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Originally Posted by ikaris
The fact that there is a severe disconnect regarding the consistency of enforcement (eg. sometimes getting off only with a 24 hour versus getting a full DUI charge when you're just over the limit) suggests that there is a fundamental lack of justice issue here.
Should the police really have this sort of discretion? This is one of the reasons I find it so difficult to trust police officers because you really don't know how they're going to treat you. If you're stupid enough to get into this situation, make sure you lawyer up.
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That is actually a good point. My understanding is that the 24 hour suspension was created so that police good have some power over people that maybe did not meet the criteria of being legally impaired (the officer just couldn't form his opinion of impairment) but felt that this person needed to be off the road. A great idea in essence.
However, due to the frustrations of officers who get stuck doing 3-4 hours of paperwork and the seemingly lack of tenacity on the part of the crown to convict these guys and the generallylenient sentencing, police can be more apt to issue the 24 hreven when someone is clearly impaired.God damn italics won't turn off.