Driving within the law Flashcards by Unknown Unknown

Demerit point penalities for fully-licensed and GDL drivers:

Failing to remain at the scene of a collision

7 points

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Demerit point penalities for fully-licensed and GDL drivers:

Careless driving
Failing to stop for a school bus
Racing
Speeding (exceeding limit by at least 51 km/h)

6 points

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Demerit point penalities for fully-licensed and GDL drivers:

Failing to yield right-of-way to pedestrian in a crosswalk
following too closely
Speeding (exceeding limit by 31 to 50 km/h)

4 points

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Demerit point penalities for fully-licensed and GDL drivers:

Failing to stop at a railway crossing (School bus or vehicle carrying explosives, gas or flammable liquid)
Failing to stop for a peace officer

5 points

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Demerit point penalities for fully-licensed and GDL drivers:

Driving to the left of the yellow line/ driving of center on unmarked two-way

Driving in the wrong direction on a one0way highway

3 points

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Demerit point penalities for fully-licensed and GDL drivers:

Failing to report a collision
Failing to stop at an intersection controlled by a stop sign
Failing to stop for a red light at an intersection

3 points

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Demerit point penalities for fully-licensed and GDL drivers:

Impeding passing vehicle
Improper passing

3 points

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Stunting
Speeding (exceeding limit by 16 to 30 km/h)

3 points

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Demerit point penalities for fully-licensed and GDL drivers:

Failing to obey instruction of traffic control device

2 points

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Demerit point penalities for fully-licensed and GDL drivers:

Improper backing- backing into an intersection or crosswalk or unsafe backing onto a highway

2 points

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Demerit point penalities for fully-licensed and GDL drivers:

Improper turns
Improper U-turns

2 points

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Traffic lane violation
Speeding (exceeding limit to maximum of 15 km/h)

2 points

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Demerit point penalities for fully-licensed and GDL drivers:

Curfew- driving between mightnight and 5 a.m. (class 7 learner stage only)

2 points

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Demerit point penalities for fully-licensed and GDL drivers:

Having more passengers than seatbelts
Supervisor (accompanying driver) not fully qualified

2 points

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Drivers licence privelege suspensions:

First:

Automatic one month suspension

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Drivers licence privelege suspensions:

Second (within one year)

automatic three month suspension

third (within two years)

automatic six month suspension. You may be required to attend a review with the registrar of motor vehicles (Alberta transportation)

Federal: Criminal Code of Canada

Impaired driving regardless of blood alchohol or drug content
blood alchohol level over the legal limit
drug or drug-alchohol combination or a toxicological (blood or urine) sample
refusing to provide a breath or blood sample
impaired driving cuasing bodily harm
impaired driving causing death
driving while suspended or disqualified

Offences related to impaired driving are:

Immediate Roadisde Sanction (IRS) ZERO: Novice

Contraventions for this type of suspension/ disqualification include the following:

an immediate 30-day driver’s licence suspension
a seven-day vehicle seizure
$200 fine plus victim fine surcharge of 20 percent

Applies to drivers whose ability to operate a motor vehicle has been impaired by a physical or medical condition, or by drugs or alchohol. a 24 hour licence disqualification will be issued.

Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS): 24-hour

applies to all alchohol and/ or drugs and there is a zero tolerance approach for any alchohol and/ or drugs for novice drivers in the class 5 GDL licence category

Immediate Roadisde Sanction (IRS) ZERO: Novice

Applies to all alchohol and/ or drugs and there is a zero tolerance approach for any alchohol and. or drug for commerical driver operating a commercial vehicle in a commercial capacity.

Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS) ZERO: commercial

Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS) commercial

Contraventions for this type of suspension/disqualification include the follwing:

1st occurence:

3-days immediate driver’s licence suspension and $300 fine plus victim fine surcharge of 20 percent

Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS) commercial

Contraventions for this type of suspension/disqualification include the follwing:
* 2nd occurence:

15-days immediate driver’s licence suspension and $600 fine plus victim surcharge of 20 percent

# Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS) commercial Contraventions for this type of suspension/disqualification include the following: * 3rd occurence:

30-days immediate driver's licence suspension and $1,200 fine plus victim fine surcharge of 20 percent

applies when a law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a driver has operated a motor vehicle with ablood alchohol concentration that is equal to or exceeds 50 milligrams of alchohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS): WARN

# Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS): WARN Contraventions for this type of suspension/ disqualification include the following: * 1st occurence:

3-days immediate driver's licence suspension, 3-days vehicle seizure, and $300 fine plus victim fine surcharge of 20 percent

# Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS): WARN Contraventions for this type of suspension/ disqualification include the following: * 2nd occurence:

15-days immediate driver's licence suspension, 7-days vehicle suizure, requirement to complete the Crossroads course (or the PLanning Ahead course may be used as an equivalent) and $600 fine plus victim fine surcharge of 20 percent]

# Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS): WARN Contraventions for this type of suspension/ disqualifcation include the following: * 3rd occurence

30-days immediate drivers licence suspension, 7-days vechile seuizure, requirement to complete the IMPACT program, and $1,200 fine plus victim fine surcharge of 20 percent.

the driver has operated a motor vehicle while their ability to do so was impaired to any degree by alchohol or a drug or by a combination of alchohol and a drug

Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS): FAIL

# [](http://) within 2 houts after ceasing to operate a motor vechile, the driver had a blood alchohol concentration that was equal to or exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood

Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS): FAIL

within 2 hours after ceasing to operate a motor vehicle, the driver had a blood drug concentration that is equal to or exceeds any blood drug concentration for the drug that is prescribed by regulation under the Criminal Code (Canada)

Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS): FAIL

Within 2 hours, after ceasing to operate a motor vechile, the driver had a blood alchohol concentration and a blood drug cocentration that is equal to or exceeds the blood alchohol concentration for the drug that is prescribed by regulation under the *Criminal Code* (canada) for instances where and alchohol and that drug are combined

Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS): FAIL