[Newsbot]

Title: Drinking and driving laws toughen up in B.C.
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: wildrosegirl
Date: 2010-09-17 08:03:18
Canadian

[Richard]

Welcome to Gordon Cambells British Canuckistan. Where you do as he says not as he does.

[raydan]

You must be drunk if you think that any law against drinking and driving is a bad thing.

[EyeBrock]

Richard Richard:

Welcome to Gordon Cambells British Canuckistan. Where you do as he says not as he does.

Give the guy a break. He plead guilty. Most impaired drivers don't.

This just brings BC into line with provincial regulations re impaired driving in Ontario.

[Yogi]

The only way to deal with impaired driving is '0 tolerance'.

[martin14]

Yogi Yogi:

The only way to deal with impaired driving is '0 tolerance'.

[EyeBrock]

Yogi Yogi:

The only way to deal with impaired driving is '0 tolerance'.

I agree but Canada's politicians don't. Whacking people for 3 to 7 day suspensions and grabbing their cars is a pretty good start though.

[canuckns]

I don't see this as a bad thing

[Yogi]

It is a 'start', but really, a wek one. All the pols are scared to actually do something meaningful. They would rather be seen 'trying to do something' than actually 'doing something'! There just ain't no way that anyone can 'justify' driving after consuming any amount of alcohol -or drugs.
I think that the only way impaired driving will ever be dealt with effectively, is, after some 'high ranking pols' family member is killed by an impaired driver.

[digerdick]

anyone who lives in British Columbia, and has to deal with Gordon Campbell's demented and delusional right wing pro-business policies are quite fed up with giving him a break.

These new laws, will add greatly to the government coffers but do very little to get true impaired drivers off the road.

chronic drunk drivers who blow well over the legal limit and will drive with or without a license.

But the person that has two glasses of wine at a restaurant with a meal and maybe close to the .05 blood-alcohol level will pay greatly.

There was nothing wrong with the old system. people that did get away with impaired charges were because of mistakes made by the police and the paperwork that they did.

Now most of those mistakes will be overlooked, not to get true impaired drivers off the road , but to make money .

[canuckns]

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

Yogi Yogi:

The only way to deal with impaired driving is '0 tolerance'.

I agree but Canada's politicians don't. Whacking people for 3 to 7 day suspensions and grabbing their cars is a pretty good start though.

I got a DUI 10 years ago here in Chicago. They did not take my car, but I got a 12 month suspension of my license, had to take a alcohol awareness course and had to pay for it myself plus a 1200$ fine.

[Yogi]

diggerdick diggerdick:

anyone who lives in British Columbia, and has to deal with Gordon Campbell's demented and delusional right wing pro-business policies are quite fed up with giving him a break.

These new laws, will add greatly to the government coffers but do very little to get true impaired drivers off the road.

chronic drunk drivers who blow well over the legal limit and will drive with or without a license.

But the person that has two glasses of wine at a restaurant with a meal and maybe close to the .05 blood-alcohol level will pay greatly.

There was nothing wrong with the old system. people that did get away with impaired charges were because of mistakes made by the police and the paperwork that they did.

Now most of those mistakes will be overlooked, not to get true impaired drivers off the road , but to make money .

With '0 tolerance', there is nothing to 'over-look. " You blow' you register over, you provide blood sample, it confirms, case closed'!

[Brenda]

$1:

But the person that has two glasses of wine at a restaurant with a meal and maybe close to the .05 blood-alcohol level will pay greatly.

Then don't drink those 2 glasses of wine, or leave your car behind. It's not that hard. It's all about making choices.

I ALWAYS choose not to risk myself, my passengers or the people on the streets, so I DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE.

[raydan]

I don't see what the problem is.

My nephew just got his license and his first car and in Québec, it's 2 years 0 tolerance. Very reasonable kid, he takes it very seriously.

If we got used to "no smoking anywhere", we'll get used to 0 tolerance.

[digerdick]

I would agree, zero-tolerance would work. And I would not mind seeing it because I do not drink .

but it will be interesting, to see what new loopholes will develop when police officers and politicians get caught in these new laws.