With new laws comes hope people drive sober
It’s a big step in the right direction on the fight against impaired driving.
Today, new penalties for drunk driving and police powers were expanded to give officers another tool in detecting impaired drivers and keeping the roads safe. The legislation, which was passed in June at the same time as new rules for drug-impaired driving is intended to prevent injuries and death by giving police officers the ability to demand breath samples.
Previously, the law was focused more solely on having reasonable grounds to test a driver’s sobriety.
Battlefords RCMP Staff Sgt. Darcy Woolfitt said this law wouldn’t have come into effect if it weren’t for the drug impaired driving laws brought forth previously, and that it will help them in terms of being able to look for other indicators when it comes to administering tests. He said alcohol is more obvious and easy to detect, but it’s more difficult to detect a drug impairment.