Category: Driving Law

New System Strikes the Wrong Balance

Alberta has entered into a new era of traffic enforcement. Impaired driving is now being governed by what is called Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS) and

NEW IMPAIRED LAW COMING

  Alberta’s Proposed New Impaired Driving Law [1]          About ten years ago British Columbia implemented a new legislative scheme whereby impaired drivers were not

IMPROPER POLICE STOP

A POLICE STOP – NOTHING MORE THAN A RUSE In a recent decision, PCJ. L. Anderson held that my client was not stopped for enforcement

NEW MARIJUANA AND DUI LAW

NEW MARIJUANA AND DUI LAW Sucking and Blowing Two new bills were proposed by the government of Canada this week. The new marijuana bill which

Careless Driving and Dangerous Driving

Listen to Criminal Defence Lawyer Rory Ziv talk about careless driving and dangerous driving here. Rory does an excellent job of clarifying the differences using

The Intoxilyzer

Operating the Breath Instrument (Intoxilyzer) Correctly   An excellent decision was provided by Judge Higgerty in Edson, Alberta. The defence counsel in the case was

Alcohol

Taking Samples — Impaired Driving Case Comment R. v. Cole 2015 SKPC 109 A recent Saskatchewan Provincial Court decision applies some very important law concerning

Refusing to provide a breath sample

Refusing to Provide a Breath Sample When stopped by police and asked to provide a breath sample into an approved screening device, should you comply?

Accident Statements

The Alberta Court of Appeal recently upheld a trial decision where a person accidentally struck and killed a person on an Edmonton Highway who was