We have represented thousands of clients who were issued immediate roadside prohibitions and administrative driving prohibitions. Several weeks ago, one client expressed that they were concerned when asked to do a sobriety test because the ground was wet and somebody had slipped while walking near the scene. We were confused when we heard this, because […]
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First, maybe the most important detail about disputing an IRP is that you only have seven days to dispute it. That is not a lot of time and the seven days includes the weekend. You do not have seven business days to dispute the IRP. When an IRP is filed in dispute, two things can
An Immediate Roadside Prohibition, or an IRP for short, is a driving prohibition that is the result of failing a roadside breath test. In other words, if you have been given an IRP, then you have been given this driving prohibition because you did not pass a roadside breath test. The consequences of an IRP
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If you receive an Immediate Roadside Prohibition, your first thought may be “how can I fight this?” Then you get online, and you start reading about disputes and the appeal remedy for a 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP). Some of the information the government puts out suggests that you can take your shot at their
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Unfortunately, buying an extra licence plate to mount on your bike rack isn’t an option anywhere in Canada. “Drivers can’t obtain a third licence plate for display on a vehicle in [British Columbia],” Lindsay Wilkins, spokeswoman for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), which regulates drivers’ licences and vehicle registrations in B.C., wrote in
It’s one of the most common questions people ask – is there a way of beating a roadside breathalyzer. It’s always asked hesitantly, as though simply asking the question is revealing something tawdry. The question itself reveals something. That people ask whether they can beat a roadside breathalyzer tells you people have questions about the
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The holiday season is a lot of fun with events, get-togethers and good food and drink. It also comes with stress and expenses, obligations and sometimes serious mistakes. Police in BC put in a lot of effort to catch suspected drinking drivers at this time of year which is why we see so many people
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A recent episode of Driving Law was joined by Jan Semenoff, an expert on alcohol breath testing and editor of Counterpoint, the journal of science and the law. Jan shared his top 5 biggest flaws of the IRP scheme and discussed his biggest complaints. We thought it would be useful to share with you the
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As some of you will know we own an extensive collection of breathalyzers. We don’t know anyone in Canada, other than the police or the government, with a collection as big as ours. After all, if you deal with as many impaired driving files as we do, it pays to know what you’re up against.
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It’s a tasty addition to any meal, but can Grey Poupon register on a breathalyzer? The mustard brand contains white wine but does this show up on a breathalyzer? Acumen Law Corporation lawyers Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko will be testing to see if the condiment can give, what would appear to be, an alcohol
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WATCH: I’m gonna tell you about whether you should worry because you blew twice into a roadside breathalyzer. Most people who have been issued an Immediate Roadside Prohibition blew twice into the breathalyzer. And in most cases, they blew two Fails. And many people assume because they blew two Fails, they must be done for.
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At the Supreme Court of Canada they deal with lots of hypothetical scenarios because they’re considering the reasonably foreseeable implication of certain legislation. We consider them too, but we also see these scenarios play out in real life. This was the real-life case I referred to in Part 2. Our client refused to blow. At
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