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Episode 405: Challenging Mandatory Breath Testing and the High Bar for Withdrawing Guilty Pleas

This week on Driving Law, hosts Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko dive deep into two significant legal decisions that could have wide-reaching implications for drivers across Canada. From the halls of the BC Supreme Court to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, these cases highlight the importance of legal clarity, constitutional rights, and knowing how to navigate the justice system when it comes to traffic and impaired driving laws.

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Episode 404: Cyclists, Sentencing, and the Fake News Fueling Driving Law Panic

This week on Driving Law, Kyla and Paul unpack the backlash Kyla faced after explaining a cyclist’s legal obligations in a Global News story. What began as a simple clarification of BC’s Motor Vehicle Act sparked outrage and personal attacks—highlighting the rising hostility toward legal discourse online.

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Episode 403: DIY Traffic Defence Fails and the Limits of ICBC’s No-Fault System

This week on Driving Law, Kyla and Paul review two BC Supreme Court cases that highlight the risks of representing yourself in traffic court. First, they unpack the failed appeal of a driver who claimed he was interacting with his truck’s console—not a phone—when ticketed for distracted driving, and how a lack of courtroom experience undermined his defence. Then, they analyze a judicial review involving a rejected late dispute application—complete with a single stamped reason: “No arguable defence”—and why that was upheld despite arguments about inadequate reasoning.

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Episode 402: The Lapu Lapu Tragedy, Mental Health, and the Law

This week on Driving Law, Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko unpack the devastating mass casualty event at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Festival, where eleven people were killed and many more injured after a vehicle was driven into the crowd. They explain the legal landscape surrounding the second-degree murder charges, why first-degree murder wasn’t laid (yet), and how additional charges could be added as the investigation evolves.

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Episode 399: Charter Delay Tactics and Civil Liability in Psychosis

This week on Driving Law, Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko take a deep dive into two legal cases that raise big questions about justice, delay, and mental health on the road.

First, they unpack a newly released BC Provincial Court decision in R v. Carr, where a defence lawyer attempted to argue that a traffic ticket should be thrown out for unreasonable delay—even though it was the lawyer’s own Charter application that created the delay. The court firmly rejected the argument, clarifying that you can’t manufacture delay and then claim a breach of the right to be tried within a reasonable time.

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Episode 395: Tesla Rebates, Border Tolls, and an Excavator Heist

On this week’s episode, Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko break down BC’s new economic retaliation measures, the controversy over Tesla being cut from EV charger rebates, and why the province is giving itself broad new powers to respond to external threats. Plus, a Magraken Moment on ICBC’s alleged privacy violations and this week’s Ridiculous Driver—a bold excavator thief using heavy machinery to rob a bank.

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Driving Law Podcast Episode 368: Different Sensors, Different Results, Different Driving Laws

On this episode Kyla and Paul look at disturbing data about Alco-Sensor results between the new and old models. They also point out the problems with the Ohio Stop.

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