Driver's License Mess
Dec. 4th, 2024 07:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogCar insurance has become kind of a disaster. I spent quite a while on the phone with CAA and got through the whole process of getting a quote. For some reason the agent's audio kept dropping out and we had to call each other back a couple times and that dragged things out even further. We got all the way to the end with a quoted rate of X. Then, after putting in my driver's license info, the quote turned into 4X because I have a G2 learner's license instead of a full G license.
When I moved from Amsterdam to Hamilton, I got an Ontario driver's license. At first they thought I was only eligible for a learner's license, which at the time was fine. The only restrictions are no more passengers than seat belts and zero alcohol, neither of which were things I would be doing anyway. Just as we were moving out of the province to SK, I got a letter saying that they had made an error, and I was actually eligible for a full G license. It said I should return as soon as possible so they could correct the error.
Well, I didn't make it back, and I swapped my license for a Saskatchewan one. There were no issues, and insurance (which is provincial in SK) was fine. Insurance here, though, because I have a learner's license, quadrupled.
But! I have a copy of the letter DriveTest sent me saying to come back as soon as possible, and explicitly noting that I should have gotten a G license in exchange. It's been a little over 3 years now, but this is as soon as I could get back. I've had some shit going on, you know?
I'm going to push really hard to get them to swap my license on the strength of this letter. My license number is even the same as it was for that month here, so...they should upgrade me? Right?
This has all been terribly stressful for Miriam and I both because it's causing difficult in getting the car registered too. Miriam may end up just getting insurance in her name only, at least for now, if this continues to be a roadblock.
When I moved from Amsterdam to Hamilton, I got an Ontario driver's license. At first they thought I was only eligible for a learner's license, which at the time was fine. The only restrictions are no more passengers than seat belts and zero alcohol, neither of which were things I would be doing anyway. Just as we were moving out of the province to SK, I got a letter saying that they had made an error, and I was actually eligible for a full G license. It said I should return as soon as possible so they could correct the error.
Well, I didn't make it back, and I swapped my license for a Saskatchewan one. There were no issues, and insurance (which is provincial in SK) was fine. Insurance here, though, because I have a learner's license, quadrupled.
But! I have a copy of the letter DriveTest sent me saying to come back as soon as possible, and explicitly noting that I should have gotten a G license in exchange. It's been a little over 3 years now, but this is as soon as I could get back. I've had some shit going on, you know?
I'm going to push really hard to get them to swap my license on the strength of this letter. My license number is even the same as it was for that month here, so...they should upgrade me? Right?
This has all been terribly stressful for Miriam and I both because it's causing difficult in getting the car registered too. Miriam may end up just getting insurance in her name only, at least for now, if this continues to be a roadblock.
