a vehicle today but don't start driving it for a month etc then the 14 days start when they start to drive the vehicle - wrong.
Here is the link to the Traffic Safety Act - Operator Licensing & Vehicle Control Regulations ... check out Section 86.
http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/Regs/200...isbn=0779722019
Jimbo ;)
Jimbo, I was told by a few insurance agents that IF I have a valid driver's license, and I am on the policy of a vehicle in the family that I may take the plate off of that vehicle and swap it onto one which is not insured for purposes of taking it to the shop, appraisals, other valid reasons... is this true as far as the law is concerned or is it illegal as well?
Hi Matt;
I would be a wee bit hesitant to expect that insurance follows from vehicle to vehicle w/o something in writing from the insurance company (not the broker). Normally the company wants to get a person set up on a garage policy if this type of thing occurs ... maybe your company is different (if so please let me know & I just might switch my insurance over to them).
As far as swapping license plates - insurance companies / brokers etc have no authority to allow this to occur. The "Traffic Safety Act - Operator Licensing & Vehicle Control Regulations" get pretty specific on when you're okay to do such things so maybe take what your insurance rep says w/ a grain of salt (okay pepper for those of you on sodium reduced diets).
Jimbo ;) |
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| TurboTony |
Happened to me the other day too.
Brought the Buick outta the garage for the first time since last fall. Haven't had time until recently to do all the little things that I wanted before I could drive it again. Fix a few leaks, etc.
Called my insurance agent at home on sunday to put the liability back on before it left my driveway. I was driving it to work on tuesday to clean it up a bit and make it presentable after work. Notice an EPS car behind me a block away from work and never gave it a second thought. Well I went to pull into my spot when I looked in the rearview and the police car was behind me with his lights on.
Needless to say I had totally forgoten to renew my plate. It expired in febuary and it totally slipped my mind. After bout a 1/2 hour wait in front of work with a police car behind me with his lights on and everyone in the shop coming out for a good chuckle on my behalf the officer returned.
Was going to give me a ticket for no insurance as well. :o
I explained that the car had been parked since the fall, etc. And that the insurance company must just be a few days behind or somthing.
The officer was actually pretty good about it and only gave me the ticket for unregistered vehicle, 230 big ones :( .
He told me since I was already at work and now 45 minutes late that he wouldn't tow the car as long as I registered it before 4 pm that day. Needless to say the registry was the destination of my first roadtest.
Moral of the story, make sure your car is registered. I know that the officer was just doing his job and that's okay, but the 230 bux still pisses me off. What are ya gonna do, it was my fault. I knew I shoulda drove the Syclone that day.
Cliff notes, check your plates for a current sticker before you drive it.
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| TurboTony |
Hey Jim,
Just wondering if that was a demerits ticket or not. My record was spotless and I'd like to keep it that way.
Tony |
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| SilverZ24 |
No demerits on that one Tony, I just got one too.
I was 2 days late getting my registration (papers were in the car, I just forgot) and my car was seized as well. It was during the day and I even offered to drive to a registration place with the officer and renew my registration but he refused and told me there has never been a grace period and there will never be a grace period.
I talked to two other people recently (one a guy in his 50's and the other a woman in her 40's), the guy got pulled over 2 months after his registration expired and he just got a warning. The woman got pulled over 10 months after hers expired and the officer laughed at her and told her not to forget to renew it. :wacko:
I think unfortunately it has a lot to do with the type of vehicle and age of the driver... :rolleyes: |
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