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Province could end up paying millions in refunds to drunk drivers

Province could end up paying millions in refunds to drunk drivers

The provincial government has offered $2,000 refunds to hundreds of motorists who received immediate roadside suspensions for drinking and driving. A lawyer for some says the letter is an acknowledgment Victoria should not have additionally penalized all suspended drivers by forcing them to install an ignition breathalyzer lock on their vehicles and attend a responsible […]

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B.C. drunk-driving laws could trigger new wave of court battles

B.C. drunk-driving laws could trigger new wave of court battles

The B.C. government isn’t properly following its own drunk-driving laws and should prepare to be hammered by a new wave of court challenges, says the lawyer whose legal petitions forced more than 1,110 impaired-driving penalties to be overturned. “They were obligated to apply the law, and they didn’t do it,” said Paul Doroshenko, a Vancouver

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Impaired penalty review prompts B.C. to grant breaks to more than 1,100

More than 1,100 British Columbia motorists caught up in tougher drunk driving rules before part of the law was found unconstitutional will have some of their punishments overturned, but their drunk driving penalty still sticks. The Justice Ministry confirmed Friday at least 1,137 motorists who were required to attend and pay for driver education programs

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B.C.reviewing drunk driving penalties after laws challenged

B.C.reviewing drunk driving penalties after laws challenged

Strong legal challenges from motorists forced to pay thousands of dollars in costs as part of the government’s get-tough impaired driving laws have prompted a review that could put the brakes on drunk driving penalties worth more than $2,600 for some drivers, says British Columbia’s deputy superintendent of motor vehicles. “What’s happened is we’ve had

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Roadside breathalyzers not correctly calibrated: Police watchdog

Roadside breathalyzers not correctly calibrated: Police watchdog

PORT MOODY — Nearly a year after allegations surfaced that roadside breathalyzers used by the Port Moody Police Department were incorrectly calibrated, a police watchdog has agreed. The Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner (OPCC) has determined that the force’s approved screening devices (ASD) had been incorrectly calibrated and the allegations of neglect of duty

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Hundreds of Albertans have seen their vehicles impounded for excessive speeding and impaired driving in B.C.

For 253 Alberta motorists, the strictest traffic laws in Canada turned a holiday trip to Super, Natural British Columbia into a headache trek to the nearest impound lot. That’s how many Alberta vehicles were seized between June and August by B.C. police, after drivers from this province ran afoul of the nation’s harshest speeding and

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Lawyer wants Port Moody drunk driving bans overturned

A Vancouver lawyer is calling for all Port Moody impaired driving bans issued since June 15 to be overturned, CTV’s Investigators have learned. Paul Doroshenko recently won a case for a client who failed two breathalyzer tests in that Metro Vancouver municipality in August. Doroshenko reviewed maintenance documents for the screening devices that registered a

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