本帖最後由 BiscottiGelato 於 2010-10-1 14:22 編輯
21 days to appeal, when your car and license is already suspended for the full 3 days, and they call this an appeal process? And it's not even to the court, it's just to the Superintended of MV, whose generally bias anyways. Why is the penalty so severe when it's just the 'warning' range? What kind of 'warning' is thousands of dollars in cost and 3 days of not being able to drive?
Why is there a public misconception on the BAC level and why are people scared even to have 1 drink? Now they are trying to say it's not their fault, they are not prohibitionist and they didn't mean it that way? All the campaigns i see from MADD is just to tell ppl not to drink ANY and drive. I've never seen any elaborant campaign to educate and explain the BAC, and how it affects driving. All they do is to do emotional appeals that if you drink and drive even a friggin drop this little girl (and it's always little girl, not even little boy or little doggie...) will die.
Doesnt' target social drinker? I think this ONLY targeted social drinkers who are usually the more affluent middle class with everything to lose, and excessive drinkers doesn't give a crap about your law and your fragile error prone breathalyzers anyways. If bar and restaurants are losing both drink and FOOD revenue to the point of lay offs and closure, MADD and the politicians should bear the full blame.
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New law doesn't target social drinkers, MADD says: Group says .05 blood alcohol limit doesn't stop adults from having a couple of drinks then driving
By Kim Pemberton, Vancouver Sun October 1, 2010
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is responding to critics of B.C.'s new anti-drunk-driving laws, the toughest in the country, saying the .05-per-cent blood alcohol limit won't prohibit adults from enjoying a couple of drinks on a night out, even if they're driving.
"MADD has never been prohibitionists. We don't have a problem with social drinking. The problem is when people drink to excess," said Marita Maas, who is on the board of Metro Vancouver's MADD.
Drivers caught with a blood-alcohol level in the warning range of .05 to .08 per cent face a three-day licence suspension and will have their vehicles impounded after the new law went into effect Monday.
Repeat infractions within a five-year period result in escalating suspensions and fines. Drivers who blow over the legal limit of .08 per cent face a 90-day suspension and 30-day vehicle impoundment.
Maas said MADD's national office issued a news release this week, responding to some of the public misconceptions surrounding the change, such as social drinkers won't be able to drink and drive and there's no avenue for appeal if your car is impounded.
"People are confused. There is some idea there is no appeal process. But any driver who fails a roadside breathalyzer test can file an application within seven days to have the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles review the prohibition [of driving]. He will issue his decision within 21 days," said Maas.
"The law isn't aimed at people having a drink at dinner or a beer after work. That [having one drink] won't put you in the .05 per cent range. Those people have nothing to fear," she said. "The whole point is to reduce deaths and injuries caused by drunk drivers."
She noted four Canadians die every day and 200 are injured in alcohol-related accidents in this country.
ICBC consultant John Vavrick, psychologist, said part of the confusion is when people misjudge their blood alcohol levels.
"People think they can handle more than they can. That 'couple of drinks' when you break it down can range from two to seven drinks," he said.
"Nobody understands properly the relationship between alcohol and blood alcohol levels."
He noted a number of factors play into whether a person would be over the limit, such as their weight, metabolic rate, whether they have any underlying medical conditions, the time since their last drink and how much they were eating while drinking to name a few.
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