Accused drunk drivers expected to file class action

Law & Order | 207435 hits | Dec 15 7:20 pm | Posted by: Strutz

Lawyers are predicting the B.C. government could be hit with a class action lawsuit to recover millions of dollars paid by suspected drunk drivers.

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by Strutz
Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:59 am
So... I'm confused.

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?
by herbie
Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:07 am
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.

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