RCMP cracking down on drug impaired drivers
Officers trained to spot drivers using illegal drugs
Jim Goddard VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) | Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 3:02 pm
The RCMP have a new focus for summer time driving enforcement. Inspector Norm Gaumont says they're going to be hunting for drivers impaired by drugs or a combination of drugs and booze.
Gaumont says 100 B.C. officers have now been trained to spot a driver who has had their judgement impaired by something other than alcohol. "They can make do a set of tests. If you fail those tests, they can actually make a demand for a blood, urine or saliva, and those are then sent to the lab."
Gaumont says studies found a 100 per cent increase in the number of B.C. drivers killed with drugs in their system between 2002 and 2007. He feels those number have increased since that study was done.
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