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Fail to produce insurance card, CONVICTED TODAY! Was produced on iPhone for cop!

Outlaws Justice said:
I know I am not in Canada.

here in New York, Insurance is tied to registration (for auto's). if for any reason your insurance laspses DMV is notified and your registration is revoked. If you do not turn your plates in you are fined $7 per day for each day, and you cannot re-register that vehicle until and equal number of days have passed. So if you get pulled over and have legal plates you have insurance, although we are still required to provide proof of such to the officer at a stop. The officer can give you a ticket for failure to produce, or a ticket for no insurance (Even though he knows you have it). If you are ticketed for no insurance just produce proof and the case is dropped. If you are ticketer for failure to produce your done.

Bikes, ATV's and other "recreational" vehicles are not tied together. So proof is still important. I was pulled over once and the cop was nice, wrote me for "no Insurance" it was a worse ticket to get, but if I was telling the truth and I actually had insurance it would be dropped (Which it was).
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While I hate insurance companies, I hate people without insurance even more (so much headache and problem after an accident). The above situation seems like a good idea.

And the "worst ticket" to later be dropped is similar to here except we get 72 hours to show and then no court at all (for the no insurance ticket, not the no insurance card ticket).
 
coyo said:
And the "worst ticket" to later be dropped is similar to here except we get 72 hours to show and then no court at all (for the no insurance ticket, not the no insurance card ticket).
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Yes we can mail it in, no need to go to coourt either. That ticket is usually only for vehicles that the insurance is not tied to registration like bikes and ATV's (I got mine on the quad) I did have insurance, it was in the truck, plate was current so Cop told me the two tickets, and if I was telling the truth the "worst" would be dropped. so if I was lying I should tell him and he would give me the lesser ticket. Was a nice guy (Thank goodness).
 
I'd love to hear the outcome of this appeal.

While I do think that it is important to have a physical pink slip in the vehicle, it seems to me that if they are able to email a 30 day e-slip, then it should be accepted, and the officer can call to verify just the same.

Good luck with it!
 
Not sure how this helps, but I was pulled over on the DVP and showed the cop a digital copy of my insurance slip. It was the TEMP that was emailed to me..she looked at it and said that it's expired as well. Bummer, but at least she looked at it and tried to give me a break. I guess it varies from cop to cop
 
suprPHREAK said:
I'd love to hear the outcome of this appeal.

While I do think that it is important to have a physical pink slip in the vehicle, it seems to me that if they are able to email a 30 day e-slip, then it should be accepted, and the officer can call to verify just the same.

Good luck with it!
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the problem with calling to verify is that the insurance company does not have a police verification hotline 24/7 365 days of the year; if you were pulled over on Christmas Day at 3AM in the morning, the officer doesn't really have anyone to call
 
Given that you showed the original email from the insurance company's domain, there shouldn't have been any question of validity. An email is harder to fake than a print-out of a scan.

I guess this is a reminder to maybe ask for it to be faxed as well as emailed. I did not know the validity would be a problem. Thanks for the heads up!
 
I didn't read the whole thread so I apologize in advance if I missed something. When I was pulled over and I didn't have "proper insurance documentation" I didn't even need to go to court. All I had to do was show the appropriate document to some person at the front desk and the ticket was dropped.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Not really that dumb. The law tends to lag behind technology and it's frequently through cases like this one, that things are brought up to date.
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Maybe like the system in the UK where all insurance companies have to enter insurance details into the Motor Insurance Database. Police have direct access and coupled with automatic number plate recognition cameras can tell within a fraction of second whether you have insurance. If you're pulled over for another violation, they're unlikely to ask for proof if you're on the database. However if you aren't, your vehicle is confiscated, during which you have 14days to provide proof, otherwise it's off to the crusher matey boy!!
 
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