Reader comments compelled me to write a follow-up to my column about the idiocy of our distracted driving laws. There were a lot. And I wouldn’t want to leave my fan base hanging! Actually, the comments were overwhelmingly negative, but
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The ignored the results of their own research that other governments presumably had not done their due diligence to canvass. They followed in the footsteps of other governments and banned only hand-held cell phone use while driving.
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if you do get “lucky” enough to catch a thief in the act, do the Criminal Code provisions under headings of “Defence of Person” and “Defence of Property” allow you to open up a can of whoop-ass?
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But citizen’s arrest provisions are restricted for good reason. Physical confrontations, particularly between criminals and those without police training, are recipes for disaster.
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I will start with a scenario where you see someone walking up the driveways on your street, pulling on vehicle door handles; If you’re like me, you want to chase them down, grab them by the scruff of the neck
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To dissuade those who think they might get away with dishonesty in the courtroom, we have made lying under oath a criminal offence. And the courts apply suitably severe sentences.
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The motorist had given the true version of events to an ICBC adjuster (who has since retired) shortly after the collision. I knew that because of notes of that discussion within the ICBC file materials.That version of events changed over
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It’s a road recipe for disaster because other road users might try to cross in front of (or between) the stopped vehicles and your vision is likely blocked by those stopped vehicles. Each of you and the other road user
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Driving with the attitude that right of way is the be all and end all is the antithesis of defensive driving. And does not measure up to the legal duties we owe other road users.
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The scenarios I am referring to arise when one lane is flowing while another lane (or lanes) have come to a stop.This regularly occurs with HOV lanes. Only those with more than one occupant can cruise past while others are
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