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ABILITY DRIVE MOTOR VEHICLE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-08-18
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Driving (Road Vehicles)
- Road Safety
- Special-Language Phraseology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- ability to operate a motor vehicle
1, record 1, English, ability%20to%20operate%20a%20motor%20vehicle
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- ability to drive a motor vehicle 2, record 1, English, ability%20to%20drive%20a%20motor%20vehicle
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
If a peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a person is committing … an offence … the peace officer may … require the person to submit ... to an evaluation conducted by an evaluating officer to determine whether the person’s ability to operate a motor vehicle, a vessel, an aircraft or railway equipment is impaired … 3, record 1, English, - ability%20to%20operate%20a%20motor%20vehicle
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Conduite automobile
- Sécurité routière
- Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- capacité de conduire un véhicule à moteur
1, record 1, French, capacit%C3%A9%20de%20conduire%20un%20v%C3%A9hicule%20%C3%A0%20moteur
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- capacité de conduire un véhicule automobile 2, record 1, French, capacit%C3%A9%20de%20conduire%20un%20v%C3%A9hicule%20automobile
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L’agent de la paix qui a des motifs raisonnables de croire qu’une personne est en train de commettre […] une infraction […] peut […] lui ordonner de se soumettre [...] à une évaluation afin que l’agent évaluateur vérifie si sa capacité de conduire un véhicule à moteur, un bateau, un aéronef ou du matériel ferroviaire est affaiblie [...] 3, record 1, French, - capacit%C3%A9%20de%20conduire%20un%20v%C3%A9hicule%20%C3%A0%20moteur
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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