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Major BC Court of Appeal Decision on Whether Thousands of Tickets Are Valid

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Yesterday, the BC Court of Appeal released a ruling in a highly anticipated case that had the potential to affect thousands of traffic tickets across British Columbia.

The case concerned a ticket for disobeying a traffic control device. What was at issue in the case was the question of whether or not the ticket itself was properly issued, in that it gave the accused, Mr. Robinson, proper notice of the offence for which he had been charged.

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What constitutes distracted driving?

What exactly constitutes ‘distracted’ has always been a bit complicated. It should be obvious that holding a phone in your hand, whether you are texting, on a phone call, or even changing a song, means you are focusing on something other than the road, and therefore driving distracted. However, based on a new ruling in the BC Court of Appeal that happened yesterday, what constitutes distracted driving may have been clarified a bit, and it appears, it is no longer limited to just a phone in hand.

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