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If your driver’s licence is not in tip-top shape, you could be looking at a $465 fine.

That’s the lesson an Alberta man learned after Edmonton police officers issued him a fine for a cracked driver’s licence.

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On Wednesday night, police responded to a report of a suspected impaired driver.

The vehicle was reported weaving in and out of its lane and onto the shoulder of the road, police said in a news release.

Police had “grounds to lay a careless driving charge under the Traffic Safety Act, which carries a penalty of $543 and six demerits” but the officer used his discretion and issued a lesser fine for a cracked driver’s licence, police said.

A cracked driver’s licence falls under a Traffic Safety Act section that states that a person shall not mutilate, deface, alter or falsify a document. The fine has a penalty of $465 and no demerits.

Dave Balay posted a video to Facebook early Thursday morning.