RDP Responsible Driver Program Archives

What is the Driver Improvement Program Notice of Intent to Prohibit?

May 31 2024

Introduction The Driver Improvement Program (“DIP”) is a RoadSafetyBC initiative designed to enhance road safety in British Columbia (“B.C.”). The DIP identifies and intervenes with drivers who engage in high-risk and unsafe driving behaviour. These types of behaviour include speeding, driving while impaired, driving without insurance, and texting while driving. The aim of the DIP […]

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Can I dispute the Responsible Driver Program Referral?

Apr 27 2022

A lot of people come to us after they didn’t dispute their 90-day driving prohibition or their multiple 24-hour prohibitions for alcohol or drugs when they get a Responsible Driver Program (RDP) referral letter in the mail. It’s when they receive this letter that they realize they want to do something about the consequences of

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Will I have to enrol in the Responsible Driver Program?

Dec 3 2020

If you have been issued a 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP), a 90-day Administrative Roadside Prohibition (ADP) or a Criminal Code conviction for drinking and driving you may be facing uncertainty about whether or not you will need to enrol in the Responsible Driver Program if the prohibition is upheld. There is no hard and

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24 hour driving prohibition in BC

Mar 16 2020

The police have many tools at their disposal to deal with drunk drivers. One such tool is the 24-hour driving prohibition in BC. They are more common than you might think. Using powers under Section 215(2) of the Motor Vehicle Act , an officer may issue a driver with a 24-hour driving prohibition if they

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Blowbox in your car

Jun 30 2019

A major concern if you get any drunk-driving notation on your British Columbia driving record is whether you’ll end up having to get a blowbox in your car. The blowbox, which is commonly referred to as an interlock device, is connected to a vehicle’s ignition system. The driver must provide breath samples to the blowbox

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An IRP victory

Feb 19 2015

We have some good news to report about an IRP victory that never got much press. We learned yesterday that in one fiscal year the BC Government paid approximately $732,000 to some people who were wrongly sent to the Remedial Programs. This is our IRP victory. It happened because of our challenge to the former

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It’s official: We can have the Responsible Driver Program requirement lifted

Mar 7 2014

Back in August we announced a change of policy. We decided that we would accept clients who wanted us to write to the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles to demand a review of the RDP (Responsible Driver Program) and IIP (Interlock) requirement. We agreed to take on cases for reconsideration of a referral to remedial programs

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There’s been a change of policy

Aug 27 2013

If you received a 90-day IRP or ADP in the last 8 months, you might have thought that you were very lucky for having avoided being forced through the so-called remedial programs. After all, months went by and you probably didn’t receive a letter from the Office of the Superintendent telling you that you had

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Notice to Refer to Remedial Programs

Aug 8 2013

If you just received a Notice to Refer to Remedial Programs from the OSMV branch of the BC Ministry of Justice, then read this carefully. NOTICE UPDATED FEBRUARY 2015: Since this blog post was originally published there have been significant changes to the procedure when you receive a Notice to Refer to Remedial Programs. Please

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I got a letter saying I need to enroll in the RDP program!

Jul 25 2013

Every day right now we receive dozens of phone calls and emails saying: I got a letter saying I need to enroll in the RDP program. I’ve been driving for two months already since my IRP ended. My finances are in a bad state indeed and I simply can’t do this RDP thingy, whatever the

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What’s happening with the interlock and RDP?

Jul 24 2013

Many people want to know what’s happening with the interlock and RDP now that the Government backed down from automatically forcing drivers through these programs. Of course, we love to keep all of our readers as up to date as possible. The problem is we would rather wait until we know the facts before we

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We won’t back down

Jun 3 2013

When it comes to certain things, we won’t back down. About three years ago the Government introduced the legislation to bring in Immediate Roadside Prohibitions (IRP). For us that was the start of a campaign to protect the people of BC from this legislation. It’s been a difficult struggle but as regular readers of our

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