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Ticket for not updating address

Qrazy

Qrazy

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I got a ticket on wednesday night for not having changed my address on my license.
I recently moved here about 2 months ago from Brampton. I go back to my house in brampton every weekend and live in a rental place in waterloo during the week days. So I didn't think I needed to switch my address (I did for my car since the insurance in brampton is insanely high). My Motorcycle insurance, ownership and license all have my brampton address and the cop gave me a ticket because they weren't changed to my waterloo address. $110 and I don't think if I should be penalized for having 2 addresses. I definitely plan to fight the ticket. What would you guys do in my situation?
 
Qrazy said:
I got a ticket on wednesday night for not having changed my address on my license.
I recently moved here about 2 months ago from Brampton. I go back to my house in brampton every weekend and live in a rental place in waterloo during the week days. So I didn't think I needed to switch my address (I did for my car since the insurance in brampton is insanely high). My Motorcycle insurance, ownership and license all have my brampton address and the cop gave me a ticket because they weren't changed to my waterloo address. $110 and I don't think if I should be penalized for having 2 addresses. I definitely plan to fight the ticket. What would you guys do in my situation?
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Problem you have is you cannot live in two places at the same time. Switch them all or none...

Doesn't mean don't fight it though (you may get a no show etc.).
 
It's not the 2 addresses that are the problem here. By law your ownership, insurance, and license have to show the same address
 
Wasted said:
It's not the 2 addresses that are the problem here. By law your ownership, insurance, and license have to show the same address
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The ownership, insurance and license for my motorcycle all show the same address.
 
Qrazy said:
My Motorcycle insurance, ownership and license all have my brampton address and the cop gave me a ticket because they weren't changed to my waterloo address.
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Yup...I definitely missed that bit. How did they know that your address had changed?
If they saw that you are the RO of a car registered elsewhere I believe that it's still the same issue.
 
Qrazy said:
The ownership, insurance and license for my motorcycle all show the same address.
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You only have one license, with two classes. You either defrauded your insurance agent by claiming to live somewhere you don't or failed to update the ministry upon moving as required by law and detailed in the envelope your license came in.

They often throw those types of tickets out if you prove you have fixed everything.
 
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Wasted said:
Yup...I definitely missed that bit. How did they know that your address had changed?
If they saw that you are the RO of a car registered elsewhere I believe that it's still the same issue.
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Yeah I believe that's how he found out my other address. I changed my car information to waterloo to get the better insurance rate. Plus I was in Waterloo at the time.
 
In your situation, I would change all my addresses to the one where I was currently living, and send in a cheque for $110. But I'm not in your situation you are. I think you should at least change all your documents to the correct address. You might be able to go down and show proof of the change and get the ticket withdrawn, if it's worth your time.
 
Change everything or leave it all as is - changing one vehicle is a dead giveaway for him when he runs a check. You may get it dismissed if you show up with everything changed to the correct (Waterloo) address. Better change your forum address too, the mods might notice.
 
Do you have any proof of this?

I find this an interesting issue. What do people do that own 2 residences and keep a separate car/bike at each one of them? From an insurance point of view I'd think they would want the address of where you will be driving the vehicle. Obviously your drivers license can only have one address but what about the vehicles that are used in the two different locations?

Wasted said:
It's not the 2 addresses that are the problem here. By law your ownership, insurance, and license have to show the same address
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it needs to be all the same address...otherwise i would have my insurance setup at an address far out from the city and save a bundle...just one of the reasons...many more out there...
 
You should quote what you were charged with. A typical charge would be failing to notify the MOT in writing of a change of address. In that you do have MOT issued paperwork with your new address on it I would think that would be evidence that you had indeed informed MOT of your change of address.

This is what I did 20 years ago when charged in a similar situation (I had my license with one address and my ownership with another). The judge through the charge out because I proved by my license having my current address on it, and that my license was issued by MOT that MOT had indeed been notified of my change of address.
 
The best advice that I've seen, here, is to put all of your paperwork in order and then hope for a dismissal, at first attendance.

ddusseld said:
Do you have any proof of this?

I find this an interesting issue. What do people do that own 2 residences and keep a separate car/bike at each one of them? From an insurance point of view I'd think they would want the address of where you will be driving the vehicle. Obviously your drivers license can only have one address but what about the vehicles that are used in the two different locations?
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One location is designated as your "place of primary residence." This is the location used for insurance and licensing purposes. This would be the place where the preponderance of your time is spent, or it could conceivably be insurance fraud.
 
ddusseld said:
Do you have any proof of this?

I find this an interesting issue. What do people do that own 2 residences and keep a separate car/bike at each one of them? From an insurance point of view I'd think they would want the address of where you will be driving the vehicle. Obviously your drivers license can only have one address but what about the vehicles that are used in the two different locations?
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I have my license/ownerships registered to my real address. The insurance company knows two cars live at this address and another car lives at another address, they have no problem with this. They rate each vehicle according to the area where it spends most of its time.
 
GreyGhost said:
I have my license/ownerships registered to my real address. The insurance company knows two cars live at this address and another car lives at another address, they have no problem with this. They rate each vehicle according to the area where it spends most of its time.
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I've been in that situation as well. My insurance company told me they use the location where the car is normally parked for rates and were not concerned about the registered address since they were both valid addresses for me (primary residence and vacation property). I would spend the week at my "vacation property" since it was closer to work and then return to my primary residence on the weekends. I have been pulled over during that time and never had an issue.
 
Does this mean that you have 2 of your cars with one address on your insurance and the other with another address?

What you say makes perfect sense to me. So much so that I'm amazed the insurance companies do this... :)

GreyGhost said:
I have my license/ownerships registered to my real address. The insurance company knows two cars live at this address and another car lives at another address, they have no problem with this. They rate each vehicle according to the area where it spends most of its time.
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ddusseld said:
Does this mean that you have 2 of your cars with one address on your insurance and the other with another address?

What you say makes perfect sense to me. So much so that I'm amazed the insurance companies do this... :)
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Exactly. When my fiancee was living in another city I had a car registered there too. The insurance company was surprisingly easy to deal with and adjusted the rates for her car every time she moved.
 
Seems like people are getting confused here. Sounds like some insurance companies keep track of two addresses:

First address is the address of your primary residence. This would be the same address as your ownership and license.

Second address is the location where your vehicle is primarily parked and driven from. Sounds like some insurance companies will use this address to determine your premiums. It doesn't necessarily mean your insurance is registered at this 2nd address.

OP, perhaps you should change your car insurance back to Brampton if your insurance company will still rate you out of Waterloo, since that's where your car is driven from most of the time.
 
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