Good defenses for driving without a car insurance in Canada

[Augusta]

When one is caught and prosecuted for driving uninsured car in Canada. There are some defences that can be brought before the court which will make the court give give very lenient verdict

But the burden will be on you to show that your reasons or defences are genuine and convince beyond every doubt of your statement


Good reasons for defending your case of driving an uninsured car includes

You had a genuine reason to believe you were insured
Like in a case of driving a renting a car, or using a vehicle as an employee in the course of your employment . There's a defence here but you must show that you had no way of knowing that you were not insured.

Your insurer made errors meaning that your policy was not in force
This is another good reason for a defense where the fault lies with your insurance company and not you.

Your insurer cancelled your insurance policy without notifying you
You can defend yourself if you didn't know your car insurance policy was. cancelled by your insurance company because you were not notified.

Another defense will be if you were informed by the owner of the car or that you were insured to drive the car.