New provincial legislation will make it tougher for those drivers who have been drinking but are not legally impaired. If they blow a warning on the breathalyser, they will lose their licenses for seven days instead of just 24 hours.
Sgt Evan Scott of the Rothesay Regional Police tells CHSJ News this is a step in the right direction but he would also like to see some accountability tied in as well.
Scott says the insurance companies don’t know that their insurer has been stopped and issued a 24-hour suspension so they are not adjusting their rates accordingly.
Sgt Scott maintains your reaction time behind the wheel is slower regardless of how much or little you’ve had to drink and he says the number of reports police receive of impaired drivers is skyrocketing.
New provincial law targets drinking not drunk drivers
