dumb question my boy asked

Ahoey said
In Manitoba when you hit 6 demerits points you are required to go to what is called a show cause hearing. Basically the guy just belittles you. I was 22 and driving the Dart. Got half way through the interview stood up threw my license on the desk and left. A week later my license came back in the mail. Always had some merit points after that, enough to cover any tickets I got. Am older now but the Dart is back, been a good boy so far but I seem to lose 40 years when I get behind the wheel of it.

I couldn't remember what they called it, a 'show cause hearing' yes, they wanted you to beg to not have your license yanked. Then if they did yank it, you could go the kangaroo court of appeal to try and get it back.
I had a few of those hearings, the last one was after I had a conviction for something that I was never charged with added to my record. I argued with the dummy that I had never been charged, much less convicted of the offense, but was ignored and suspended. Lost my very good paying job, and eventually pretty much everything I owned at the time because I couldn't find work anywhere. It was 1985 and we were in a full scale recession with interest rates hitting 20%.
I was able to get the charge removed from my record after 2 months of digging through red tape and BS, but all they pencil pushing idiot did was reduce the length of the suspension by 2 months because anything else would have meant admitting they were wrong. I tried to file a lawsuit against the province and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing department but they are protected from prosecution and liability. I never had more than 6 demerit points at any time in my life. When I moved away I had the maximum amount of merit points allowed at the time, which I think was 30. Have been a good boy since 1987, or at least I haven't been caught being dumb.