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Originally Posted by Bent Wookie
You do realize what you are "guilty" of don't you? This is a provincial traffic offence, not a criminal offence.
Currently, as some have mentioned, a 24hr Suspension can be issued for suspicion of impaired driving or blowing a "warn" on a roadside screening device. Suspicion is the cops own observations and even an admission of drinking.
The spirit of the legislation is to prevent those that may be considering one more drink before getting behind the wheel or from defeating the 80mg% criminal offence. Fact of the matter is, impaired driving accidents, property damage, injuries, fatalities, etc, dont magically start to happen at 80mg%.
I don't think the proposed legislation is much different.
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What does this matter? The codification makes little difference beyond the degree of consequences you face, it doesn't change the fact that you are found guilty without any due process.
Put it this way, would it be okay if the speed limit was set at 110 but cops could pull over people doing 90-109 and suspend their license for 24 hours (complete with a $200 reinstatement fee) without any due process?
Make the limit the limit, be it .04 or .08, don't create a grey area in which you remove legal rights.