r/icbc • u/Straight-Ad-8016 • 15d ago
Drivers Licensing Doubt regarding Points deduction
Hi, i have class 7 N license and was given the ticket by an officer for changing the solid white line and he mentioned no points will be deducted but now after some months I get a letter from icbc mentioning that I am on probation and there is another letter mentioning the offense and 2 points.
Why is icbc deducting 2 points when the officer or the court (i disputed it) didn’t mention about it???
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u/Envelope_Torture 15d ago
It's 2 points.
https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/26_58_08
Table 1
For breaches listed in this table, the number of point penalties recorded shall be 2.
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| 22 | Section 151 (b) | Lane change solid line |
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u/Effective-Detail7265 15d ago
I can’t stand when people cross a solid line. No one knows how to drive properly
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u/condb5 14d ago
I mean in fairness, some places like Washington and Ontario saying it's discouraged as a single line unless it's a gore point or painted island but otherwise allowed, and being able to pass on single yellows when safe both here and there doesn't help 🤷🏼♂️ truly if it's an hov lane or something, everyone does it some days or when they have to
Side note, the amount of times cops here have told me "oh it's no points" or "not that big" and I've straight gone no it's 3 or something 😂
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u/efc5463 13d ago
Sometimes police get the points deduction wrong, and courts dont mention it as it is usually not their business. But the deduction is pre set by regulations and the 2 points is well applied.
Also, the probation notice ICBC sent you is a consequence of the infraction while you are holding a 7N DL. See, while at the GLP stage, any infraction can land you on a probation or suspension. You got lucky it was just a probation instead of a direct suspension like it happened to 2 of my coworkers, as usually ICBC is pretty intolerant when it comes to offenses during the GLP stage.
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u/Betshateseverything 13d ago
The police aren’t Icbc. Icbc does what they want. I thought you weren’t allowed to get a ticket with your N?
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u/codswallop1226 13d ago
Points are purely administrative in nature. The police know some of the points a ticket carries (and have a way to look it up), but really they should simply say "I don't know" if they're unsure.
Either way, neither the courts nor the police should really care, and are not obligated to tell you. The ticket carries points.
Small semantics: it's not a deduction. It's the opposite. Those points get added up.
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u/SumGuy3000 4d ago
Points don't get deducted. You get penalty points and you have to pay a penalty point premium to maintain your driver's certificate.
You could get a million penalty points in a year and just surrender your license for the next year and pay nothing in penalty point premiums.
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u/Ichoosethebear 15d ago
Cops can be wrong