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DUI / Impaired Driving:

• Canadian Driving Under the Influence Laws   
  Description: What are the penalties for Canadian driving under the influence laws? The answer depends on whether your DUI charge is your first offence or not. Each additional impaired driving conviction results in much tougher punishments. The best solution is to successfully defend your case or avoid a DUI arrest with a BAC calculator in the first place.
• Canada DUI Laws: Guilty For Drunk Driving In a Motorized Wheelchair   
  Description: An Ontario Court found a man drunk while using a motorized wheelchair on the road guilty of impaired driving. It was held a wheelchair is a motor vehicle in the Criminal Code and that in this case, no Charter equality right was breached.
• Hosting a Holiday Bash? The current law on social host liability   
  Description: The holidays are a festive time. It’s an occasion for families to gather, work colleagues to celebrate together, and friends to meet up.
  
  But along with all that merriment come some amplified safety issues: car accidents increase, drunk-driving charges go up, and alcohol over-indulgence can wreck havoc on what should be a joyous time.
  
  Canadian courts have long held that bars, restaurants and other commercial establishments can be found liable for continuing to serve an intoxicated customer or letting one drive away if an accident occurs. The same rules, however, don’t apply to “social hosts” – people holding private get-togethers in their homes.
• Charged with Driving While Prohibited?   
  Description: Driving prohibitions can be a very, very difficult situation and can cause serious hardship on you and your family. If your job, family, or livelihood responsibilities require that you drive, being prohibited from driving can seem impossible. At Dykstra & Company, you can talk to a criminal defence attorney free of charge during the first consultation. You are under no obligation to hire us; instead it’s an opportunity for you to find out whether you have a defence to your driving while prohibited charge. Call us toll free at 1.877.753.4793 to schedule your free initial consultation with one of our criminal lawyers.
• Were You Charged with Refusing to Provide a Breath Sample?   
  Description: Whether or not a refusal to provide a breath sample is reasonable depends on the circumstances. For example, if blowing into a breathalyzer is extremely difficult or will likely cause you harm, that could be a reasonable excuse. That's why if you’ve been charged with refusing to provide a breath sample, talk to a DUI attorney at Dykstra & Company today by calling 1.877.753.4793.
• What is a DUI Charge and What Can Happen?   
  Description: Drunk driving is a serious criminal charge. If you’ve been charged with operating while impaired in BC, learn about any possible defences available to you by talking to a criminal defence lawyer. Dykstra & Company has been defending people charged with DUI for more than 25 years. Call us toll free at 1.877.753.4793 to schedule a free consultation to discuss your impaired driving charge.
• Charged with Dangerous Driving or Street Racing?   
  Description: Many things can happen to a dangerous driving charge or street racing charge. The charges could be dropped or reduced, or you could go to trial be found not guilty. The fact is if you’re charged with dangerous driving or street racing, you should talk to a dangerous driving lawyer. At Dykstra & Company, you can talk to a criminal defence attorney during a first consultation for no charge and no obligation. Find out your options after being charged with dangerous driving or street racing. Call us at 1.877.753.4793 to schedule your free consultation today.
• Were You Charged With Hit and Run?   
  Description: If you’ve been charged with hit and run (i.e. failure to stop at the scene of an accident), you owe it to yourself to talk to a criminal defence attorney. At Dykstra & Company, we offer a free initial consultation where you can talk to criminal defence lawyer about your hit and run case. Call us today toll free at 1.877.753.4793 to discuss your hit and run case.
• Breathalyzers and how a criminal lawyer can defend a DUI charge in BC?   
  Description: Breathalyzers are the first tool police use to test for impaired driving, DWI, and DUI in BC. Just because your breathalyzer reading indicates you're impaired, does not necessarily mean you'll be found guilty of an impaired charge in a BC court. There are many defences to impaired driving charges in BC, including challenging the accuracy of the breathalyzer results.
• About Gordon Dykstra's Criminal Law Book: "Am I Going to Jail?"   
  Description: If you are charged with an offence such as a DUI/impaired driving, theft, fraud, assault, spousal assault, drug charges, or any other crime, knowing something about the process that you face, the help you can get and what has to be proved is going to help you deal with an offence and the court system. Gordon Dykstra, a criminal lawyer serving Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Surrey, White Rock and throughout the Lower Mainland, wrote his book "Am I Going to Jail" so that you may be able to deal with the process and know something about what will happen so that you can know what to expect. This will also let you know what is the best thing to do and why you should do it.