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Originally Posted by ken0042
the difference is the law. Speeding is a Highway Traffic offense and the penalty is a fine. Impaired Driving is a criminal code offense; and if found guilty you end up with a criminal record.
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Not with the new law being considered. It will classify certain levels of intoxication as non-criminal with hefty fines. This is exactly the way speeding is handled. 60 km over speed limit gets you an automatic criminal dangerous driving charge.
With the new laws, people will make the same argument you just did about drunk driving. "I'm not a criminal, I was only fined for being a little to close to the real line." When in reality, the driver could easily have been over the limit, but they will less frequently be rigorously tested like they are now because of the high costs to do this.