Every spring we see an increase in 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibitions issued based on an allegation of refusing to blow. There are a couple of reasons refusal DUIs go up in spring here in British Columbia. On the one hand more people are getting out to enjoy the weather, doing outdoor activities and the police […]
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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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The Christmas Counterattack program is underway in British Columbia, starting with a massive blitz on the weekend with police DUI checkpoints on most major highways in the province. Lots of people are opposed to check-stop programs like these because they think it’s unfair to inconvenience thousands of drivers to catch the odd person who might
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In British Columbia there are various DUI impaired driving prohibitions and due to the crossover of federal criminal laws and provincial highway laws it can get a little confusing. Because there are several different types of DUI driving prohibitions, understanding an impaired driving prohibition is more difficult than you might imagine. Plenty of lawyers are
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It is common for people to want to know whether they will win or lose over the phone when they first call us about their drinking-driving case. No lawyer can tell you whether you will win or lose your case over the phone in an initial phone call. The fact is, without reviewing the police
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There are a few steps we take right away when we defend an Immediate Roadside Prohibition (an IRP) to determine how we can best defend the allegation and succeed for our clients. Most important is to obtain the Report to Superintendent, which is a document we get from the government. The police must complete the
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The pandemic had obvious impacts on traffic in BC. Noteworthy as well are the BC trends in traffic enforcement in the last two years. Early in the pandemic, there was almost no traffic on the roads as everyone remained at home, hoping this would blow over as quickly as possible. Interestingly, police reported to us
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Kyla Lee is famous not just for DUI defence, but because she wrote the book on 90-day IRP defence. The Immediate Roadside Prohibition legal scheme has been around for more than 10 years. We started defending these cases from the day the law came out and Kyla has successfully defended IRPs for people from all
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There are a couple of types of driving prohibition for DUI that are issued by the police in British Columbia. The most common is the 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) issued on the basis of the roadside breath test. The second most common is the 90-day Administrative Driving Prohibition (ADP) issued once the driver has
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Around this time last year, a BC Supreme Court judge in Victoria heard a week’s worth of arguments in the constitutional challenge to the third version of British Columbia’s controversial Immediate Roadside Prohibition scheme. Our office participated with another law office to bring about this challenge to the legislation. As you may recall, in April
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In less than a week the drinking driving law landscape is changing dramatically and Canadians need to know about it. Most people know the phrase “ignorance of the law is not an excuse.” What it means is that even if you don’t know the law on something, you’re still governed by it. And right now
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如果警察相信驾驶者的驾驶能力受到了酒精影响，或者这个人的酒精测试结果是“警告”，那么警察就会因为“警告”的结果而扣住驾照，拖车，并且给驾驶者3天,7天或者30天立即禁驾（IRP）。 想挑战你的立即禁驾？请致电给我们 604-370-3050。 3天, 7天或者30天禁驾的影响 近期，机动车辆管理局(the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles) 开始给收到过禁驾的驾驶者寄出意图禁驾通知。 在机动车辆管理局看来，如果驾驶者的驾驶记录不满意的话，那么管理局可能会进一步取消驾驶者的驾驶权。 挑战3天, 7天 或者30天禁驾 我们是被公认为卑斯省领先的立即禁驾辩护律师事务所。我们的客户来自卑斯省的各个小镇和城市。政府的记录显示，我们IRP申诉的成功率高过其他律师事务所。 如果你因为吹到“警告”而收到IRP， 请马上致电给我们，我们会马上开始处理你的案件。如果驾驶对你很重要， 请现在致电给我们。 要申诉立即禁驾的话，你必须在收到禁驾的7天内，填写申诉表格和支付申诉费。 3 天或者7天禁驾都是书面申诉。 90天立即禁驾 （IRP） 在卑斯省，如果警察认为你酒精测试结果为“不合格”就会给你90天立即禁驾 （IRP）。你的驾驶权利会被暂停90天， 你的车会被扣押30天，而且你需要支付所有相关费用。机动车辆管理局会强制让你参与驾驶者重新训练计划 Responsible Driver Program (费用大约是$996， 是从2016年开始强制执行的)， 会根据你的驾驶记录而让你安装点火装置，你将不能继续开车直到你完成所有要求(费用大约是每年$1730加税)。 如果警察认为你拒绝做酒精测试的话，你会因此收到90天立即禁驾
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