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Originally Posted by valo403
I don't own a car and I don't live in Calgary (or Canada for that matter), so this doesn't impact me at all, and yet I care because I think basic civil liberties like the right to due process matter. People like to come down on the litigious nature of the US, but the upside is that something like this would never be allowed to stand.
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You aren't getting a ticket or a criminal charge for this. They are suspending your license and saying you shouldn't drive. They can't leave your car there so they have to tow it away so you paying for the impounding. Would you rather get a criminal charge or a moving violation that would significantly increase your insurance just so you have a chance of taking a day off work (and possibly losing money doing that) so you can fight something that they probably won't let you off of and pay the ticket anyways and get demerits etc. etc. If you want those civil liberties than go ahead. Instead you are really getting a slap on the wrist and a small fine. But if you want more cost to yourself overall that is fine.
I really don't believe this is in anyway a slight on our civil liberties... We have it really easy in Canada if this is a huge civil liberty problem