There are currently three types of offences that are subject to vehicle impoundments:
- Impounding Offence (driving);
- Impounding Offence (driver’s licence); and
- Road Rage offences.
Specifically, the offences include:
Impounding Offence (driving)
- s.60 Driving in a reckless manner
- s.60A Driving at a reckless speed; and
- s.62A Causing excessive noise or smoke
Impounding Offence (driver’s licence)
- s.49(1)(a) that is committed by a person described in s.49(3)(a), (b) or (c):
- the driver had applied for the grant or renewal of a driver’s licence and had been refused;
- the driver had never held a driver’s licence AND is also disqualified from holding a driver’s licence for any reason other than fine suspension;
- the driver has held a driver’s licence but ceased to hold it for any reason other than voluntarily surrendering the licence, the licence expired or fines suspension; or
- the driver’s licence is suspended for any reason other than fines suspension;
- s.38(1)(a) driving contrary to extraordinary licence (EL) conditions:
- the driver is driving contrary to an EL in regards to time, purpose or location only.
Road Rage offences
- s.78A is a road rage offence where the offender:
- assaults a victim;
- damages the victim’s property; or
- commits a reckless driving offence where the victim is endangered,
- where the offence is committed as a reaction to, and motivated by, an event that occurs on a road or any place accessible to the public while:
- the offender is driving a vehicle on the road or in the place; and
- the victim of the offence is using the same road or place, whether as the driver, or a passenger in another vehicle.
