Penalties for driving without license or registration

[lady_lucifera]

Can anyone tell me what the penalties are for driving without license or registration in Montreal? Also if it is in a vehicle that is NOT owned by the person, the owner may or may not be aware of them using the car (I'm pretty sure they do though and they know the person doesn't have a license

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[kaylla_334]

http://www.saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/driver_licence/sanction/index.php

Car's gonna be seized/impounded in either situation, unless the lack of registration is because the car was just bought, but you still need the papers to prove you paid for it and just waiting for the plaque.

[lady_lucifera]

I already read that but are those the only penalties?

[kaylla_334]

I'm not sure else you'd want?

If you've already lost the licence, then it'll be revoked for an extended period of time and you'll have cost your mom hundreds to thousand of dollars to get her car back, but yes that's the ''only'' thing that'll happen

[lady_lucifera]

He never had a license to begin with. I wanted to know because I'm considering reporting the person because it's unsafe and if he were to get in an accident then he and his mom would be on big trouble, not to mention the harm he could cause to another person from lack of learning driving rules, inexperience or bad habits he's picked up from driving around without proper instruction. The person doesn't even have a permit.

[kaylla_334]

If you call the non-emergency number, you can report a plaque number, saying you saw some dangerous driving, but then you'll probably bring more harm to the mom as she'll get arrested as well, for something that she hasn't been doing.

You might have better luck telling the mother what's been happening behind her back and/or telling the cops where/when the kid is doing the driving...but then it's still the mom that's gonna to de-impound the car so...

[lady_lucifera]

He's an adult and he told me his mom lent it to him, and if that's the case (which I'm pretty sure is true) it would be her fault too. I've seen her let him drive the car alone a lot of times before, seen him speeding, not signaling etc and while I really don't want to rat them out I'm way more concerned about his and others' safety, not to mention his disregard for laws and safety are disgusting and he needs to learn. I'm going to take the plate number and call his mom tomorrow (she's out of town) and go from there.

[kaylla_334]

If the mom knows, she'd be considered an accomplice to any and all things he does including up to and including running someone over...

Maybe you should rat them out!

[lady_lucifera]

Yeah exactly.