Federal Impaired Driving Policy

Moving Beyond Half Measures

Bibliographic Data

ID11969787
AuthorsR Solomon (0000-0002-3215-3410, Faculty of Law & Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health, Western University, London, Ontario, corresponding author), Erika Chamberlain (Western University)
Year2014
Volume40
Issue1
Pages15-30
Publication date2014-01-11
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0317-0861 • E-ISSN: 1911-9917
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/cpp.2012-102
OpenAlexW2120333125
LanguageEN
References cited39

Millions of Canadians continue to drive after drinking, in part because they can do so with little fear of being apprehended, charged, and convicted. The federal amendments to impaired driving law of the past 15 years have focused on penalties, narrow prosecutorial issues, and long-standing loopholes. However, significant progress requires a shift from these so-called “tough” laws to effective laws (i.e., those that will sharply reduce impaired driving). In response to similar problems with the persistence of impaired driving, many developed countries have enacted both a criminal .05 percent blood-alcohol concentration limit for driving and random breath testing, thereby achieving dramatic reductions in related crash deaths. This paper examines these two measures in the context of Canada's impaired driving record and the current federal law

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