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Ontario Enacts Tougher Drinking and Driving Restrictions for Teens

By Michael

Starting soon, Ontario will initiate the most strict age restrictions on DUI and drunk driving in Canada. The new DUI laws will kick in on August 1, according to an article in The Waterloo Region-Record. Under the new laws, drivers under the age of 22 won?t be able to drink a drop of alcohol, or take a single sip, before they drive a car. The announcement came down from Transportation Minister Kathleen Wynne. Drivers under 21 won?t be allowed to have any alcohol in their blood while they are driving, regardless of what type of driver?s license they have. Canada has a graduated series of licenses leading up to the G license, which allows drivers to operate any car, van or small truck and trailer up to a certain size. The G1 license allows a driver to drive in the presence of a fully licensed driver who has at least four years of driving experience...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on July 30, 2010 (boomark / email).