Canadian plate for a student???

Hello,

I am a french-canadian from Montreal currently studying in Boston. I have a car and I am planning on keeping it since I want to be able to travel back and forth to QC to see family/girlfriend etc...

I basically have a Quebec driver's license and a Quebec plate. I am currently trying to figure out if I am going to be completely legal but nobody seems to be able to answer me. I will be crossing the border at least once a month (I think my license is suppose to be valid for a year restarting every time I cross) and my driver license is suppose to be good in the states. Since I am a student, do I become a US resident??? Canadian don't even have a VISA to be studying here so nothing seems to be clearly define regarding those kind of cases.

In brief: I am a student in the US who will be crossing the border often. I want to keep my QC driver license and plate, is that going to be any problem? You understand if I change for a Massachusetts one I basically get the same problem but in Canada! I'm stuck...

Thank you for your help.
Ben

oooh this is gonna get intresting....stay tune Ben you will get your answers.

You will need insurance.

General Laws

All you need is some Freedom Fries and your Canuckistani Passport. You're ALL SET.

Don't forget the Poutin

RMV info on international drivers

http://www.mass.gov/rmv/forms/21317.pdf

Ya, it's a good idea to buy private insurance on top of the coverage provided by the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec, as car accidents outside Quebec are dealt with fairly differently than inside Quebec (generally, you can't sue for an auto accident injury in Quebec)

From the SAAQ website...

Unlike in Ma or Ontario, you don't go to a private insurance company for your liability portion of your vehicle insurance...

In other Canadian provinces such as Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, vehicle liability insurance can only be purchased from the provincial government as in Quebec..

Oddly enough the SAAQ has it's own uniformed sworn law enforcement officers to enforce commercial vehicle safety laws...

Question answered?

Active Quebec OLN
Valid passport
Active registration
Active insurance
Register it with the college PD

What is under the light bar on the Canadian CVPI?

a massive pop-out arrow stick...It's a "Quebec" thing...The Officer standing beside the SQ police vehicle is actually one of the SAAQ Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Special Constables


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What I meant to say is that in Quebec, BC, Manitoba and Sask., you don't buy your PRIMARY liability insurance from an private insurance company, but instead your buy it from government agency(although many private broker sell it on behalf of the gov); any collision or secondary/extra liability is purchased through a private insurer...

Looks like a little of everything was thrown onto this POS. Got to give credit where its due, they certainly know how to recycle shit.

Darn. I thought it was a cupholder so you could leave your coffee on the roof and not have it fly off as soon as you take the first turn out of the parking lot at the beginning of your shift.

Not sure how old those arrow sticks are, but I know those large arrow sticks are common on SQ and SAAQ patrol cars and Quebec Ministry of Transportation vehicles...

Reminds of Queensland, Australia, dunno how many cruisers I walked towards thinking they were cabs.

Thanks for all your answers,

So looks like my student permit doesn't affect my driver's license or plate. For my insurance I think my company can only cover me for 180 days per year. Does anybody know if a US insurance company could cover a foreign plate?

check your mph and slow the fuck down, we don't care if "your car only has kilometers"...

LOL...All cars sold in Canada have MPH in small print beside the kilometres...

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