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The police officer should have given you a Temporary Driver's License and Notice of an Administrative License Suspension for 3 months starting in 21 days from the date of your offence.
*** Your three-month suspension and your criminal charges have NO effect on one another
We can bring an appeal before the Transportation Safety Board to have this suspension cancelled. This is a separate process from fighting your criminal charges. The process involves you purchasing an application form from a registry (cost $260), signing the form and bringing it to us. We will fill in the rest and file it at the Board. We are then given a date for a hearing, which may or may not be before your suspension begins to run. Filing an appeal does NOT delay the start of your suspension. You will attend the hearing with us. A written decision will be given by the board 10 business days following the hearing.
*** It is important to remember that the hearing has no effect on your criminal charges.
If you drive while your suspension is running you are risking being charged with further offences, having your vehicle impounded for 30 days and a further suspension of your licence.
If you are eventually convicted, and have no prior record, you will lose your license for 1 year. The first 3 months you will have to walk, the last 9 months you can drive if you get an Ignition Interlock machine installed. Please see our Alberta Ignition Interlock Program page for further information, but always remember to verify our information with the Alberta government web sites.
If you are convicted and have a prior record for impaired driving or refusing to blow, you may be facing jail time and a 3 year driving suspension.