-
- Newbie
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Sun Mar 24, 2013 4:57 pm
License Suspension + Insurance Questions
***NOTE I HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED ONLY LICENSE SUSPENDED DUE TO UNPAID FINE (Just wondering if license suspension will affect my insurance. ***
If your license is suspended due to unpaid fines, does this affect your insurance?
I've done a great amount of research and it seems like just the fact of your license being suspended for ANY reason your insurance will go up a lot; that is true right?
X-Copper is saying that if you pay the outstanding fine and pay the license renewal fee your insurance shouldn't go up because you are not convicted of driving while having a suspended license. And what X-Copper is saying is a much more serious charge that is not applicable. Doesn't make sense to me.
It's hard to get a straight answer, online, from MTO, or lawyers.
-----------------------------------------
I did some more researching and found out this from Wheels.ca
Demerit points are only associated with a conviction. MTO does not send a notice of suspension to insurance companies. Insurance companies do have access to a driver's driving record through the Authorized Requester Program. An active unpaid fine suspension will appear on an abstract, but once the fine has been paid it comes off.
In this case, the driver must contact the court where he/she was convicted to find out the amount of the outstanding fines. Upon receipt of an order to reinstate, MTO will send a notice of reinstatement and a replacement licence in the mail to the driver.
"Wheels.ca / http://www.wheels.ca/news/when-a-forgot ... uspension/"
So from what I understand from the above if that is correct once the fine is paid and license has been reinstated it comes off the record. But still wouldn't it show that the license had been suspended before at renewal time? It doesn't really specify if the whole incident comes off the record or just the outstanding fine.