{"id":7822,"date":"2019-09-21T07:17:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T11:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riendeauavocats.ca\/les-consequences-dune-accusation-de-conduite-avec-facultes-affaiblies\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T17:03:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T17:03:59","slug":"the-consequences-of-an-impaired-driving-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riendeauavocats.ca\/en\/the-consequences-of-an-impaired-driving-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"The consequences of an impaired driving charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7822\" class=\"elementor elementor-7822 elementor-1066\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef13730 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef13730\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ebfac9\" data-id=\"1ebfac9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3990995 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3990995\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The consequences of an impaired driving charge\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fcf2cd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fcf2cd3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de04a76\" data-id=\"de04a76\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a3166d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a3166d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/riendeauavocats.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-concept-of-drink-driving-2021-08-31-17-05-24-utc-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8032\" alt=\"Money, car keys, a toy police car, and a glass of alcohol on a table with a judge&apos;s gavel, representing the risks of impaired driving.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riendeauavocats.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-concept-of-drink-driving-2021-08-31-17-05-24-utc-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/riendeauavocats.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-concept-of-drink-driving-2021-08-31-17-05-24-utc-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/riendeauavocats.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-concept-of-drink-driving-2021-08-31-17-05-24-utc-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/riendeauavocats.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-concept-of-drink-driving-2021-08-31-17-05-24-utc-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riendeauavocats.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-concept-of-drink-driving-2021-08-31-17-05-24-utc-1-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e432a6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e432a6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Taking the wheel despite your faculties being impaired by alcohol, drugs, or even intense fatigue is a behavior that can put your safety and that of others at risk. For this reason, in Quebec, the Criminal Code as well as the Highway Safety Code provide for severe penalties for such offences.<\/p>\n<p>Find out the <strong>consequences to which you expose yourself if you ever decide to drive your vehicle while impaired<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709c4b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"709c4b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Impaired driving: the different laws in force in Quebec and Canada\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d46a64e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d46a64e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Canadian Criminal Code\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53be678 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53be678\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Canada, the Criminal Code applies in all provinces and territories. It is a federal law that determines the penalties for criminal acts that are committed within the country&#8217;s borders.<\/p>\n<p>Under this law, anyone who drives or has charge of a motor vehicle, whether in motion or not, commits an offense if his ability to drive is impaired by the influence of alcohol or drug or if his blood alcohol level exceeds eighty milligrams of alcohol in one hundred milliliters of blood. Obviously, a driver who refuses to cooperate with law enforcement, to submit to a <a href=\"https:\/\/riendeauavocats.ca\/tests-de-coordination-physique\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel= \"noopener\">testing physical coordination<\/a> or blowing into the breathalyzer is also likely to face even more serious charges under the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ef4a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37ef4a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Highway Safety Code\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b518ece elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b518ece\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Highway Safety Code is a law that applies only in the province of Quebec. The measures and penalties it provides for a person convicted of impaired driving are mainly administrative.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bbcda6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bbcda6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The different penalties applied in the case of an arrest for impaired driving<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9ee16c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9ee16c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Upon arrest\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c19f921 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c19f921\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As soon as a person is arrested for <a href=\"https:\/\/riendeauavocats.ca\/nos-expertise\/alcool-au-volant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >impaired driving<\/a> or drunk driving, they will have their driver&#8217;s license suspended immediately for 90 days. His vehicle will also be seized immediately.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfc8bba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dfc8bba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the event of a guilty verdict\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ac32df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ac32df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If someone charged with impaired driving is found guilty, they will automatically have a <a href=\"https:\/\/riendeauavocats.ca\/casier-judiciaire-impacts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >criminal record<\/a> in addition to risking a fine of up to $5,000 and even imprisonment. She will also see her driver&#8217;s license revoked for a more or less long period, depending on whether this is her first drunk driving offence.<\/p>\n<p>Measures to prevent repeat offenses are also used by Quebec authorities. This is why, in several cases, the accused will also be obliged to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesoleil.com\/actualite\/lantidemarreur-ethylometriqueen-five-questions-2d161f4bebacdd1d7baa293e947033ee\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alcohol ignition interlock device<\/a> in their vehicle when their license suspension expires. There is also the possibility that the driver at fault must undergo the impaired driving risk assessment and reduction program.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-081dd52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"081dd52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">You can defend yourself against an impaired driving charge\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b992dfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b992dfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As you have seen, <strong>the consequences of driving while impaired can be disastrous<\/strong>. However, be aware that it is possible to defend yourself against such accusations. Sometimes, the sentence can be considerably reduced if certain irregularities are noted during the study of the file. It is therefore wrong to think that you will definitely be found guilty if you fail a breathalyzer test.<\/p>\n<p>The criminal lawyers at Riendeau Avocats will be able to defend your interests and your rights in the event of an impaired driving charge. In reality, each file deserves to be scrutinized in order to assess your chances of being acquitted. That&#8217;s why you should <a href=\"https:\/\/riendeauavocats.ca\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact one of our criminal lawyers<\/a> as soon as possible if you are arrested for impaired driving.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fbec0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fbec0f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd3b0dc\" data-id=\"bd3b0dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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