You know, I wouldn't be surprised if more and more people tried to get away from the cops rather than stop when told to pull over.

When the penalties you face for evading arrest aren't much different than speeding or blowing over one beer, why wouldn't people run?

I for one support the new rules

How much are the storage costs per day when yer car is impounded? Some ones gonna make a small fortune. Can you make a deal with a cop and have yer car towed home with a promise to the cop? Must look into having my property rezoned to Auto Storage II from residential One. Why not? They buried Elvis in his front yard.

4 out of the 5 examples in this story really have nothing to do with the new law. This : "Yesterday a driver blew in the “warning “ level, his licence automatically pulled for three days, his vehicle towed and impounded for 3 days." would appear to be the lone exception.

Why not jut make the limit zero? That would eliminate a lost of grey areas. Have a drink, you don't drive.

He can't dive?! OMG.

he can't dive for 90 days!

Imounding vehicles is theft IMO

You go to work drunk, you get fired. You drive drunk, you get busted. What is so difficult about that to understand?

.05 isn't even close to drunk. Is that so hard to understand?

Hey weaksauce:
What's your blood alcohol level after 1 drink. Do you even know?
For some who have an allergy to alcohol, .05 is hammered!
Don't drink and drive, its that simple.
Or are you??

You Know what I think is absolutely hilarious?
There's still a bunch of idiots out there who will still drink and drive and complain about it after they get nailed, no matter what laws are in force.
I just hope they don't hurt anyone else but their wallet, lose their privilege to drive.
I think this is great, get stupid off the road and up on the hill where they belong.

Nice point redneck. If some are hammered at .05 then others are sober. & they still get their cars impounded. This won't take anymore (actual) drunk drivers off the road than the old laws.

.017 btw.

Good posts Slim. And Weaksauce, who's the redneck? Ha, ha, ha!

This is a bad law... a violation of a persons rights on many levels. We have courts for a reason, and once we start allowing the police to bypass judicial accountability we create future violations of innocent peoples lives. One ignorant cop can ruin a persons life if they look at him wrong, or say the wrong thing, irregardless of if said person was drinking or not.

I was once issued a 24-hour notice for being tired and then subsequently irate.

It was 3am on my way back from Calgary and they had a road stop on the BC Alberta boarder... I was asked to get out of my vehicle while they searched it for drugs (I had none)... I was asked to walk the line and touch my nose ect... I was perfectly fine and hadn't had a beer in over 24-hours... the cop said he didn't need a breathalyzer because they are trained to recognize if a person has been drinking through their behavior when interacting with the police (ie challenging their authority)... I was told I was 'lucky' to get a 24-hour road side suspension (in the middle of now where) as they could have towed my truck to PG at my cost... I told them that is what I wanted them to do so I could at least have my day in court... they gave me the 24-hour based on 'appearance' only and claimed the closest breathalyzer was in PG.

A 24-hour is similar to this new law and is not subject to judicial review and can not be removed from your license once issued... it is a tool to abuse a lawful citizen that objects to his rights being violated, and is an enabling legislation for a future police state and its police state tactics.

Its a very bad law with horrendous future implications to all of our freedoms and rights under the rule of law.

If they wanted to strengthen laws against drinking and driving then by all means... but don't do that while taking away a persons right to the protection of the law when innocent of any crime.