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This week on the Driving Law Podcast, I speak with Ben Dooley from CKNW Radio about whether you can get an impaired driving charge in a wheelchair. As a wheelchair user, Ben provides his input on a court judgment in which a man was convicted for impaired driving while in a motorized wheelchair. Then, he provides some suggestions for how the law can change to guard against discrimination against people who use wheelchairs.

Paul Doroshenko about the issue of charging people with criminal offences and Motor Vehicle Act offences on the same information in court. This can frustrate the process and may invalidate the informations… Paul and I explain why.

I’m also pleased to announce that the Driving Law podcast is now part of the Cannabis Media Collective!

You can listen online on SoundCloud, PlayerFM, or subscribe on iTunes!

This week on the Driving Law Podcast, I speak with Paul Doroshenko about a recent court decision that resulted in a person being convicted of impaired driving while in a canoe.

Then, Paul and I look at a traffic ticket issued in Kelowna for excessive speeding where the manner in which the evidence was collected leaves the likelihood of a conviction highly suspect. Finally, we discuss the designation of qualified technicians and analysts by provincial governments, and consider whether the designations that have recently been given are correctly done… which could impact dozens of impaired driving prosecutions in British Columbia.

I’m also pleased to announce that the Driving Law podcast is now part of the Cannabis Media Collective!

You can listen online on SoundCloud, PlayerFM, or subscribe on iTunes!

Every year, we receive thousands of calls from clients who are concerned that some substance or product caused them to fail the roadside breathalyzer. And while the police will tell you that only alcohol can cause you to fail the breathalyzer, we thought… why trust the police?

And so we created the Can You Fail It videos to find out for ourselves why and when a person can fail a breathalyser despite not having consumed any alcoholic drinks. We opened up the Acumen labs, dusted off the old breathalysers, and started the camera rolling as we experimented with numerous substances.

So far we have tested whether soy sauce can make you fail a breathalyzer, whether kombucha tea can cause false readings on a breathalyser, whether Mentos candy or cough syrup can cause false fail readings, and more!

This week, we test whether Pepperoni Pizza can cause a false positive reading on a breathalyser. Tune into the video above to find out whether this can happen!

This week on the Driving Law Podcast, I speak with Paul Doroshenko about the new cannabis impaired driving provisions that will be coming into force and effect on July 15, 2019 in British Columbia.

Next, we look at a recent BC Court of Appeal judgment in the Immediate Roadside Prohibition context dealing with the  constitutionality of the reverse onus provisions.

Finally, we look at a really cool traffic court case involving a man who shares something in common with Batman!

I’m also pleased to announce that the Driving Law podcast is now part of the Cannabis Media Collective!

You can listen online on SoundCloud, PlayerFM, or subscribe on iTunes!