Alberta Plates.

[Donald G]

Unread postby alfred2 » Today, 11:25 am

suds has a bee in his bonnet,

Bees are needed. Especially when you live in Wild Rose Country and produce food for the world.

[Glacier]

I notice that one of my neighbours has had Alberta plates on his truck for years even though he lives here. I can only assume he does it to save money, or perhaps he has a second residence in Alberta that he lives at 3 days a year.

[Verminator]

I notice that one of my neighbours has had Alberta plates on his truck for years even though he lives here. I can only assume he does it to save money, or perhaps he has a second residence in Alberta that he lives at 3 days a year.

I see an employee car with Alberta plates parked at the Vernon Canadian Tire store that's been there for at least a couple of years and I often wonder how insurance would be affected if the owner was involved in a crash. Is it really true that only 3 days residence per year in Alberta is enough to keep coverage current?

[Glacier]

I don't know the requirement, but I'm pretty sure there are dozens of people in the Okanagan that are claiming to be Alberta residents when they aren't just so they can get cheap insurance.

[Bsuds]

There is someone with a boat on our street with AB plates on it. Not even an up to date decal.
If these people are scamming the system I hope they get caught!

[Bsuds]

I see an employee car with Alberta plates parked at the Vernon Canadian Tire store that's been there for at least a couple of years and I often wonder how insurance would be affected if the owner was involved in a crash. Is it really true that only 3 days residence per year in Alberta is enough to keep coverage current?

If they are not a student then they are not legal if they are permanent residents. They probably won't be covered if involved in an accident. You know how picky ICBC can be. Anything to get out of paying.

[alfred2]

can someone please tell me who changed auto ins. to govt. ins. , and when did it occur.

[60-YEARS-in-Ktown]

The Yellow plates of the 70,s were not a new thing, they had them in 33 for trucks, maybe earlier..
I know that because I have a set of 1933 truck plates in an unopened bag.

[Verminator]

On Thanksgiving we drove to Sicamous to spend the day with a friend. Traffic on Hwy97 was pretty heavy and got noticeably worse the closer we got to Hwy1. Somewhere between Enderby and Mara I noticed a vehicle coming up behind me really quickly, going so fast it drifted over the center line on the curves a few times. It finally passed me - on a double-solid - and sure enough it had an Alberta plate. Not 30 seconds later another one passed me, then another and another until I counted six of them, all with Alberta plates. Once they went by they jostled for position with one another, passing on blind curves and just generally behaving like a$$holes, one of them barely missing a head-on. Funny thing, not one of these rubes got to Sicamous more than half a minute ahead of me. YER ALL F@#*ING IDIOTS !!

[gman313]

On Thanksgiving we drove to Sicamous to spend the day with a friend. Traffic on Hwy97 was pretty heavy and got noticeably worse the closer we got to Hwy1. Somewhere between Enderby and Mara I noticed a vehicle coming up behind me really quickly, going so fast it drifted over the center line on the curves a few times. It finally passed me - on a double-solid - and sure enough it had an Alberta plate. Not 30 seconds later another one passed me, then another and another until I counted six of them, all with Alberta plates. Once they went by they jostled for position with one another, passing on blind curves and just generally behaving like a$$holes, one of them barely missing a head-on. Funny thing, not one of these rubes got to Sicamous more than half a minute ahead of me. YER ALL F@#*ING IDIOTS !!

the worst is when someone moves from Alberta and first switches to BC plates. Then they are Albertans in disguise you can't even see them coming

[alfred2]

The worse is idiots you can nottell that they are from bc.

[lostsurferinbc]

alberta plates will still be easy to spot due to the handicapped driving abilities

funny, I feel the same way when I see vehicle dealer badges from the okanagan.

[Bsuds]

The worse is idiots you can nottell that they are from bc.

When they are idiot drivers it doesn't much matter where they are from but they are easily recognized.

[my5cents]

"Verminator" : I see an employee car with Alberta plates parked at the Vernon Canadian Tire store that's been there for at least a couple of years and I often wonder how insurance would be affected if the owner was involved in a crash. Is it really true that only 3 days residence per year in Alberta is enough to keep coverage current?

If they are not a student then they are not legal if they are permanent residents. They probably won't be covered if involved in an accident. You know how picky ICBC can be. Anything to get out of paying.

There's always something to say negative about ICBC, isn't there. Ironically just about the only insurance company NOT involved, if this person is a resident of BC and hasn't registered their vehicle in BC, is ICBC. Except for the fact if they hit you, ICBC WILL cover you even though the insurance on their Alberta vehicle is invalid and ICBC will go after the Alberta driver.

There is a lot of misinformation about when vehicles MUST be registered (and thus insured) in BC.

- One have 6 months to use a vehicle from outside BC, inside BC if they are "touring", other than touring they have 30 days from the date they began using the vehicle in BC.
- A full time student attending an approved educational institution is exempt

As for Driver's Licenses. If a person is "ordinarily resident" in BC they have 90 days to get a BC DL, period. Doesn't matter when they came and went to/from BC, it's the jurisdiction were they are ordinarily resident. Pretty easy to determine that if they are working here, have a cell phone here, rent a place, etc, etc.

Driving an mis-registered / uninsured vehicle isn't a good idea. There isn't an insurance company in the world who wouldn't investigate and get to the truth. The Alberta private insurer would figure it out pretty quick and deny any claim. If the Alberta vehicle was at fault and damaged a BC vehicle or hurt a BC resident, the Alberta insurance company would deny coverage and ICBC's uninsured motorist protection would pay for the BC vehicle and ICBC would go after the uninsured Alberta driver.