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Originally Posted by transplant99
I think a dedicated traffic court is long overdue. No reason not to have one, where all of defense lawyers, crown prosecutors and judges can cut their teeth so to speak.
Frees up the superior courts for strictly the more serious offenses.
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Problem is DUI is a fairly serious (and should be) offense. Banishing it to a "kiddie" court or otherwise still doesn't remove the drain on the system since you're still occupying judges and prosecutors for X amount of time, and making it into a quicker conveyor belt-of-a-court removes the ability for the crown to do their job as prosecutors. I'm no legal expert, but I already thought these things were being pushed through the courts as quickly and with as little fanfare as possible given there are so many avenues for offenders to prolong or get "out" (potentially rightfully so given due process exists for a reason).
This extra-judicial answer is hardly an answer when you're taking away due process for something with very material consequences & punishment.
Real answer is we need more judges