canada: bike owner charged after loaning out bike

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Originally Posted by karl_1052

Here the legal limit is 0.08, but they can charge you at 0.05. More political BS

Close, but not quite. Up here, under graduated licensing, you are limited to zero BAC until you get your full license (minimum 20 months with G2/M2 license before graduating to full M or G).

With a full G or M, if you blow in the 'warn range (about 0.05 and below 0.08 BAC; well actually 0.10, because that's what the breathalizers are calibrated to) then they will take your car and license for 3 days, leaving you at the roadside. You will never see a court. You will never be able to dispute the suspension or seizure of your vehicle. If they catch you again, then the same will happen for 7 days, then 30 days if it happens again.

There is no charge but there is an administrative suspension attached to your record, with nothing that you can do about it. Guilty, without a trial.

Originally Posted by Tmall

I think that once its registered, you're subject to all laws.

I've know ppl who've been charged with dui for sitting in there car drunk, in their driveway and listening to music.

And I know ppl who've been charged for no helmet, even though they were on private property.

"Impaired Operation" is a different story and it's governed by the Criminal Code of Canada. There's something called "care and control"; if you are in control of a vehicle, whether operating it or not, you can be charged with impaired. Impaired operation charges don't require that you be on public roads, as they also apply to aircraft and boats.

In Ontario, at least, helmets must be worn unless you're on YOUR OWN property, or property on which you reside (lease/rent).