90-day administrative driving prohibition

An administrative driving prohibition is a 90-day driving prohibition issued to impaired drivers under the Motor Vehicle Act. It is separate from any Criminal Code charges that may result from the same incident.

How to get your driver’s licence back

If you have reached the end of your prohibition, you can reapply for your driver’s licence by following these steps:

1. Pay any outstanding fines or debts you owe to the court or government.
2. Pay any amounts owed to ICBC, such as for the:

• driver penalty point premium or driver risk premium
• multiple-crash premium

1. Go to any driver licensing office with required ID.
2. Pay a $31 short-term driver’s licence fee and $250 reinstatement fee.

Driving while prohibited

There are more penalties if you are caught driving while prohibited. Driving while under a prohibition is a criminal offence.

• On a first conviction, there is a fine from $500 to $2,000 and the possibility of imprisonment for up to six months, or both.
• On a subsequent conviction, regardless of when the contravention occurred, the fine is $500 to $2,000 and 14 days to one year of imprisonment.
• Your vehicle will be impounded. Even if the vehicle you’re caught driving is not yours, it will be impounded. Towing and storing costs will be charged to the owner.
• You could be prohibited from driving for another 12 months.

More information

ICBC provides services related to administrative driving prohibitions on behalf of the Office of Superintendent of Motor Vehicles.  More information is available in the OSMV fact sheet (PDF).