Drinking and drivingby Yves Jubinville

The charges relating to drinking and driving in Canada are separated in two categories: Driving while impaired and driving with a blood alcohol level superior to 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millimeters of blood. The impaired driving section specifies that it is illegal to drive while your abilities are impaired by alcohol or a drug, and therefore you could be charged of impaired driving for driving after consuming alcohol or drugs, or a mix of both. For either type of charge, there is many legal consequences including a minimum $1000 fine, a minimum 12 months Canada wide driving prohibition, a criminal record, in Ontario the obligation to take a remedial driving program, significant raise in automobile insurance costs and more. The penalties and consequences are the same if you refuse, without a valid reason, to give a breath sample to the police. These consequences will be more severe in accordance with your level of impairment or your blood alcohol concentration, the way you were driving, if one was implicated in a car accident, if anyone was hurt or died as a result of an accident, and also if you have a prior criminal record for similar convictions. Mandatory jail sentences are imposed for a second, third and subsequent offences.