Beginning May 1, 2009 a Driver who Registers a Blood-Alcohol Reading between .05 and .08 will be Levied a Three-Day License Suspension and a $150 Fine.
This Roadside License Suspension cannot be Appealed and You may not Drive again until after Your Suspension has Expired and you have gone to a MTO License Office to Pay your Fine and Obtain a Temporary Drivers License !
A Reading in that range currently only gets you a 12-hour Driving Suspension.
Even One Drink might put a small Person over the .05 Limit.
The new Penalties will get steeper with each Infraction.
After May 1, for example, a Motorist who receives a Second Warning within Five Years of the first will have his or her Privilege to Drive Suspended for Seven Days On top of that, they will be required to attend a Remedial Driver Training Program. These Roadside License Suspensions cannot be Appealed !
If there is a Third occurrence in the Five-Year Period their License will be Suspended for 30 Days, they will be sent back to Remedial Driver Training Class and they will have to have a Costly Ignition Interlock installed in their Vehicle for Six Months.
The Training Programs, Ignition Interlock and Ministry Monetary Penalties will all be at the Driver's Expense.
Const. Bill Baines of Sarnia Police Service said the amount of Alcohol in your Blood that will get you into trouble after May 1 will now be so low that many Drivers may decide not to Drink even a little before getting behind the Wheel.
"It does change the picture in that sense," he said. "For the good of all, we don't want People Drinking even a small amount if they're going to be on the Road. The bottom line is we don't want People Drinking even a little bit. It's very dangerous. It costs Lives and it injures a lot of People."
Ontario's Drinking and Diving Rates dropped by 15 Per Cent during the First Eight years of this Decade.
Here is the MTO Web Link below;
<http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/impaired/fact-sheet.shtml#adls> http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/impaired/fact-sheet.shtml#adls
James Morton
1100-5255 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
M2N 6P4
416 225 2777
2 comments:
The title of your post = my first thoughts upon reading about the new law a few days ago.
same here. It's simply not worth the risk and penalty.
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