Most people already know what a breathalyzer is when they hear the word, but in case someone doesn’t, it is a device used to measure a person’s blood alcohol content (BAC). Police officers most commonly use the devices when they pull a driver over to test if they are over the BAC limit, and there […]
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Meanwhile, no decisions. Two trickled in a few weeks ago. They upheld the prohibitions issued on the defective breathalyzers on the basis that Paul’s evidence was of no assistance to the tribunal. The reasons for this conclusion are difficult to discern and do not make any logical sense. We sought judicial review almost immediately and
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Technologies in cars that could assist with drunk driving prevention have been in development for more than a decade now. However, it finally looks as though these preventative measures may be hitting the streets sooner than we thought.
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Imagine awarding police officers for the number of speeding tickets they hand out in a year. It would seem obvious that numbers and quotas matter; that’s what it all comes down to. At least, that’s what we would be led to believe. It is a long-standing suspicion that when you get a speeding ticket for
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We are often asked what happens when the police don’t read you your rights during an Immediate Roadside Prohibition investigation. It is really a question of whether there is a remedy. We know it is not uncommon for the police not to read a person their rights during an Immediate Roadside Prohibition investigation. A couple
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What if you refused to blow outright without knowing if the police officer had a functional Approved Screening Device (ASD) to test you? This has been a constant issue in Immediate Roadside Prohibition “refusal” cases from the start. The general rule is that the officer can demand a driver to blow into an ASD in
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When we read news stories about police issuing dozens of 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibitions at one roadblock, the first thing that comes to mind is that their devices are not functioning properly. In response to a recent TikTok, a police officer indicated that a mere 5 minutes was all that was necessary to wait before
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If you are wondering why the word ‘hear’ is highlighted in the title of this blog post, it has something to do with a post on the New Scientist website about a new blood alcohol testing device. A group of students at a university in Japan have created a device that can measure the amount
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If you’ve been prohibited from driving due to a bad driving record, you can assume that you’ll be prohibited again if you get any more tickets. It’s almost guaranteed. It’s important to know what you need to do to avoid getting prohibited from driving again. 1) Dispute the ticket – don’t pay it. If you
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Over the decade since the Immediate Roadside Prohibition law was introduced in BC, there have been many changes to the law and the procedure, and the changes keep coming. Version One When the first version of the law was introduced, it was called the Automatic Roadside Prohibitions. The government of the day realized that “Automatic”
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There are various types of DUIs in BC, and each one needs to be disputed differently. A 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition is the most common type of DUI in BC. The police, lawyers, and the tribunal that hears these cases refer to Immediate Roadside Prohibitions as IRPs. To dispute an IRP, the most important thing
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A question we are very often asked is whether an IRP is a criminal charge. In fact, we’re probably asked this question more than any other. There are good reasons people ask this question. Of course, an IRP is an Immediate Roadside Prohibition issued to a driver by the police. The most common Immediate Roadside
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