[c32]

i just got a letter notice of intent to prohibit... getting suspended for 3 months for "bad driving record".. so i have 21 days to hand in my liscence, now its about 15 days to hand in... i want to hand it in on the last day but if i get pulled over befor the 15 days can a officer take my liscence and impound my car? or do they do that only if the 21 days is over... i want to drive to work befor the 15 days is over, and also drive on the road while i still can legaly.. reason im asking this is because i want to go out and do stuff that i want while i still can within these 15 days but i dont want to get pulled over and get my liscence takin away befor the 15 days has expired.. any help would be great.

[CRS]

Would you really want to test your luck and try option two?

Besides, you knew very well coming into this that having a bad driving record will get you suspended. The whole idea is to reiterate that driving is a privilege and not a right. From what I remember, you're suspended the day you get your letter. If you're caught, you're hooped.

[c32]

o ok so your saying yes i can get my liscenced taken by the cop and also an impound. got it thanks. i wont drive while suspended if u thught i said that..

[MegaMx]

the sooner you hand it in the sooner the 3 months is up so you might as well put it in soon

[skidmark]

You've been notified. Your prohibition started on the day you got the letter, not the day you hand your license in. Regardless of the fact you still have your license in your hand, you are now a prohibited driver and could be convicted if caught driving.

[c32]

really.. i thought ur allowed to drive till you hand in your liscence and sign the paper then you are officialy suspended

[c32]

whagt if the letter never came in like what happened to me last time... i never got a letter, got pulled over liscence gone to officer, cars impounded... pain in the ass for me

[zulutango]

If you are not served by mail then Police are told to serve the prohibition when they stop you. This is the way when people duck service, have moved and do not have their correct address (within 10 days of a move you must inform the MVB), or "never got the registered letter containing the prohibition notice".

As you are instantly prohibited when stopped, you can no longer drive & your car is impounded. There is discretion to the Police to issue you a temp DL to get home but this is seldom used.

[impactX]

It must be tough being a dial-a-doper without a car. Just use public transit to meet up with your clients from now on.

http://www.revscene.net/forums/showthread.php?t=540847&highlight=breach

[wireless]

^ I think you are crossing the line by judging someone that harsh according to some minor hints. Breaching is very risky especially with those conditions; more than driving while prohibited. You took the time to search his other post just to accuse and dishonour a fellow revscener who never did you any harm.

[CRS]

^ I think you are crossing the line by judging someone that harsh according to some minor hints. Breaching is very risky especially with those conditions; more than driving while prohibited. You took the time to search his other post just to accuse and dishonour a fellow revscener who never did you any harm.

If you've read the OP's previous posts and his general attitude towards authority or anyone, you would feel the same way as ImpactX.

But aren't you doing exactly what you're accusing ImpactX of doing? Judging someone w/ some minor hints? Now you took the time try to try to accuse him as well.

[c32]

dial a doper? wow never knew someone was still upset about that... but to be honest i never sold a drug in my life, i have bought alot though which is why they think im selling drugs..

[jlenko]

whagt if the letter never came in like what happened to me last time... i never got a letter, got pulled over liscence gone to officer, cars impounded... pain in the ass for me

Are you racking up that many tickets?? Wow.. just wow. I guess some people don't learn from their mistakes?

I hope some of the RS'ers learn from yours.. that's just.. sad.

[Soundy]

It must be tough being a dial-a-doper without a car. Just use public transit to meet up with your clients from now on.

:IDL

http://www.revscene.net/forums/showthread.php?t=540847&highlight=breach

That was an epic thread!

[zulutango]

So you were served with a prohib notice in July and now you got a second one and you still don't understand the process..? Maybe this ( "i have bought alot though which is why they think im selling drugs..") is part of your problem?

[Soundy]

I dunno about SELLING but it sure sounds like he's INGESTING drugs!

[Gu3s5]

You've been notified. Your prohibition started on the day you got the letter, not the day you hand your license in. Regardless of the fact you still have your license in your hand, you are now a prohibited driver and could be convicted if caught driving.

don't make this mistake. cost me an extra 8 months.

