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New laws go into affect today for drivers 24 and under in the province.
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| jester |
| quote: | Starting Sunday, there will be two sets of fully licenced drivers -- those who are over 24 years old and those who aren't.
Quebec's auto insurance board is invoking new rules that will make it easier to suspend the licences of younger drivers, even if they hold regular licences.
Most drivers can accumulate up to 15 demerit points before their licence gets suspended.
Those points can come from anything from failing to stop for pedestrians (2 points), to failing to stop for a schoolbus (9 points).
But starting Sunday, the number of demerits you're allowed will vary, according to your age.
Jean-Marie de Koninck is the president of the Quebec road safety round table. He says too many younger drivers used to think they had points to burn once they got their full licence.
"The kids, when they got their 15 points they thought, well, I have so many points to spend maybe I can drive faster and, whatever, " de Koninck says.
Now, drivers under 23 will have an 8 point maximum. Those 23 and 24 will have a limit of 12 points. |
(Courtesy of CJAD) |
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| fortierprod |
| cool I'm at -9 right now. FUUUU gonna lose the permit on july 15th. |
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| Zyklon_Jay |
good. It isn't hard to not be an idiot and not get tickets/lose points. People dumb enough to get to -9 don't deserve to be on the road. Quebec has enough bad drivers, now if only they could change the laws to be tougher on cellphone people and the elderly driving at 30 on busy highways.
I also think that women drivers should have bumpers put on every inch of surface of the vehicle. On the cellphone, doing 30 in the fast lane while putting on lipstick while looking everywhere but the road...sorry ladies not one of you can drive. Not one. |
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| Neo Hacker |
I was lucky enough (sarcasm) yesterday to get my first speeding ticket since I own a car (around 3 years and a half). Nothing too serious, but still lost my first 2 points in my life.
110$ de ticket, mon permis va monter d'environ 30$ par année pendant quoi...3 ans ? Et mon assurance va p-e monter à mon renouvellement.
C'est chien tout ça, mais c'est moi qui était en infraction. Disont que ça calme les ardeurs un peu par la suite...ça coute cher faire de la vitesse ! |
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