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Originally Posted by Slava
Thats one of the irritating things about this law; someone like that should already be charged with an unsafe lane change. There shouldn't really be a need for the new legislation here, and with the demerits included for the unsafe lane change it would be more effective anyway.
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She could be charged with "Driving without due care and attention" under the current Alberta Traffic Safety Act.
I agree, this legislation is redundant.
Here's the relevant parts of the Act:
115(1) For the purposes of this section, a driver of a vehicle is driving carelessly if that driver drives the vehicle
(a) without due care and attention, or
(b) without reasonable consideration for persons using the highway.
(2) A person shall not do any of the following:
(b) drive a vehicle on a highway in a manner that constitutes driving carelessly;
(e) perform or engage in any stunt or other activity that is likely to distract, startle or interfere with users of the highway;
(f) drive a vehicle so as to perform or engage in any stunt or other activity on a highway that is likely to distract, startle or interfere with other users of the highway;
(i) where that person is the driver of a vehicle, permit any person, animal or thing to occupy the front seat of the vehicle in such a manner so as to impede the driver in the free and uninterrupted access to and use of the steering wheel, brakes and other equipment required to be used for the safe operation of the vehicle;
(j) where that person is the driver of a vehicle, permit any person, animal or thing in the vehicle to cause any obstruction to the driver’s clear vision in any direction;