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Originally Posted by ken0042
My single biggest issue is that instead of doing something to target the group causing the most damage, they are going after the group that is causing the least amount of damage.
It is a smoke screen; in that it is an attempt by the provincial gov't to be able to say they are getting tougher with impaired driving. The uninformed voters will not know that they are getting tougher with the wrong group.
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Exactly. It is motivated by money. They are the largest group and they are the type of people that can afford these fines. They are part of the population that is showing restraint and they are generally aware of the amount of alcohol they are consuming and making a conscience effort to NOT break the law. Yet they are getting stiffly punished. The heavy heavy drinkers who cause most of the fatal accidents don't give a crap about fines. They always have and always find away to get wheels.
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Serious question for people in this thread. If the Federal government changed the legal drinking limit to 0.05 and everything else stayed the same, would you be okay with that?
I'm all for lowering the limit on BAC, but I don't care for the apparent lack of due process that this new legislation seems to impose.
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I personally would not have a problem if the laws were changed. I hate the gray area they are trying to create. Giving cops way to much power. I've been thru the program and i'm instantly red flagged if/when i get pulled over. You can blow 0.00 and if the cop thinks your impaired you can't do #### about it. And since i've been thru the program here in BC, if in 5 years some cop decides to be a dick and I get a one of these suspensions within 5 years i get an automatic 1 year ban from driving and fines up the kazoo and I can be completely sober.