B.C. Mounties recently wrapped up their winter campaign to counter impaired driving, generating new material for the B次元官网网址渨e donB次元官网网址檛 make this stuff upB次元官网网址� 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.
HereB次元官网网址檚 a look at a few of the cases:
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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 didnB次元官网网址檛 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 B次元官网网址渟easoned officer,B次元官网网址� insisting that this wasnB次元官网网址檛 illegal and all the Mountie could do was issue a 90-day roadside prohibition.
B次元官网网址淭he officer chose to follow the law rather than the driverB次元官网网址檚 advice and charged him criminally with refusing to provide breath samples,B次元官网网址� Halskov said.
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.
B次元官网网址淔or reasons that can only be attributed to the driverB次元官网网址檚 impairment, he came through the road check a second time, stopping long enough to hand his driverB次元官网网址檚 licence to the officer before fleeing again,B次元官网网址� 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 driverB次元官网网址檚 home and served him with numerous violation tickets, as well as a four-month driving prohibition.
B次元官网网址淭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,B次元官网网址� 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.
B次元官网网址淎s we have seen many times in the past, the consequences of poor decision making when it comes to impaired driving can be deadly,B次元官网网址� Halskov said.
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