Most Canadians know that our country treats driving under the influence (DUI) as a serious criminal offence. However, many Americans only find out how serious Canada is about combatting impaired driving when they are denied entry at our border. Our border control officials are legally ...
When most people think about how police make arrests for DUI, they visualize impaired-driving checkpoints and police pulling over motorists for erratic or dangerous driving. These safe driving tactics do result in significant numbers of Ontario impaired driving arrests every year, but police also make ...
When you're driving at night and see flashing blue lights ahead, you probably start to slow down with the initial thought that the police have either pulled over a speeder or are at the scene of an accident. As you get closer, though, and ...
While careless driving and dangerous driving can both lead to traffic accidents, injuries and death, many people in Ontario are confused about how these driving offences are categorized under the law. This confusion is further heightened by the criminal negligence offence category, which can be ...
Canadian police arrested 42,585 people for driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs during 2020, with 14,667 of these arrests occurring in Ontario, according to Statistics Canada's "Incident-Based Crime" reporting. While there is limited statistical data on the timing of ...
