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==Six types of driving prohibitions== | ==Six types of driving prohibitions== | ||
'''1. BC Superintendent of Motor Vehicles prohibition for poor driving record''' | |||
:The BC Superintendent of Motor Vehicles can prohibit you from driving in any of the following cases: | :The BC Superintendent of Motor Vehicles can prohibit you from driving in any of the following cases: | ||
*the Superintendent considers it in the public interest – for example, if you have a bad driving record. | :*the Superintendent considers it in the public interest – for example, if you have a bad driving record. | ||
*your driver’s license was suspended in anther province or state. | :*your driver’s license was suspended in anther province or state. | ||
*you don’t pay money, called damages, that a court orders for a vehicle accident in which you were the driver or vehicle owner. | :*you don’t pay money, called damages, that a court orders for a vehicle accident in which you were the driver or vehicle owner. | ||
*you don’t take a medical exam that the Superintendent orders. | :*you don’t take a medical exam that the Superintendent orders. | ||
'''2. 24-hour prohibition''' | |||
If you have care or control of a vehicle and the police have reasonable grounds to believe that your ability to drive is affected by alcohol or drugs, they may: | If you have care or control of a vehicle and the police have reasonable grounds to believe that your ability to drive is affected by alcohol or drugs, they may: | ||
require you to remove your vehicle from the road. | require you to remove your vehicle from the road. |
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