So pretty much we're SOL.

Impoundment applies.
Charge can't be fought.

An electric motor qualifies as "other than muscular power" so it is a motor vehicle under the Criminal Code. O.Reg 473 allows a power-assisted bicycle to be treated as simply a bicycle under the HTA as long as it meets the standards of the CMVSA. However, that is provincial legislation an...

"motor vehicle" « vehicule   moteur » "motor vehicle" means a vehicle that is drawn, propelled or driven by any means other than muscular power, but does not include railway equipment; This is interesting because I have a clipping from the newspaper that mentioned when my dad got...

Does anyone have a link to the Criminal Code? I can't seem to find it anywhere.

*Edit* I found it.

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowTdm/cs ... 0090929/en

It doesn't define power-assisted bicycles as a motor vehicle. So this has got to be a BS charge.

Thanks for the reply. So he definitely can't be charged with DUI, let alone an impoundment? What should we do now then?

Whoa, just saw this: http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/vehicle/emerging/e-bike-faq.shtml#a17 Drinking and driving a motor vehicle is a Criminal Code offence and charges are laid under the Criminal Code of Canada. Under the Criminal Code, the definition of a "motor vehicle" would inclu...

My father had previously gotten a DUI in his vehicle. Then shortly after they got him again on his cheapo Canadian Tire electric bike. He's old and didn't know such laws regardin the electric bike. Now we have the option of getting the bike back, but apparently it's in a tow truck yard being stored....