G1 Drivers & Speeding
Speeding tickets for G1 Drivers will affect insurance rates. Novice drivers convicted of speeding more than 29km/h receive a 30 day licence suspension.
G1 Drivers & Speeding Tickets
The police, nor the courts are required to tell G1 drivers of the hidden penalties for speeding tickets.
Class G1 drivers are considered to be “Novice Drivers” by the Ministry of Transportation.
Novice drivers have lower thresholds for speeding tickets and demerit points, that will suspend the drivers licence.
Speeding tickets can dramatically affect G1 drivers, as any conviction will result in two “lines” on the driving record.
- the conviction for speeding
- any licence suspension
Class G1 drivers are considered “Novice Drivers” under Ontario Regulation 340/94.
Speeding Penalties for G1 Drivers
The police, nor the courts are required to tell G1 drivers of the hidden penalties for speeding tickets.
Novice drivers have strict penalties with lower thresholds from class G drivers, including thirty (30) day licence suspensions for:
- speeding more than 29km/h over the limit
- accumulating four (4) or more demerit points
- accumulating six (6) or more demerit points
Where a G1 Driver has their licence suspended, insurance rates will be dramatically affected.
Penalties Per Speed Recorded
Any speeding ticket for more than 29km/h has a licence suspension for G1 Drivers.
- 0-15km/h
- no demerit points
- warning letter
- insurance increase of fifty (50) percent or more
- 16km/h to 29km/h
- 3 demerit points
- warning letter
- insurance increase of fifty (50) percent or more
- 30km/h to 49km/h
- 4 demerit points
- 30 day licence suspension
- 100% insurance increase
- more than 50 km/h
- 6 demerit points
- vehicle seizure for 7 days
- 7 day licence suspension
- mandatory court appearance
- possible 2 year licence suspension
- possible jail up to 6 months
- fine up to 10,000 dollars
Where a G1 Driver is convicted of any traffic ticket the insurance will be dramatically affected for three (3) years.
Insurance Implications
Speeding tickets and licence suspensions can affect your insurance rates.
Where a G1 Driver receives any speeding ticket and a conviction is registered, the conviction on the driving record will affect the insurance rates for at least 3 years.
Where the driver receives a speeding ticket for more than 29km/h and is suspended, the insurance will increase into high risk insurance rates.
The conviction will put two “strikes” against the driver, in that:
- they were convicted of speeding
- they received a drivers licence suspension
The police nor the courts advise G1 drivers that convictions over 29km/h have a licence suspensions.
Upon conviction the Ministry of Transport will send a letter to the registered address advising the Novice driver to surrender their drivers licence at a Service Ontario location.
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Licence Suspensions
Any ticket with four (4) demerit points has a thirty (30) day licence suspension for G2 Drivers.
Where a G1 Driver accumulates 6 demerit points the driver loses their licence for thirty (30) days.
Where the driver loses their licence for an accumulation of demerit points and then subsequently goes over the demerit point limit a second time, the suspension shall be for ninety (90) days.
