Faulty Intoxilyzer Calibration Affects Hundreds of Impaired Convictions
Since the autumn of 2008, over 300 people were convicted of Driving Under the Influence of alcohol where some of the evidence used turned out to be intoxilyzer machines that had not been calibrated...
View ArticleCanada Removes Impaired Driving Defense
In Canada, those charged with an alcohol driving offense could often call witnesses and a toxicologist to cast doubt on the reading provided by a breath alcohol device. It was recognized by the courts...
View ArticleImpaired Bicycling
Can you be charged with impaired driving if you ride your bicycle and have been drinking? It’s a question that some folk have asked. For me, after my impaired driving charge, I have been riding my...
View ArticleMADD Furious With Canadian Statistics
According to a CTV report, MADD is “furious” with Statistics Canada’s report on impaired driving last year. “MADD is furious with the statistics. Spokesman Andy Murie says the finding of a drop is...
View ArticleHow Do I Get To Court?
I am not asking for or looking for sympathy. I’ll figure this out. When I was charged with Impaired Driving, the Ontario Government took away my driver’s license. One of the very few charges where you...
View ArticlePleaded Guilty To Impaired Driving
After much discussion with my lawyer, I decided to plead guilty to the Impaired Driving (DUI in the US) charge. I attended court dressed in my black suit and stood in front of Her Honour and when she...
View ArticleOffices Of Ontario’s Back On Track Program
After I was charged with Impaired Driving in Ontario, I became aware that I would be required to register for and participate in Ontario’s Back On Track remedial program. As mentioned previously, this...
View ArticleGetting A Pardon In Canada For Impaired Driving Conviction
One of the benefits of taking the education class of the Back On Track Program, as I wrote the other day, was that as well as alcohol education, there was education and information about Canadian law...
View ArticleDrunk Driving Regulations – Innocent Until Proven Guilty?
As someone who has been convicted of impaired driving, I do understand the need to reduce drunk driving as much as we can. I can also understand to a degree the lobbying done by groups like MADD and...
View ArticleMore MADD Opinion – Random Breath Tests & Ireland
As I reported previously, MADD Canada appears to support the idea of random breath testing for drivers by police officers. Random in Canada means stopping drivers and demanding a breath sample without...
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