Can a driver of a vehicle that could not be insured be convicted of driving without insurance?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Wojtkiw, 2019 BCPC 245 (CanLII):
I had previously given a decision in R v. Ryan 2012 BCPC 67 that a driver of a vehicle that could not be insured could not be convicted of driving without insurance.
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