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====e. Higher insurance costs====
Prohibitions and convictions under the BC <em>Motor Vehicle Act</em> mean you have much higher vehicle insurance costs. The website of the Insurance Corporation of BC (ICBC) has more on this at [http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/tickets/Pages/Driver-Risk-Premium.aspx ICBC] has more on this. ====f. Driver’s license points and penalties====You get points against your driver’s license, as this [http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/driving-and-transportation/driving/publications/mandatory-matrix.pdf chart] shows. And those points cost you a lot of money, called the driver penalty point premium, as this [http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/tickets/Pages/Driver-RiskPenalty-PremiumPoints.aspxchart]shows. Also check script 187, called “The Points System and ICBC”.
===3. What can happen under the Canadian <em>Criminal Code</em> if you drink and drive?===
<p>If the police do not issue an IRP under the BC <em>Motor Vehicle Act</em>, they may charge you with any of the following 3 serious criminal charges under the <em>Criminal Code </em>of Canada (available at [http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/index.html Criminal Code]</em>of Canada:</p>
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<li>Ministry of Justice information on driving while affected by drugs or alcohol<br /> [http://www.pssgwww2.gov.bc.ca/osmvgov/content/roadtransportation/driving-safety/impairedand-driving.htm www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmvcycling/road-safety-rules-and-consequences/impaireddrug-alcohol Ministry of Justice information on driving.htmwhile affected by drugs or alcohol]</li> <li>• Fact sheet on IRPs<br /> [http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/Immediate_Roadside_Prohibition_Fact_Sheet.pdf www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/Immediate_Roadside_Prohibition_Fact_Sheet.pdf]</li> <li>• Fact sheet on IRP penalties<br /> [http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/immediate-roadside-prohibition-penalties.pdf www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/immediate-roadside-prohibition-penalties.pdf]</li> <li>• Disputes, Appeals and Reviews • Application guide for IRP reviews<br /> [http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/IRP_review_guide.pdf www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/IRP_review_guide.pdf]</li> <li>IRP review guide for applicants<br /> [http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/IRP_review_Q_A.pdf www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/IRP_review_Q_A.pdf]</li> <li>• Fact sheet on 24-hour prohibitions<br /> [http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/factsheet-24hour-prohibition.pdf www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/factsheet-24hour-prohibition.pdf]</li> <li>• Fact sheet on ADPs<br /> [http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/factsheet-admindriving-prohibition.pdf www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/factsheet-admindriving-prohibition.pdf]</li> <li>Ministry of Justice list of related factsheets and publications<br /> [http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/publications/index.htm www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/publications/index.htm]</li> <li>Ministry of Justice information on alcohol and drug related prohibitions and suspensions<br /> [http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/prohibitions/impaired-driving.htm www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/prohibitions/impaired-driving.htm]</li> <li>Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles information<br /> [http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/about/index.htm www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/about/index.htm]</li> <li>• Responsible Driver Program<br /> [http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/factsheet-responsible-driver.pdf www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/factsheet-responsible-driver.pdf]</li> <li>• Ignition Interlock Program<br /> [http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/factsheet-ignition-interlock.pdf www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/shareddocs/factsheet-ignition-interlock.pdf]</li> <li>• ICBC information on insurance costs and drinking and driving convictions<br /> [http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/tickets/Pages/Driver-Risk-Premium.aspx www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/tickets/Pages/Driver-Risk-Premium.aspx]</li>
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[updated July 2014May 2016]