I was in court today. So many people pled guilty to impaired driving that the judge said he was too tired to keep giving the same speech and just sentenced them towards the end of the day. Most people got a $1000 fine and one year driving prohibition. And those were the ones that actually pled guilty, most people in Alberta spend 10k on a lawyer and fight the charge looking for a technicality (delay, irrelevant disclosure, hope for a witness to be unavailable). A lot of people in this province don't even accept responsibility for their dangerous actions.
I can assure everyone, the message isn't getting across to anyone.
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