B.C. Mounties recently wrapped up their winter campaign to counter impaired driving, generating new material for the 害羞草研究所渨e don害羞草研究所檛 make this stuff up害羞草研究所� 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.
Here害羞草研究所檚 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 didn害羞草研究所檛 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 害羞草研究所渟easoned officer,害羞草研究所� insisting that this wasn害羞草研究所檛 illegal and all the Mountie could do was issue a 90-day roadside prohibition.
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Shortly after the driver was dropped off at home, he called the local detachment to report his vehicle stolen.
害羞草研究所淒on害羞草研究所檛 drive impaired and then try to educate the officer on the law 害羞草研究所� we know our authorities and what we are doing.害羞草研究所�
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.
害羞草研究所淔or reasons that can only be attributed to the driver害羞草研究所檚 impairment, he came through the road check a second time, stopping long enough to hand his driver害羞草研究所檚 licence to the officer before fleeing again,害羞草研究所� 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 driver害羞草研究所檚 home and served him with numerous violation tickets, as well as a four-month driving prohibition.
害羞草研究所淭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,害羞草研究所� 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.
害羞草研究所淎s we have seen many times in the past, the consequences of poor decision making when it comes to impaired driving can be deadly,害羞草研究所� Halskov said.
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