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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 | 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 [[Drinking and Driving (Script 190)|impaired driving (no. 190)]]. | ||
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====Immediate roadside prohibition==== | ====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. | 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. | ||