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Sorry to hear your situation but I don''t think so. You never know till you go in front of a judge. Worst case you lose your license for a year but a first offense by a young guy and a good lawyer you never know. Call Patrick Sullivan at Meigan Haddad he is one of the best criminal lawyers around.  
 
Edited by Residentof7thst., 2018-06-26 21:41:22

Are you just accepting the DUI and the suspension or are you taking the ticket to court? If you are appearing in front of a jp, then you would be wise to plead guilty but ask that you have a work permit licence. This is quite common with licence suspensions. You can only drive for the purposes of your employment. Of course this will also be dependant on how bad your driving record is. If you are fairly clean, this should be simple. If you have an awful driving and record, good luck.

Your conviction will include a driving prohibition & a driving suspension. There is no appeal during the initial prohibition period of time.

I know people that have driving permits for work only after a single offence. But I do question the 2 drinks. you look like approx 180-200lbs from the profile pic. That would mean you had 5 or 6 drinks over supper.  
 
https://www.insure.com/car-insurance/blood-alcohol-calculator.html

the math doesn't add up. Follow the chart BAC doesn't work that way. If you're being honest with the 2 drinks this will be overturned with any evidence. Did you get blood test or only breath?  
 
Your 150lbs and 2 drinks over dinner shows 0.0395 BAC, you can't change that. Someone that didn't drink for a long time may not tolerate it as well but it won't affect the BAC. This can change slightly with metabolism and other things but nowhere near enough to reach the legal limit .08 What was your BAC

The only way you may get off or away with enjoying a meal with a drink... is getting legal representation call Patrick Sullivan.

You drank and drove. Two or ten beer doesn't matter.  
 
There is a law for this. Many people think they will never get caught. Many think they are indestructible after a few drinks.  
 
Your choice was to drink and drive - unfortunately you got caught and it may even affect your job. You maybe can just learn from this.

He is trying to find out if he can get the breathalyzer installed in a semi so that he can keep his job and continue to be contributing member of society. He wasn't asking for your opinion on drinking and driving. I know we all have one, myself included, but I will give him credit for trying to find ways to stay employed. I can't say if you can get one installed in a semi, but I know at one of my work places we had it installed in a company car so that the employee could keep their job.

Best person to ask would be the appeals board through mpi. I don't know if they can be installed in a semi, I just know any vehicle you wish to drive needs to have the blowbox.

Brenda.. said "You drank and drove. Two or ten beer doesn't matter.     There is a law for this. Many people think they will never get caught. Many think they are indestructible after a few drinks.     Your choice was to drink and drive - unfortunately you got caught and it may even affect your job. You maybe can just learn from this. "

Having a few beers when eating out for supper is the norm for MOST people.  
 
Why dont you just go to any restaurant and start telling the customers you can drink?

While I agree that's quite the story I don't quite believe it. Out for dinner had 2 beers, malfunctioning breathalyzer, charged with refusal and found guilty. Not quite how it works but ah ya ok whatever you say...  
 
But ya why not ask MPI the ones responsible for the program. As long as your boss is cool with you having one, if it is their semi and if it is shared, if your fellow co workers are cool with blowing in your machine when they drive it. I don't see why they wouldn't after all you will be the one paying for it.

Sorry, I don’t know the answer to your immobilizer question but I do wish you good luck, you’re in a tough position. Sorry to sidetrack, but I have to reply to an above post because I’m seriously shaking my head here. Having a few beers/drinks when eating out IS the norm for a lot of people... but is it when you’re driving?? I would hope not. And if so, I would hope that this thread makes a person or two rethink that. There are warnings pretty much everywhere you turn that drinking and driving is dangerous/illegal/costly. If you aren’t aware enough to know whether you’ve consumed enough to put yourself over the legal limit, you’re putting a lot at risk. Just ask the OP. Some people like to learn things the hard way though.

Did you plead guilty already and were sentenced? If you went for a conditional discharge MAYBE. but I doubt it: you still drank and drove. Doesn’t matter if it was a personal vehicle or not.

Getty said "    Brenda.. said "You drank and drove. Two or ten beer doesn't matter.     There is a law for this. Many people think they will never get caught. Many think they are indestructible after a few drinks.     Your choice was to drink and drive - unfortunately you got caught and it may even affect your job. You maybe can just learn from this. " Having a few beers when eating out for supper is the norm for MOST people.     Why dont you just go to any restaurant and start telling the customers you can drink? "

I know MANY that going out for two drinks and having supper is not the normal!  
 
