Definitions for Drinking and Driving Offences

Impaired Driving:

Driving or having the care and/or control of a motor vehicle, while the accused’s ability to operate the motor vehicle was impaired due to the consumption of an alcoholic beverage or drug.

DWI:

Driving while impaired

Driving over 80 mgs:

Driving or having the care and/or control of a motor vehicle while there was more than 80 milligrams of alcohol in your blood stream for every 100 milliliters of blood.

Motor vehicle - Criminal code of Canada

Anything drawn, propelled or driven by any means other than by muscular power. Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Farm Tractors and machinery, factory equipment and snowmobiles, even if the accused worked in a factory they are prohibited from driving any motorized machine with wheels.