[Newsbot]

Title: Accused drunk drivers expected to file class action
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: Strutz
Date: 2011-12-15 19:20:49
Canadian

[Strutz]

So... I'm confused.

$1:

Earlier this month, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled that the immediate roadside licence suspensions and fines issued to drivers who register a blood alcohol level above .08 constitute an infringement of Charter rights.

It's an infringement of Charter of Rights to punish those that fail a roadside test? So... what then? Let them go ahead and continue to drive regardless of how much above .08 they blow? Why bother with roadside checks at all then? Why bother having a law in place?

[herbie]

No it's unconstitutional to punish drivers so severely without due process.
So if you blow over .08 you get criminally charged, like you're supposed to.
One can't describe someone who doesn't believe in the right to appeal without invoking Godwin's Law.