@lololulu19 There are a few other disturbing laws that Trudope has brought to the table. For example, did you know the police do not need a reason to pull you over anymore? They now have the legal authority to pull you over without any reason, just because they can, even if you have done nothing wrong, you have a valid driver's license, valid insurance, and proper plates that are not expired. What's worse is that they can demand a breath sample from you, even without probable cause. If you refuse to provide the breath sample, the penalties are actually worse than if you failed the breath sample test.
But it doesn't stop there. Now, within 2 hours of having been in care or control of a motor vehicle (including riding as a passenger to a sober driver in your own vehicle), the police can come knocking at your door and demand a breath sample. If you fail the test, you can be charged with impaired driving as though you were behind the wheel yourself, even if you say gave the keys to a friend to drive your drunk ass home, and if you refuse, the same rules apply as though you were pulled over and asked for a sample. To make matters even worse, if you get charged as such, it becomes YOUR responsibility to prove you were NOT driving, and not the officer's responsibility to prove you were.
Why is this so disturbing?
Well... I can go to the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario), which is the Ontario government run liquor store, and buy a bottle of rum while 100% sober. I can then drive home with that bottle of rum while 100% sober, park the car, and go inside, THEN start drinking... And if the police show up within 2 hours and you fail that breath sample, you can be charged either with impaired driving or blood alcohol above .08 just as though you had that BAC content while behind the wheel, regardless of the fact that you had a BAC of ZERO while behind the wheel.
What's worse is that in Saskatchewan, they have now taken this law one step further and now require a breath sample for ALL traffic stops, no matter the reason. And again, if you refuse to give this sample, you get arrested on the spot and charged with worse punishments than if you had failed the test.
Quite literally, this law creates a standard where people who were 100% SOBER behind the wheel can get charged as though they were drunk behind the wheel, or worse, refuse to provide (or be medically incapable of providing) a breath sample. There was recently a woman in Etobicoe (West Toronto) who got pulled over for "returning too many empties to the Beer Store". She did not have the lung capacity in which to provide a breath sample, and was subsequently charged with failing to provide a sample, arrested, and sent to jail, despite being 100% sober and physically incapable of doing a breathalyzer, and having a BAC of ZERO when they did the blood test.
