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Drinking Driving CounterAttack On This Summer

By 250 News

Monday, June 28, 2010 11:09 AM

Prince George, B.C.-  The Province, police and ICBC are reminding drivers that CounterAttack road checks are on in July and August. If you drink and drive, prepare to get caught.

 
In April, the Province announced the toughest impaired driving laws in Canada, slated to take effect this fall in B.C.
 
The tougher penalties include longer driving prohibitions (from 3-90 days, up from 24 hours), longer vehicle impoundments (from 3-30 days, up from 24 hours) and increased financial penalties (from $600-$3,750, up from $0-$2,300

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Comments

Comment Posted by: My3Centsworth on June 28 2010 12:15 PM
It's great to have all of these tougher penalties, but will the courts be allowed to use them or will the paperwork and backlogs and questionable defense tactics win out again?
Comment Posted by: BCRacer on June 28 2010 2:16 PM
Nice to see the increases in penalties....
1) they are far from severe enough...
20 there is no excuse, none, to drink and drive....take a taxi, our wonderful transit system, or have someone drive you home, or walk...

I know, those who want to drink, oh right with a meal, and drive feel they are being infringed upon....suck it up sweetheart and live with it....
Comment Posted by: supertech on June 28 2010 9:29 PM
What does 'counter attack' mean? No one is attacking.
Comment Posted by: rodangus on June 29 2010 7:13 AM
hey bcracer, the law of the land says I can indeed have a glass of wine or a beer at lunch and drive my vehicle. This is not drunk driving, yet if I tell a cop the truth, and he's in a bad mood, he can take my car for 3 days, pay a $600 fine, and have a record: A bit too much power methinks. This is police state stuff.
Comment Posted by: alex1212 on June 29 2010 12:38 PM
the only reason this place has become a police state is easy,,, look around you and you will see idiots driving careless people acting stupid and there ya go the sign of the times we live in !we just sem to have become idiots