B.C. Mounties recently wrapped up their winter campaign to counter impaired driving, generating new material for the 含羞草研究社渨e don含羞草研究社檛 make this stuff up含羞草研究社� file.
Cpl. Mike Halskov, with BC RCMP traffic services, said Wednesday that police all across the province caught people getting behind the wheel while impaired, including a few repeat offenders.
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Driver tries to school officer on roadside laws
A man in Cranbrook found out the hard way that having a history of impaired driving didn含羞草研究社檛 necessarily mean they were an expert on the particular criminal code offence.
According to police, the man refused to give a breath sample after being pulled over by a 含羞草研究社渟easoned officer,含羞草研究社� insisting that this wasn含羞草研究社檛 illegal and all the Mountie could do was issue a 90-day roadside prohibition.
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Shortly after the driver was dropped off at home, he called the local detachment to report his vehicle stolen.
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Impaired driver goes through road block twice
On Vancouver Island, officers in the Ladysmith area encountered a driver who came through a road check not once, but twice.
In the first instance, the driver stopped for the officer, but drove off when asked to pull to the side of the road.
含羞草研究社淔or reasons that can only be attributed to the driver含羞草研究社檚 impairment, he came through the road check a second time, stopping long enough to hand his driver含羞草研究社檚 licence to the officer before fleeing again,含羞草研究社� Halskov said.
Instead of pursuing the individual in a chase, the officer sent a driving report to RoadSafetyBC. A few days later, the officer attended the driver含羞草研究社檚 home and served him with numerous violation tickets, as well as a four-month driving prohibition.
含羞草研究社淭he lesson: Police recommend following directions at a road check but, if you choose not to, the consequences may be worse than if you had,含羞草研究社� Halskov said.
While these stories cause a chuckle or two, RCMP are urging all British Columbians to not drive while impaired and report any suspected driving under the influence to police.
含羞草研究社淎s we have seen many times in the past, the consequences of poor decision making when it comes to impaired driving can be deadly,含羞草研究社� Halskov said.
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