![]() ![]() To do so I would radio dispatch, who had VERY limited information available to them, (IE where you wanted or had your licence been suspended, but back then let's say you were convicted of impaired, quite often it took WEEKS for that information to be inputted into the system, not like today where your flagged virtually before you leave the courthouse). As an officer in the 70's and 80's it was impossible as it is today for me on the road to confirm your licence status. I believe I can shed some light on your issue. So, if this was truly the seems like you flew under the radar for 10 years and got away with it. A plate is a plate to them, show up with proof of insurance, the only requirement, and you're golden. Plate sticker? Again, class doesn't matter, all it matters is that you have a licence - a driver and vehicle licence office will gladly take your money still to renew a plate sticker on a motorcycle even if you don't actually have a motorcycle endorsement on your licence. To this day you can insure a vehicle you don't have a proper class of licence to drive (ie, you could get insurance on a Peterbilt despite not having a class A licence to actually drive it), nothing is stopping you, so it could have been a similar situation back then compounded by the lack of easy computer verification like is common today. ![]() Before the AutoPlus system was instituted insurance records were not shared amongst different companies and they also were almost certainly not as well connected to the MTO as they are now.so who knows, they might not have even checked you had the proper class licence, or taken your claim at face value, or didn't care. Verifying it in the 80's would have meant a call on the radio and a likely lengthy delay while the dispatcher looked it up on paper somewhere. Much before the mid 90's it was difficult for police to check things "on the fly", so if your paper licence showed an M endorsement (even a temp one) it's quite likely the officers just took it at face value. I play by the rules (and when I don't I pay the price.) But this just doesn't pass the sniff test. Is it possible when they reinstated my license they neglected to put the "M" back? So I never looked at my license for the "M" designation. After that I wasn't riding a bike, just driving. I did get a DUI and lost my license for 13 months. Wouldn't they look to see, among other things, that you were legal to drive a motorcycle? It defies logic and reason that I was driving illegally for over 10 years. Also, how was I able to obtain motorcycle insurance on FOUR different bike? The first thing you provide an insurance company is your driver's license. I was pulled over multiple times by the police and NEVER did they tell me my "temp" license was invalid. I want to add something to those who, with best intentions, maintain a "road test" was required and which I never did.Īfter I did the written test, I started riding. If they don't resolve the issue, call your MPP and again politely explain the situation - they can help, I know from first hand experience with a licencing issue of my own. ![]() Ask for a manager immediately if the droid at the counter doesn't see things your way. Hard to say if they'll be able to fix it themselves, but they could probably give you some sort of documented proof you DID have it before and it not being there now is indeed an error of some sort.then you could take that to a drivetest center and begin your saga there, because I suspect it will be a saga. ![]() They might even be able to tell you why, for that matter.or at the very least, when it was removed. They should also be able to see that it no longer IS there. If you had an M on your licence at one point, it will show there. Go to a police station and politely explain your situation to the officer at the desk and see if there's someone you can talk to privately, then ask if they'll open up your "Restricted" drivers abstract on their computers - it will show your licence details back to the first day you were licensed, including every single change (class addition/removal, restriction, renewal, etc) back to the very beginning. ![]()
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