What grounds can a peace officer use to prohibit a driver from driving for 24 hours?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Swetman v Vancouver (City), 2017 BCSC 1113 (CanLII):
Subsections 215(2) and (3) set out alternative grounds on which a peace officer may prohibit a driver from driving for 24 hours. Both are part of an administrative scheme focused on preserving public safety on the highways by providing expeditious and summary means by which unsafe drivers may be prevented from driving. The purpose of the notice is to provide police officers with an additional tool to be used at the roadside to remove a potentially dangerous driver without delay: MacNeil v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2012 BCCA 360 at para. 49.
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