Why do Canada’s drunk drivers get endless second chances? GlobeDebate
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.By the grace of the Canadian justice system, you essentially have the freedom to get drunk and get behind the wheel as many times as you wish – until you finally kill someone.
But most drunk drivers, even those who kill someone, won’t see anything close to the maximum penalty. They will fare likeof Markham, Ont., who, in 2016, was impaired when he got behind the wheel of his Infiniti at 9:40 in the morning and slammed it into another car, killing the driver and her four-year-old daughter. In August, 2019, he was sentenced to 5½ years in prison.
Rates of police-reported impaired-driving incidents have actually been on a downward trend nationally for the past 30 years, even if it doesn’t always seem that way – especially around this time of year, when people get in their cars to celebrate the New Year and end up robbing someone else of the opportunity to see it. This New Year’s Eve was no.
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