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Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Yahoo
Elderly Canadian Man Fined For Crash 65 Years In The Past
Read the full story on The Auto Wire An elderly man in New Brunswick, Canada was shocked to find out he was being fined almost $5,000 CAD for a crash that happened in 1960. The only time we've heard of anything like this has been when there was a fatal crash and the suspect ran. But this case doesn't involve any fatalities, just the government pressuring an 85-year-old man to cough up cash for something he doesn't recall the accident happened back when the man was living in Toronto back in the day, reports CBC. Allegedly, the man didn't have insurance at the time, so the other person involved in the collision was given a payout from Ontario's Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund. What's even weirder is the man was a service technician while living in Toronto and legally had to carry car insurance. Plus, he says he legitimately doesn't remember being involved in a crash. Now he's having to pay $200 a month on a fixed income, saying he'll have to sacrifice something to keep making those payments. His family is looking at possibly hiring an attorney to fight the charges. We wonder if the attorney would cost more than $5,000. This is in part how government agencies can get away with slapping people with random fines since fighting it might cost more, plus generates plenty of trouble in a person's life. One huge question that needs to be answered, but hasn't, is how 65 years passed without the Ontario government doing something about this fine. Why go after the guy now? What has honestly changed? And do they have accurate records of the supposed crash? How do they know they didn't confuse this 85-year-old man with someone else? It all seems odd, to say the least, but for now the guy is stuck with a monthly bill from something he says he didn't do. Image via CBC Join our Newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube page, and follow us on Facebook.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Yahoo
Elderly Canadian Man Fined For Crash 65 Years In The Past
Read the full story on The Auto Wire An elderly man in New Brunswick, Canada was shocked to find out he was being fined almost $5,000 CAD for a crash that happened in 1960. The only time we've heard of anything like this has been when there was a fatal crash and the suspect ran. But this case doesn't involve any fatalities, just the government pressuring an 85-year-old man to cough up cash for something he doesn't recall the accident happened back when the man was living in Toronto back in the day, reports CBC. Allegedly, the man didn't have insurance at the time, so the other person involved in the collision was given a payout from Ontario's Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund. What's even weirder is the man was a service technician while living in Toronto and legally had to carry car insurance. Plus, he says he legitimately doesn't remember being involved in a crash. Now he's having to pay $200 a month on a fixed income, saying he'll have to sacrifice something to keep making those payments. His family is looking at possibly hiring an attorney to fight the charges. We wonder if the attorney would cost more than $5,000. This is in part how government agencies can get away with slapping people with random fines since fighting it might cost more, plus generates plenty of trouble in a person's life. One huge question that needs to be answered, but hasn't, is how 65 years passed without the Ontario government doing something about this fine. Why go after the guy now? What has honestly changed? And do they have accurate records of the supposed crash? How do they know they didn't confuse this 85-year-old man with someone else? It all seems odd, to say the least, but for now the guy is stuck with a monthly bill from something he says he didn't do. Image via CBC Join our Newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube page, and follow us on Facebook.
CBC
19-02-2025
- Automotive
- CBC
New Brunswick driver gets a $4,600 fine — for an accident that happened 65 years ago
Social Sharing After a fender-bender before Christmas, 85-year-old Ossie Gildart was told he'd have to take a driver's test. But a surprise was waiting for him when he walked into Service New Brunswick in Bathurst. "He said, 'Mr. Gildart, I'm sorry you can't take the test, your licence has been suspended.'" Gildart was told his licence was suspended until he pays $4,661.91 because of an uninsured accident — an accident that happened in Toronto in 1960. "I just couldn't believe it. I couldn't remember having an accident that I wasn't insured with," he said. Ontario's Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund allows people to reclaim damages from an accident with an uninsured driver. But Gildart doesn't recall getting into an accident during his time in Toronto, let alone one where he was uninsured. While living in Ontario, Gildart worked as a service technician so was required to have insurance and to renew his driver's licence every year. When he left Ontario in 1971 to move home to New Brunswick, he received his Class 1 licence, driving trucks for CN Rail. WATCH | A $4,600 bill for a 65-year-old accident has this senior searching for answers: N.B. senior faces claim for a decades-old accident he doesn't remember 1 hour ago Duration 2:00 And in the all the years he's renewed his licence, in Ontario and New Brunswick, this old accident never appeared as an issue. A spokesperson for New Brunswick's Department of Public Safety told CBC News that Service New Brunswick performs a Canada-wide scan for licence suspensions in other jurisdictions. "However, if our investigation proves the reason for suspension is a court-ordered [judgment] more than 10 years old, we have no obligation to another province to suspend or collect the outstanding amount," Geoffery Downey said in an email. Gildart's licence has now been reinstated and his driver's test rebooked but he's still left with the hefty bill from the Ontario Ministry of Transport, although he's being allowed to pay it back monthly. "Two hundred dollars a month is a big slap in the face," he said. "I'll have to do without something to get that." The Ontario Ministry of Public Business and Service Delivery said there are options for those who are facing claims through the program. "If an individual is sued and disagrees, they may defend the action that has been commenced against them," spokesperson Jeffery Stinson said in an email. "If a judgment has been issued, they may seek legal advice to move to have the judgment set aside." Gildart's family is still deciding on next steps, which may include hiring a lawyer to help them fight the charge. "I was never notified by anybody, for anything. I was never suspended. I never had a problem," he said.
