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NEW DRINKING AND DRIVING LAWS – In addition to permitting breath demands without suspicion of drinking, as of today, the minimum and maximum sentences have been increased and the offence has been elevated to the status of “serious criminality”.

Posted bywpengine 18 December 2018

Convicted impaired drivers now face stricter penalties, and police officers now have enhanced powers to determine whether drivers are impaired by alcohol or other drugs.

Source: This is what you need to know about Canada’s new drunk driving laws

Posted bywpengine18 December 2018Posted inUncategorized

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NEW DRINKING AND DRIVING LAWS — BREATH TESTS – Today a police officer has to have a “reasonable suspicion” that a driver has any alcohol whatsoever in his/her body before they can demand a breath sample. Come tomorrow morning they can pull over a driver and demand a breath sample for no reason whatsoever -“no suspicion of nothing” – because they feel like it. Refusal to comply is a criminal offence.
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