If you are caught drinking and driving or speeding in BC get ready for some tougher penalties. New rules come into effect on Monday. If you fail a roadside breath test you face a three month driving ban and will have to install an interlock ignition. Speeders will also face more car impoundment. RCMP superintendent Mike Diack with Traffic Services says cops will now spend less time doing paperwork. He says, "We can process an impaired driver who fails a breathalyzer at the side of the road in under 30 minutes. Before it would take 12-18 hours." Drunk driving kills over 130 people a year in B.C.
http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/impaired-driving/index.htm#penalties
EXCERPTS BELOW:
PASS means your breath sample contains a BAC below 0.05 per cent.
WARN means your breath sample is between 0.05 and 0.08 per cent BAC. If you are caught in this range:
The first time within a five-year period:
- You will lose your driver’s licence for three days.
- You may also lose your vehicle for three days. If you do, you will pay all related towing and storage fees.
- You will pay a $200 administrative driving penalty and a $250 driver's licence reinstatement fee.
- You will immediately lose your driver’s licence for 90 days and your vehicle for 30 days.
- You will pay all related towing and storage fees.
- You will pay a $500 administrative driving penalty and a $250 driver's licence reinstatement fee.
- To regain your driving privileges, you will have to complete the Responsible Drivers Program [PDF] and have to use an Ignition Interlock Device [PDF] whenever you drive, for one full year, following your driving suspension.
- In all, you will face administrative sanctions that will cost you about $4,060 before you can legally operate a motor vehicle again in B.C.
- You may also face charges under the Criminal Code of Canada.
CURRENT and NEW Penalties Comparison Chart [PDF] – download chart to view current penalties compared to penalties in effect fall 2010.
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