I know many people that always say - I only had two. (not saying the OP did not)  
 
There are strict laws and I have happened to have a couple people killed in my circle from drunk drivers.  
 
He knew what his job was when he chose to drink and drive. Unfortunately, now it may affect his job.  
 
There are many factors that could make having two drinks be over the limit. Medication, being sick, diabetes, etc.  
 
There are rules in Canada and like texting people are still not getting it.  
 
Yes, if he loses his job, it is very unfortunate, but then you learn a tough lesson. One might be you are lucky that is all you lost and not your life or taken someone else's being impaired.  
 
Hey, I feel sorry for the guy too - but laws are there, because we know how it kills. Unfortunate for anyone that has a job and gets a DUI. But I will take the law over drinking and driving any day.

Do you drive solely in Canada? I think you must wait a full year after dui conviction to drive in u.s. also is your highway tractor a dedicated unit? You will not be able to operate any unit other than the one fitted with immobilizer or can be charged driving while disqualified.

You don't need to be buzzed to be impaired legally. What i'm reading is that they checked you for impaired. Did they do a road side check that you failed that they then did the 2nd test in which you were not blowing hard enough that you were charged with the refusal? Do you have a refusal because they were unable to get a reading? Either way... i question a failure on 2 drinks and knowing you need your licence for work. I too need my licence and have never had 2 drinks and only have a 5 oz or 6 oz glass of wine max over a meal

I was a breath test technician for 24 years and when I retired I had over 800 tests. The first thing you need to do is stop lying to yourself, and the second thing to do is to make sure it never happens again.  
For you to have been arrested for impaired driving, there had to be some kind of driving evidence. Driving all over the road, crossing the centre line, speeding, aggressive driving, going through a red light are all evidence that the driver may be impaired and something there must have applied to you. There also had to be some personal evidence that the police observed. Stuff like unsteady while standing, staggering, heavy booze smell, things like that. The police just can't stop someone and say you're impaired without any evidence.  
The breath test equipment is very expensive and very sophisticated. It is highly computerized and if it was broken, the test instrument itself to say so. It was not broken, you were were just jerking around.  
The fact that you went to court and either plead guilty or were found guilty demonstrates that there is more to this story.  
So, stop lying to yourself. You got caught. Nobody was hurt or killed. Pay the price and above all, make sure it doesn't happen again.  
The term of the court ordered suspension is mandatory and Canada wide. The term was usually 90 days, but what ever the court told you. After the court suspension you can apply for an interlock but it has to be granted by the judge.  
https://www.mpi.mb.ca/en/PDFs/Interlock.pdf  
FYI. I'd say someone that denies the truth, blames everyone else and everything may not be a good candidate for an ignition interlock. Just saying.

Brenda.. said "    Getty said "    Brenda.. said "You drank and drove. Two or ten beer doesn't matter.     There is a law for this. Many people think they will never get caught. Many think they are indestructible after a few drinks.     Your choice was to drink and drive - unfortunately you got caught and it may even affect your job. You maybe can just learn from this. " Having a few beers when eating out for supper is the norm for MOST people.     Why dont you just go to any restaurant and start telling the customers you can drink? " I know MANY that going out for two drinks and having supper is not the normal!     I know many people that always say - I only had two. (not saying the OP did not)     There are strict laws and I have happened to have a couple people killed in my circle from drunk drivers.     He knew what his job was when he chose to drink and drive. Unfortunately, now it may affect his job.     There are many factors that could make having two drinks be over the limit. Medication, being sick, diabetes, etc.     There are rules in Canada and like texting people are still not getting it.     Yes, if he loses his job, it is very unfortunate, but then you learn a tough lesson. One might be you are lucky that is all you lost and not your life or taken someone else's being impaired.     Hey, I feel sorry for the guy too - but laws are there, because we know how it kills. Unfortunate for anyone that has a job and gets a DUI. But I will take the law over drinking and driving any day. "

I think the definition of "normal" will vary immensely in this case. I know people who hardly drink, and therefore generally don't have a drink when out. But some people I know, it's not "going out" unless you have a drink or two.  
 
The reality is, regardless if it's "normal" or not, the problem is [i]not[/i] that he chose to have a drink. The problem is that he chose to [i]get behind the wheel[/i], and like you say he did it despite the fact knowing that he needs he ability to drive to remain employed.  
 
Yeah, I don't get it either.  
 
OP - While I've known people who have had the interlock to get to and from work, none were professional drivers. If I were you, I would probably invest some time and energy looking for alternative employment at this point while pursuing this.