PSA: Driving to Canada ? Have a DUI in your record somwehere ? Soorrry. You're not coming in.

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bobinmurphy wrote:
Back in my younger days the only thing they asked at either side of the border was are you a US or Canadian citizen.

Yep, and they'd ask you that with a bored look on their face.

Especially the Canadians...

[Z]

Ah, the days before we became scared of our own shadows. Thank you, TSA.

[Speedy]

If I go before a court for a traffic violation, the judge can see every infraction (including written warnings) since my birth some 62 years ago. That is different than what is seen when I go to the DMV to get my driving records or what can be seen by my auto insurance company. I assume the Homeland folks provide the same to the Canadians. Note that the Canadians are just practicing reciprocity initiated by Homeland.

BTW, I really hate the name Homeland. Fatherland would have been more appropriate.

[Numo]

A suspect a lot of people worldwide would like to emigrate to Canada. And with global warming, the climate is probably becoming a lot nicer.

[Racer X]

Speedy wrote:
If I go before a court for a traffic violation, the judge can see every infraction (including written warnings) since my birth some 62 years ago. That is different than what is seen when I go to the DMV to get my driving records or what can be seen by my auto insurance company. I assume the Homeland folks provide the same to the Canadians. Note that the Canadians are just practicing reciprocity initiated by Homeland.

BTW, I really hate the name Homeland. Fatherland would have been more appropriate.

well, yes, a judge NEEDS to see your complete history. 1 infraction is an incident, a string is a pattern. Insurance usually sees back 3 years. What about a reckless ticket every 37 months? You only have one at a time, but it shows a pattern.

[Speedy]

Racer X wrote:
[quote=Speedy]
If I go before a court for a traffic violation, the judge can see every infraction (including written warnings) since my birth some 62 years ago. That is different than what is seen when I go to the DMV to get my driving records or what can be seen by my auto insurance company. I assume the Homeland folks provide the same to the Canadians. Note that the Canadians are just practicing reciprocity initiated by Homeland.

BTW, I really hate the name Homeland. Fatherland would have been more appropriate.

well, yes, a judge NEEDS to see your complete history. 1 infraction is an incident, a string is a pattern. Insurance usually sees back 3 years. What about a reckless ticket every 37 months? You only have one at a time, but it shows a pattern.
In my state insurance gets five years of convictions only from the DMV but my insurer uses three years except for more serious violations. The DMV gives me ten years of convictions only. I can look up online my criminal and traffic records going back at least 15 years. None include written warnings like those a judge can view. BTW, no more written warnings for commercial drivers like me, everything is either verbal (no paperwork) or a citation by federal law..

[spacescape]

My good friend was going for a Job Interview in Canada and sat at the boarder for 4 hours because of a DUI he had when he was in his early 20's (he was in his 40's when this happened). They asked him if he liked endangering Canadian citizens and sent him home!!!

[NewtonMP2100]

can we discuss this.....over some drinks.....??

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Speedy wrote:
Note that the Canadians are just practicing reciprocity initiated by Homeland.

Not quite true.

If a DUI is for some reason a felony in Canada, but a misdemeanor in the U.S., this is NOT reciprocity.

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bobinmurphy wrote:
(I suspect the current Administration has in some way pissed off the Canadian Government.)

Probably true.