Richard Froese
South Peace News
Peace Regional RCMP remain active to take impaired drivers off the roads and keep the community safe.
RCMP took 20 drivers off the road with provincial impaired road sanctions from March 1 to April 30, says an RCMP news release May 1.
“Motorists are reminded there is no excuse to driving impaired,” says Peace Regional RCMP Const. Julie-Ann Strilaiff, public information officer.
“Driving while impaired with drugs or alcohol is dangerous, putting not only your life at risk, but the lives of others using public spaces.”
She encourages people to use other options of transportation such as taxis, friends and family.
Police in Alberta have mandatory alcohol screening as an option for any traffic stop they conduct where a driver must provide a breath sample to an approved device, which confirms whether the driver is impaired or not.
“If a driver refuses to provide a sample of their breath, they can be charged with a refusal to provide a breath sample, which carries the same weight as an impaired charge,” Strilaiff says.
First offense, one year in jail like Scandinavia!