[GrandmaSideways]

you have a short grace period of a few days...
What happened to a friend is he said he never got it, as he had been at his girlfriend's house - True! He had been there for four days.
He got pulled over, the license was pulled on the spot, and the cop gave him like a two hour temporary yellow paper license.
Having said that, don't count on it, I think he got lucky.
I didn't want to turn in my ID so I held onto it. Mostly just because I didn't want to pay to get a BC ID card for the bars. I claimed, three months later, that it had been lost in the mail, and presented a photocopy of their letter signed and dated. I did it that morning. She asked me rather suspiciously, and I said "Oh, my uncle is a lawyer and my mom's an accountant, I got their habit of photocopying important correspondance and putting it in a file"

Now, are you at the point where you have 21 days to dispute and plea your case for a reduction? Or have you already done that? If you dispute, you have more time. Then a month later, they pass a verdict.

Anyways. So, best case scenario is you have 21 days to dispute it, which is what it sounds like. If you get a letter via registered mail, that's them demanding your license. Note that the 21 days is from when they sent the letter out.

[Soundy]

you have a short grace period of a few days...
What happened to a friend is he said he never got it, as he had been at his girlfriend's house - True! He had been there for four days.
He got pulled over, the license was pulled on the spot, and the cop gave him like a two hour temporary yellow paper license.
Having said that, don't count on it, I think he got lucky.

Wow, reading skillz FTW...

As you are instantly prohibited when stopped, you can no longer drive & your car is impounded. There is discretion to the Police to issue you a temp DL to get home but this is seldom used.

[Type-SIR]

i just got a letter notice of intent to prohibit... getting suspended for 3 months for "bad driving record".. so i have 21 days to hand in my liscence, now its about 15 days to hand in... i want to hand it in on the last day but if i get pulled over befor the 15 days can a officer take my liscence and impound my car? or do they do that only if the 21 days is over... i want to drive to work befor the 15 days is over, and also drive on the road while i still can legaly.. reason im asking this is because i want to go out and do stuff that i want while i still can within these 15 days but i dont want to get pulled over and get my liscence takin away befor the 15 days has expired.. any help would be great.

This is an example for those IDIOT people who pay for the tickets, next time dispute the ticket, before it goes through ICBC. The more points you get, the more closer for you to get suspended.

[CRS]

This is an example for those IDIOT people who pay for the tickets, next time dispute the ticket, before it goes through ICBC. The more points you get, the more closer for you to get suspended.

Quoted.

P.S. You're going to get banned soon enough for your idiotic comments.

[jlenko]

I didn't want to turn in my ID so I held onto it. Mostly just because I didn't want to pay to get a BC ID card for the bars. I claimed, three months later, that it had been lost in the mail, and presented a photocopy of their letter signed and dated. I did it that morning. She asked me rather suspiciously, and I said "Oh, my uncle is a lawyer and my mom's an accountant, I got their habit of photocopying important correspondance and putting it in a file"

Another liar who doesn't deserve the PRIVILEGE of driving. Get off our roads if you won't follow the rules.

[c32]

wow jlenko stop being a jackass of GTFO.. if you got nothing to say that wont help this question then dont post... this guy deserves some points for posting nonsens..

[c32]

for all those ppl who read this wrong, I am NOT going to drive AFTER the 21 days so i am fine.. i beleive that BEFOR THIS 21 days if i get pulled over they cannot take the liscence, they can only take the liscence AFTER 21 days...

[Gumby]

you have a short grace period of a few days...
What happened to a friend is he said he never got it, as he had been at his girlfriend's house - True! He had been there for four days.
He got pulled over, the license was pulled on the spot, and the cop gave him like a two hour temporary yellow paper license.
Having said that, don't count on it, I think he got lucky.
I didn't want to turn in my ID so I held onto it. Mostly just because I didn't want to pay to get a BC ID card for the bars. I claimed, three months later, that it had been lost in the mail, and presented a photocopy of their letter signed and dated. I did it that morning. She asked me rather suspiciously, and I said "Oh, my uncle is a lawyer and my mom's an accountant, I got their habit of photocopying important correspondance and putting it in a file"
Haha way to go from "a friend" to "I" in the same post... :p

wow jlenko stop being a jackass of GTFO.. if you got nothing to say that wont help this question then dont post... this guy deserves some points for posting nonsens..
If jlenko deserves points for posting nonsense, then you should have been banned ages ago! :rolleyes:

[Five-Oh]

This is an example for those IDIOT people who pay for the tickets, next time dispute the ticket, before it goes through ICBC. The more points you get, the more closer for you to get suspended.

Or it is somebody who mans up and takes responsibility for their actions when they know they did something wrong. From your posts in this forum lately, I would venture to guess that you are one of those people who tries to exploit every loop hole you can find to avoid taking responsibility.

