Two uninsured drivers were stopped and ticketed by RCMP NL on January 29, 2025, in the communities of Virgin Arm and Marystown.
Shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Twillingate RCMP stopped a vehicle on Main Street in Virgin Arm. The driver, a 26-year-old man who held a novice driver's licence, was operating a vehicle without insurance.
Shortly before 3:30 p.m., on Columbia Drive in Marystown, Burin Peninsula RCMP conducted a traffic stop and found that the driver, a 44-year-old man, was operating without insurance.
Both drivers were ticketed and the vehicles were seized and impounded.
RCMP NL has the ability to confirm a vehicle's current registration and insurance status by checking a vehicle's licence plate. The information is electronically readily available. Although a driver is required to provide proof of insurance, police do not rely solely upon the information contained within the "pink slip" as proof of insurance.