Citation

Solomon R, Chamberlain E. Proc. Int. Counc. Alcohol Drugs Traffic Safety Conf. 2002; 2002: 711-716.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, The author(s) and the Council, Publisher International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety)

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Abstract

This paper examines the potential legal implications of lowering the Criminal Code BAC limit in Canada, particularly for enforcement, prosecution and sentencing. It also examines how a lower federal BAC limit would interact with various provincial and territorial highway traffic statutes, which impose short-term roadside licence suspensions on drivers with BACs of 0.05% or higher, or who are believed to be impaired. While none of the implications poses a barrier to lowering the Criminal Code limit, certain complementary legal changes would make this lower limit more effective and easier to enforce.