[jackmeister]

i got one of those letters before too a while back when i had my N

i distinctly remember calling the phone number on the letter and asking them the details

this is what i remember:

1. you have until 21 days after the date of the letter to submit your licence to your nearest icbc office, until then you can still drive but after 21 days you're done for 3 months. but earlier you return your licence.. your 3 months start a bit earlier.

2. you can write a letter to the superintendent of motor vehicles (or something of that nature) stating why they should not prohibit you, within the 21 days (there is some leeway on the exact date they receive the letter

i did #2 and took my class 5 exam within that 21 day window. they replied promptly stating that they've canceled the intent on prohibit but instead put me on probation for 6 months

[GrandmaSideways]

Another liar who doesn't deserve the PRIVILEGE of driving. Get off our roads if you won't follow the rules.

Haha way to go from "a friend" to "I" in the same post... :p

Hahaha no no, he was suspended a few years ago before I met him.
Mine is seperate.

Or it is somebody who mans up and takes responsibility for their actions when they know they did something wrong. From your posts in this forum lately, I would venture to guess that you are one of those people who tries to exploit every loop hole you can find to avoid taking responsibility.

Well, I can't speak on his character, but I'd definitely exploit loopholes too. Lots of people do.

[jlenko]

wow jlenko stop being a jackass of GTFO.. if you got nothing to say that wont help this question then dont post... this guy deserves some points for posting nonsens..

I'll gladly take the points, as long as you (and everyone else that posts useless crap) gets them too. :thumbsup:

Well, I can't speak on his character, but I'd definitely exploit loopholes too. Lots of people do.

And that is what is wrong with society.

Mind you, I used to think the same way. You feel a little different when you grow up I guess... now I'm 32 and I actually drive the speed limit or with the flow of traffic instead of racing around. Haven't had a ticket in years... haven't even been pulled over in 5+ years now. Man, the money I have to spend on other things? It's much better spent on things I enjoy instead of tickets.. and I had a few when I was a teenager.

I do get a kick out of reading the posts in this forum... it's probably my most favourite forum on RS.net now... but I simply can't help but comment on the stupidest people... I mean, seriously... how clueless are you kids?

[GrandmaSideways]

Well to elaborate, the cops will try to get you on anything they can, in many cases. Not all, but some. It's those bad apples that spoil the barrel and it's the few cops trying to hit quotas that are the problem. I've had one cop trying to ticket me for front tint, then trying to say my car was too low, then he gave me a ticket for no N. I had bought the car fourty five minutes prior and it was 5:30 at night, the icbc office closes at 4:30, and the car is aluminum sheetmetal so there's no way a magnet will stick to it anyways. He didn't care, he was just trying to write me up a ticket. Obviously, that's one to fight. I even asked him how I was expected to be able to possibly ever comply and he had no answer.
And officers deny it but they MUST have quotas. If a traffic cop came in after 8 hours and hadn't written a single ticket, or had only written two, his ass would be chewed out by someone higher up who would be wondering what he'd been doing all day.
I'll exploit any loophole I can, simply because officers and ICBC do as well.
With all due respect to the officers on this board.

[gars]

if you had thought about it in advance, you would realize that you were buying a new car, and that you would need an N sign. you're obviously just making excuses for yourself, expecting rules to not apply to you because you hadn't planned ahead.

your licence had specific rules - you can't drive without an N sign showing. it isn't "you can drive without an N sign if you had just bought a new car and you are driving to the licensing centre to pick one up".

[Type-SIR]

Or it is somebody who mans up and takes responsibility for their actions when they know they did something wrong. From your posts in this forum lately, I would venture to guess that you are one of those people who tries to exploit every loop hole you can find to avoid taking responsibility.

Theres also alot of cops out there should be catching the major bad guys, like robbery, rape, gangs etcs.. I think catching bad drivers is the biggest scam in b.c.

[sho_bc]

And officers deny it but they MUST have quotas. If a traffic cop came in after 8 hours and hadn't written a single ticket, or had only written two, his ass would be chewed out by someone higher up who would be wondering what he'd been doing all day.

We don't have quotas, and we don't get bonuses for writing X number of tickets. The reason for that is so that there isn't an extra incentive or motivation to write tickets. I'd probably question what he was doing all day too, if he wasn't investigating a major collision or something. Its not hard to find drivers to give tickets out to these day. Like yesterday, the driver who pulled an illegal u-turn in front of city hall/the police station, with a police car directly behind him. Blocked off two lanes of traffic while trying to complete the turn.

