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It’s intended to like penalties for drinking and driving in BC the toughest in the country. The liberal government introduced legislation today that they will impose heavy penalties on driver who’s failed a roadside breath test, even if they’re never charged with impaired driving. Hanna Roberson has the details.


“My speedy, terrible, terrible memories, thank you.”

For changes to BC’s impaired driving law has helped Middelaer’s family channel their pain of loosing a four year old daughter Alxea to elegy drunk driver two years ago in delta. Increase penalty’s been legislated in Alexa’s names.

“And I feel that my daughter has been honored in a way I would’ve never, ever imagined.”

“We believe that we need penalties that are clear, swift and severe.”

If you fail a breathalyzer of below 0.08 or higher you could be criminal charge with impaired driving as always. But even if you don’t get charged under the new laws you will be hit an immediately 90 day driving ban and have your vehicle impounded for 30 days. And then there’re other financial penalties. A $500 fine, $700 bill for towing fees the impounded vehicle. $250 to get the driver license back. $880 for a mandatory responsible driver program and ignition interlock device that will test driver’s alcohol level for 1 year for $1420, at total of $3750 for even one failed breathalyzer with no criminal charge. Drivers who get caught in the warning range bellowing between 0.05 and 0.08 will get an immediate 3 day driving ban and fines up to $600 for a first offence, those penalty go up for every warning you get.

Doc Roy Purssell hopes the change will mean he has to tell fewer families that their loved one has died because of drunk driver.

“I can tell you that knowing that your news are gonna flex that kind of pain on them, the hardest thing we do.”

Legislation was introduced today, but the charges are expected to be in place by fall.