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Originally Posted by ken0042
For me the speeding comparison isn't a good one. Setting aside the dangers for a moment; 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.
So warning somebody of a speed trap isn't the same. Plus the reason for speed traps is to get people to stop speeding through an area. This is different than a Checkstop; in that a speeder can instantly become a non-speeder. An impaired driver cannot instantly sober up.
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Driving 100km over the limit is a Criminal Code offense (criminal negligence) just as driving above 0.08 is a Criminal Code offense, but driving 0.06 is a 24 hour non-criminal suspension. Your point isn't valid. Both undesirable actions could be criminal or just a fine.
While I don't have any sympathy for the 0.08, I do have sympathy for the spending 30 minutes in a bus at 0.02 waiting in line for the big device.
How many people are charged at checkstops? Have you looked at the stats?
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ca...049/story.html
5 impaired drivers. Wowie. And 36 suspensions. Out of 5,029 motorists stopped. That's a 0.1% criminal violation rate. And 36 individuals that didn't break the law, but were punished (which I'm largely fine with, you shouldn't be driving at 0.05 either).
But the thousands of hours of time consumed to find 5 guys? Resources could be better spent elsewhere. You know how many school zone speeding tickets you could hand out using the 20+ cops at a Checkstop in the same time period?
Or maybe one of them could come investigate the rash of break in's to vehicles in my area, rather than have their office guy tell me they don't generally investigate minor property crimes.
Priorities. I have no issue with the tweets as someone over 0.08 likely doesn't have the comprehension or forethought to check twitter and make a clear decision to evade a checkstop.