Theres also alot of cops out there should be catching the major bad guys, like robbery, rape, gangs etcs.. I think catching bad drivers is the biggest scam in b.c.
And there are lots of cops out there doing just that. You just never hear about it, along with most of the other arrests and good things we do. The only time you hear about the police in the media is when there is something media-sensational - sensational sells. But, that is all part of the job and we live with it.

[zulutango]

Nah...we don't have quotas...we are allowed to write as many as we want. As far as the non-stick N goes...you didn't know the car was aluminum before you bought it? How about a roll of duct tape and a window?

[CRS]

We don't have quotas, and we don't get bonuses for writing X number of tickets. The reason for that is so that there isn't an extra incentive or motivation to write tickets.

Really?

I heard that they get a toaster for 100 tickets/year, a gold watch 250/year and a trip for two at 500/year.

In all seriousness, people in this thread make me hate freedom.

[zulutango]

Personally I'm workin' on the big screen plasma TV with surround sound. :)

[jlenko]

In all seriousness, people in this thread make me hate freedom.

If you don't like it.. go try China. Or what's left of Russia. How about Africa? You'll LOVE it there ;)

[CRS]

If you don't like it.. go try China. Or what's left of Russia. How about Africa? You'll LOVE it there ;)

Well, I do like me some Peking Duck w/ a side of Vodka.

Africa? Hmmm I've never had any food from there. Maybe I'll like it. Only if you come with me jlenko!

[TekDragon]

Nah...we don't have quotas...we are allowed to write as many as we want. As far as the non-stick N goes...you didn't know the car was aluminum before you bought it? How about a roll of duct tape and a window?

No quota's? I was under the impression that after 5 tickets, you get a toaster. And after 300 in a year, you get an xbox.

[skyline240]

personally i dont thing that the victoria police are doing theyr job ATALL!!
as to the other day sitting in traffic, i have an ALL STOCK LOOKING 89 240sx coupe, i had the only undercover charger, drive past me in opposing lanes ( opposite lane and i was in slow lane) he booked a uturn at the intersection behind me, shake'n bake'd thru traffic just to get behind me, and while i had my FULL N on the back (not cut out) no spoiler on, or anything wrong with my car (no rust anywhare) he pulled me over while i was doing the speedlimit/under the speedlimit synce its DT VICTORIA, and while having a white van to my right ( now me being in the middle lane) sped up, cut me off and did a double lane change right infront of ME and the DOHNUT EATER!! in which resulted in the DOHNUT EATER pulling ME over, for no good reason WHAT SO EVER, and then decided to issue me a VI (vehicle inspection) level 2. FOR NO REASON, took it to me shop and had all the guys looking at me like i twas on crack, and i showed em the ticket to prove it and they all thot it was BS!!

and i also recently just lost my lisc for a total of 4 mths, i called icbc the day i got the letter to see what was up and what i did wrong, aparently i was aloud a total of 5pts, and i got one speeding ticket that i was doing 60 on mackenzie and got cutt off by a lowrider when i was driving my yota on 37s that hardly did 100kms when he said he clocked me in at doin 100.... i can hardly even do that speed like i said, ANYWAYS to have gotten that ONE ticket, was 3 bloody points, and when i was still aloud to get a total of 5 pts, i only got 3 and yet i still lost my lisc for a total of 4 MTHS?!?! COMPLETE BS!!!

if cops were doing theyr job, they wouldnt be pulling illegal uturns, racing thru traffic just to pull people over that are just RESPECTING THE LAWS and doing the speedlimit, aswell as respecting the one passenger, exmpt imediate family limit!!!!!! :rolleyes:

[c32]

yeah icbc is bullshit.. when you have your N and get one speeding ticket, you automaticaly get suspended, as where you have your class 5 you can get a few speeding tickets..

[CRS]

yeah icbc is bullshit.. when you have your N and get one speeding ticket, you automaticaly get suspended, as where you have your class 5 you can get a few speeding tickets..

First off, it isn't ICBC that suspends you. It is the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles.

Secondly, suspensions are handed out at the discretion of the Superintendent. There isn't always a "set amount", it is more of a guideline to follow but exceptions can be made. If you are getting the attention from cops with an N, imagine the crap you would do when you think you can get several tickets. I don't know about you, but you would need to be a pretty big douche on the road to attract that much attention.