I find it funny that people are harping on this whole "vehicle impounded thing" when it already happens right now (albeit to a lesser extent)...
Get a 24 hour suspension? Chances are vehicle is towed.
Get charged with impaired (CHARGED not CONVICTED)? Vehicle towed, plus a licence suspension depending on what you're charged with.
So I understand why people are frustrated with the police being the judge and the jury but it already happens with alcohol/traffic related matters already. Your licence is suspended for 30 days or more if you get charged with impaired driving and that isn't even dependent on your criminal charge disposition. So the province has already set precedent for police having such powers. Its the same as a GDL driver (wasn't there a CP thread a while back on this?) who gets suspended instantly with any alcohol in his system.
Driving is a privilege, not a right, and if you don't agree with the rules the province puts forth, I guess don't drive. I am quite sure in hippy, liberal BC that if this was going to be challenged already as a charter issue, it would have been already (or maybe it has? I don't know).
Another point worth noting is that you can be charged with impaired driving, even if your BAC is under 0.08. You usually get charged with both (impaired driving plus having a bAC over 0.08)...however, if an officer believes that your ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol, regardless of BAC, can still be charged criminally.
So if you're gonna drive drunk or buzzed....be a good driver
