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Immediate Roadside Prohibitions – Quick Facts

  • In BC you get an Immediate Roadside Driving Prohibition (IRP) if the police think you blew a “warn” on a roadside breathalyzer. Your right to drive is suspended for 3, 7, or 30 days, depending on your driving record.
  • If the police think you have refused to blow into the ASD, you will be immediately prohibited from driving for 90 days. In all cases, your vehicle is impounded, you pay for the storage, towing, as well as a fine and a license reinstatement fee. If you receive a 30 or 90-day IRP, you must take the Responsible Driver Program (minimum $880) and have an interlock device installed in your vehicle (approx. $1500) before you can get your licence back.
  • Impaired Driving is also a crime in British Columbia. If convicted of Driving Over .08, Impaired Driving or Refusal you must pay a minimum fine $1000 and you get a criminal record. After completing a minimum 1-year driving suspension, you must complete the Responsible Driver Program (minimum $880) and you must to have an interlock device installed in your vehicle (approx. $1500) before you can get your licence back.
  • At our Vancouver Law Office we use all of the defences known to law to help our clients avoid a driving prohibition and criminal record. If we have your IRP prohibition revoked, your license will be re-instated, your vehicle released and ICBC will pay for the towing and storage fees.

 

Defending Your Case

Vancouver driving lawyer Paul Doroshenko has been successfully defending Driving Prohibitions, Impaired Driving, Over .08 and Refusal to Blow cases throughout British Columbia for over a decade, so he knows the defences that work and how to challenge driving prohibitions and criminal driving offences. Not only does he maintain an extensive library of DUI precedents, he owns ALL OF THE DEVICES that the police use and he knows how they work.

We know that you need to keep your license and avoid a criminal record. As a skilled driving lawyers with years of expertise Paul Doroshenko, Sarah Leamon and Jason Koshman can challenge your driving suspension or criminal driving charge.

Call us for a free consultation and learn how we can successfully defend your IRP or drinking/driving charge.

Learn More: The Law of Drinking and Driving Charges in BC

 

Note: In November 2011, the BC Supreme Court ruled that the legislation concerning 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibitions for Fail on an ASD is a violation of s.8 of the Charter of Rights. The police have stopped issuing 90-day IRPs for Fail. The matter is still before the Court. We provide regular updates on our blog.