Canada’s impaired driving record is poor by international standards. While a great deal of work remains to be done at the federal level to reduce impaired driving, MADD Canada believes the provinces and territories should not wait for federal Criminal Code amendments when they have the legislative power to make significant road safety improvements in their own jurisdictions.
The 2012 Provincial and Territorial Legislative Review is the fifth comprehensive assessment that MADD Canada has undertaken and published since 1998. Its goal is to provide the provinces and territories with information on realistic and effective measures that will reduce impaired driving in their jurisdictions. Preview the entire report:
http://www.madd.ca/madd2/en/impaired_driving/impaired_driving_public_policy_provincial.html
Random breath testing is a roadside breath screening test to detect impaired drivers. It is used mainly at stationary checkstops where every passing driver is required to stop and give a breath sample. Drivers remain in their cars, and the process is routine, quick and causes minimal delays for sober drivers.
Random breath testing is widely acknowledged as one of the most effective means of deterring impaired driving. It has been adopted in New Zealand, Australia and most European countries, and has helped to reduce overall road crashes and fatalities.
Canada needs random breath testing to deter those individuals who continue to put others at risk by driving impaired.
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