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Interesting precedent on impaired driving
Laws called deficient as marijuana smoker cleared of impaired driving
The recent acquittal of a Saskatchewan driver on impaired driving charges — even though she admitted using marijuana before hitting the road and bungled a number of coordination tests — is raising questions about the ability of law enforcement to go after drugged drivers.
Some advocates say that Canada’s drug-impaired driving laws introduced in 2008 are deficient and that federal lawmakers should move to adopt drug-intake thresholds similar to the 0.08 blood-alcohol limit.
The judge in the Saskatchewan driver’s case said police and prosecutors failed to convince him that her use of marijuana actually affected her ability to operate a vehicle.
See the rest here:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/09...aired-driving/
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Ruh-roh! This one's gonna get ugly fast! 
Let me be the first to say IBTL! 
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09-02-2012, 11:14 AM
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Government playing nanny again.
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09-02-2012, 11:17 AM
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So .05 gets your vehicle impounded, but a person impaired by using drugs is okay to drive? Leave it to our governments, and they will find a way to bungle it up.
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09-02-2012, 11:36 AM
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Ruh-roh! This one's gonna get ugly fast!
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ROFL.... X4!!
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09-02-2012, 11:43 AM
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Government playing nanny again.
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So we should allow people to drive no matter what they've been smoking or how high they are, just because it might be nanny?
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09-02-2012, 12:00 PM
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It's only a little pot . Chill out bro. 
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09-02-2012, 12:03 PM
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yeah, but eating pizza while driving could be very distracting 
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09-02-2012, 12:35 PM
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Damn pot smokers always doing the speed limit, and slowing down way ahead of time.....lol
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09-02-2012, 12:41 PM
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This thread...is hanging in there
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09-02-2012, 12:43 PM
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Edit: that was intentional ABB
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Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams
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09-02-2012, 12:46 PM
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Oh c'mon, at least give us a chance lol
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09-02-2012, 01:12 PM
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If Ross Rebagliati can win a gold medal in the Olympics with THC in his system, surely one can drive a car, can't he?  
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hahahaha. I better not have another beer, I gotta drive home. Pass me that hypodermic with heroin though.
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09-02-2012, 09:25 PM
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The smoking of {pot }doze not impair judgement
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It improves judgement, you can see the humor in any situation.
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09-03-2012, 12:46 AM
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If Ross Rebagliati can win a gold medal in the Olympics with THC in his system, surely one can drive a car, can't he? |
Was he stoned at the time? Impaired is impaired. We have laws for a reason, and the laws were fine before the Red Queen messed with them.
This woman failed the road side tests, but she still gets off. So what that tells me is our courts are the ones failing society.
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Was he stoned at the time? Impaired is impaired. We have laws for a reason, and the laws were fine before the Red Queen messed with them.
This woman failed the road side tests, but she still gets off. So what that tells me is our courts are the ones failing society.
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The biggest thing is how difficult it is to determine a ''level of intoxication'' with pot, but I agree... how do you fail a roadside, but that's not enough...
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The biggest thing is how difficult it is to determine a ''level of intoxication'' with pot, but I agree... how do you fail a roadside, but that's not enough...
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Maybe the judge saw something he liked.
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09-03-2012, 09:02 AM
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Maybe the judge saw something he liked.
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No wonder she failed the roadside tests...she's clearly top heavy
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Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams
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09-03-2012, 10:18 AM
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No wonder she failed the roadside tests...she's clearly top heavy |
She'd have a hard time clapping her hands,or drive a car,or sleep on her belly,.
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09-05-2012, 12:58 PM
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I suffer from single sided deafness... I do not drink or smoke... I seriously wonder
how I would fare in a roadside test. My wife can easily push me down towards my 7 o'clock position. Heck almost fell over in the bean-counters office this morning and NOBODY touched me!!! lol
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09-05-2012, 01:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rwm1273
Was he stoned at the time? Impaired is impaired. We have laws for a reason, and the laws were fine before the Red Queen messed with them.
This woman failed the road side tests, but she still gets off. So what that tells me is our courts are the ones failing society.
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You really need more than a roadside test to charge and convict someone though. There are lots of legit reasons for failing the test.
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Did you hear that snowboarding is now a summer Olympic sport, it's proven they can board on grass. 
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