Supreme Court agrees to hear pair of cases dealing with impaired driving
Posted November 27, 2014 8:45 am.
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OTTAWA (NEWS1130) – The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a pair of cases involving drivers stopped by police at roadside checks.
One of the cases involves a BC man who got a warning reading after blowing into a roadside screening device.
Lee Michael Wilson received a three-day driving ban in September 2012 after the roadside device registered a blood-alcohol level in the warning range.
He took the issue to BC Supreme Court, which dismissed the roadside prohibition, saying there was no evidence indicating Wilson’s ability to drive was affected by alcohol.
But the BC Court of Appeal later overturned the lower court’s ruling.
The other case involves six BC drivers who either refused to give a breath sample or registered a fail on a roadside screening device.
