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Bio1590
05/07/18 11:37:50 PM
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-woman-arrested-jailed-in-u-s-for-driving-with-a-canadian-licence-1.4648561

About a month ago, the 27-year-old was driving through Georgia to Tennessee, where she had just completed a master's degree in geology. Nield's route took her along the I-75, which is often used by Canadians making the trek to and from Florida.

That's where she was pulled over for speeding, and the officer asked to see her licence. Nield handed over her Ontario driver's licence, but wasn't prepared for the officer's reaction.

"She kept saying, 'No, Canadian licences are not accepted,'" said Nield. "I was flabbergasted. I just kept saying this can't be right a Canadian licence is always valid."

Nield told CBC Toronto she was then asked to prove she was Canadian and although she had copies of her passport, Nexus card, and birth certificate on her phone, the officer wanted to see an original hard copy.

"When I failed to produce it, she reached through the window of my car and she put handcuffs on me," said Nield.

"She told me that I have just been arrested for driving without a licence and that I needed to go to jail."


More in the article. Murrica!
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Zikten
05/07/18 11:39:24 PM
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why would a non Canadian use a fake Canadian license while in America? the cop's logic makes no sense.
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XxKrebsxX
05/07/18 11:39:55 PM
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God damn it.

Why cant I ever find an officer nice enough to give me a 6 figure gift in the form of a settlement?
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SGT_Conti
05/07/18 11:50:40 PM
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Damn, the border would look like a total mess if you couldn't use a Canadian licence in the US.
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Manocheese
05/07/18 11:53:38 PM
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RIP Woman arrested
Died at the fine shot up to 97 Canadian dollars.
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rodu_jr
05/08/18 12:05:50 AM
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why are your cops so stupid, America?
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Axiom
05/08/18 12:07:17 AM
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Bio1590 posted...
"I was flabbergasted. I just kept saying this can't be right a Canadian licence is always valid."

Not in the south it's not. Off to the chain gangs with you
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Bio1590
05/08/18 12:15:14 AM
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This sort of reminds of the time two guys I know were driving in Wisconsin and they got pulled over, pulled out of their vehicle, and tossed in a cop car at gun point because the cops ran the license plates and it didn't show up in the database (Canadian vehicle!) so they assumed it was stolen.
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Dash_Harber
05/08/18 12:19:26 AM
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Zikten posted...
why would a non Canadian use a fake Canadian license while in America? the cop's logic makes no sense.


Technically, it would make it harder to verify the authenticity of the license.

That being said, that cop is straight out of his mind.
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Jeff AKA Snoopy
05/08/18 12:21:13 AM
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Dash_Harber posted...
Zikten posted...
why would a non Canadian use a fake Canadian license while in America? the cop's logic makes no sense.


Technically, it would make it harder to verify the authenticity of the license.

That being said, that cop is straight out of his mind.

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Puglia77
05/08/18 12:23:54 AM
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Living in a house while black, driving while Canadian, what else is the police going to arrest us for next?
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ReD_ToMaTo
05/08/18 12:24:39 AM
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Murica! Home of the ignorant.
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frozenshock
05/08/18 12:25:56 AM
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Well, it's Georgia. A few years ago there was an advisory in Quebec warning people who wanted to drive to Florida to try to avoid Georgia
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Monolith1676
05/08/18 12:27:16 AM
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Fair, next.
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Distant_Rainbow
05/08/18 12:30:54 AM
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XxKrebsxX posted...
God damn it.

Why cant I ever find an officer nice enough to give me a 6 figure gift in the form of a settlement?


Same reason as why the lottery is never won by someone who is actually capable of wisely investing and using that money instead of spending most of it on pointless endeavors.
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kirbymuncher
05/08/18 12:33:23 AM
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Distant_Rainbow posted...
Same reason as why the lottery is never won by someone who is actually capable of wisely investing and using that money instead of spending most of it on pointless endeavors.

pretty sure this one is just because people who invest wisely don't even enter the lottery in the first place
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sktgamer_13dude
05/08/18 12:33:59 AM
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I wish it were illegal to drive because you're Canadian. Not to say ALL Canadians are bad drivers, but a lot of the ones that drive by my parents house are. Though tbf, most of the drivers in Seattle (and north of Seattle) are terrible drivers in their own right.
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KingCrabCake
05/08/18 12:35:30 AM
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Imagine if she were a black Canadian aka Drake
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Dash_Harber
05/08/18 12:36:45 AM
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KingCrabCake posted...
Imagine if she were a black Canadian aka Drake


He's not the only black Canadian, you know.
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ReD_ToMaTo
05/08/18 12:50:34 AM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
I wish it were illegal to drive because you're Canadian. Not to say ALL Canadians are bad drivers, but a lot of the ones that drive by my parents house are. Though tbf, most of the drivers in Seattle (and north of Seattle) are terrible drivers in their own right.


This isn't a Canadian thing. This is an everyone thing. 80% of drivers are shit and need to gtfo the road.
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