Anyone in favour of the new legistlation should check this story out, from BC.
http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/01/11...aw-fights-back
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To bully and berate an innocent senior then punish her without a trial for a crime she clearly didn’t commit.
This, apparently, is what Alberta has to look forward to under draconian drunk-driving laws inspired by our neighbouring province, where suspected motorists are guilty until they prove themselves innocent.
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Basically, a senior couldn't provide a breath sample because of an illness she had suffered.
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What she didn’t count on was the lung power needed to properly blow into a police breathalyzer. Having suffered from serious pneumonia a few years ago, she couldn’t manage.
That didn’t stop RCMP from making her try — over the next two hours, MacDonald says she was forced to stand in the chill and told to blow 15 times by increasingly snotty RCMP officers.
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Because of this she was charged with failure to provide a breath sample, she had her car impounded.
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There was no alcohol in her system — not a drop — and yet MacDonald’s failure to provide a proper breath sample meant her car was taken away for a month and her licence suspended for 90 days.
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So she basically had to get herself to a hopsital in an attempt to prove her own innocence to police who didn't give her that right.
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“Three officers don’t believe me, so I phoned the hospital and took a taxi over to have a blood test.
“I’m not going to let the Mounties get away with saying I was drunk.”
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Seriously, anyone who believes this new legistlation is a good thing, need to understand how ridiculous it is to give poilce this much power in a progressive country like Canada. These police officers acted as Judge jury and executioner on this lady for a crime she didn't commit.
...and befor people say "well this is an extreme example" or "It's the Calgary Sun, it was over-dramatic" or whatever. Just think about it...
A lady who was stone cold sober was...
-accused of a crime (drinking and driving)
-punished for the crime ("
Thus, MacDonald was cited for failing to provide a breath sample, given a Notice of Driving Prohibition for three months, fined $500 and told her car was to be towed")
-and not given a fair trial to prove that she hadn't been drinking, but rather wasn't able to blow hard enough due to a previous illness
Do you guys seriously want that **** in our country? It's utter BS, imo.