View source for Driving While Prohibited (No. 192)

===The police can prohibit you from driving===
Police have the discretion to issue various driving prohibitions. 

====24-hour roadside prohibition====
Under [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/laws/stat/rsbc-1996-c-318/latest/rsbc-1996-c-318.html#sec215_smooth BC’s driving laws], if the police have reasonable grounds to believe a driver’s ability to drive is affected by alcohol or a drug, they can issue a '''24-hour roadside prohibition'''. 

If you are given a 24-hour prohibition, police send a copy of the prohibition notice to ICBC to be placed on your driver's record. Police can also '''impound''' your vehicle (have it towed) to prevent you from driving. 

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|align="left"|'''Tip'''
If police give you a 24-hour roadside prohibition, believing you’ve been drinking, you can ask the police to test your breath. If your blood-alcohol level is below 50 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood (“below .05”), the police have to cancel the prohibition. But if your blood-alcohol level is over .05, you face more than a 24-hour prohibition — see our information on [[Impaired Driving (No. 190)|impaired driving (no. 190)]].
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====Immediate roadside prohibition====
Under [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/laws/stat/rsbc-1996-c-318/latest/rsbc-1996-c-318.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQANNTAgbWlsbGlncmFtcwAAAAAB&resultIndex=1#sec215.41_smooth another provision of BC’s driving laws], police can issue an '''immediate roadside prohibition''' if you provide a breath sample and an '''approved screening device''' shows a warn or fail reading, and police have reasonable grounds to believe your ability to drive is affected by alcohol. 

A '''fail''' reading (of over .08) results in a 90-day driving prohibition. A '''warn''' reading (of over .05) results in a 3-day driving prohibition for a first prohibition, a 7-day driving prohibition for a second prohibition, and a 30-day driving prohibition for any subsequent prohibition. 
  
====Administrative driving prohibition====
Under [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/laws/stat/rsbc-1996-c-318/latest/rsbc-1996-c-318.html#sec94.1_smooth another provision], if the police, suspecting you of drinking and driving, test your blood-alcohol level and it’s over .08, they can give you a 90-day '''administrative driving prohibition'''. They can also charge you under the ''Criminal Code'' with impaired driving. (For more, see our information on [[Impaired Driving (No. 190)|impaired driving, no. 190]].)