I was coming home from shopping today and had to stop for a drunk driver.
He missed his turn, so he backed up and backed down into a ditch, then pulled back out, turned around, then drove frontwards into the same deep ditch and rolled over!
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beermeplease · M
did anyone phone the cops?
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swirlie · 31-35
@beermeplease
Impaired driving anywhere in Canada is a Federal Offense which is why all impaired driving charges anywhere in Canada come with a Criminal record, in addition to the drivers license being suspended at the Provincial level.
So in a nutshell, the Province is responsible for the license suspension and the Federal government is responsible for laying the Criminal charges at the Federal level.
You mentioned the USA.
Impaired driving Criminal charges in Canada are the equivalent of a Felony charge conviction in the USA. This means Canada's terminology for a Felony is a Criminal conviction. It's called a Felony for the US system and Criminal for Canadian system.
Impaired driving in Canada however, carries a Criminal Charge and carries the same weight as a Felony conviction south of the border.
In the USA however, impaired driving charges are only classified as a 'misdemeanor' charge which is only laid at the State level, not the Federal level and which can only carry a maximum prison sentence of 1 year.
Because impaired driving in Canada is classified as a Felony using American terminology, the Canadian government treats ALL impaired driving offenses committed south of the border by Americans as a Felony (which is a Criminal Charge in Canada).
Any American who has the equivalent of a Felony conviction on their record is not allowed to enter Canada on even a day-pass, let alone an extended stay. This is why Americans who have had impaired driving 'misdemeanor' convictions from even 25 years ago while on Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale when they were 18 years old are still treated as Felons if they attempt to cross the Canada/US border into Canada.
Impaired driving anywhere in Canada is a Federal Offense which is why all impaired driving charges anywhere in Canada come with a Criminal record, in addition to the drivers license being suspended at the Provincial level.
So in a nutshell, the Province is responsible for the license suspension and the Federal government is responsible for laying the Criminal charges at the Federal level.
You mentioned the USA.
Impaired driving Criminal charges in Canada are the equivalent of a Felony charge conviction in the USA. This means Canada's terminology for a Felony is a Criminal conviction. It's called a Felony for the US system and Criminal for Canadian system.
Impaired driving in Canada however, carries a Criminal Charge and carries the same weight as a Felony conviction south of the border.
In the USA however, impaired driving charges are only classified as a 'misdemeanor' charge which is only laid at the State level, not the Federal level and which can only carry a maximum prison sentence of 1 year.
Because impaired driving in Canada is classified as a Felony using American terminology, the Canadian government treats ALL impaired driving offenses committed south of the border by Americans as a Felony (which is a Criminal Charge in Canada).
Any American who has the equivalent of a Felony conviction on their record is not allowed to enter Canada on even a day-pass, let alone an extended stay. This is why Americans who have had impaired driving 'misdemeanor' convictions from even 25 years ago while on Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale when they were 18 years old are still treated as Felons if they attempt to cross the Canada/US border into Canada.
beermeplease · M
@swirlie yup...when we crossed the border one time the us customs guys asked us if we had any criminal records...2 of us answered no while my friend said he has a dui charge from the 80s. he was permitted to enter the us. had he said no then he probably would have been turned back as the customs agent already knew that
swirlie · 31-35
@beermeplease
The thing is, a DUI charge that was laid in Canada under the Criminal Code in Canada, would only be treated as a 'misdemeanor' charge anywhere in the USA, which means your friend with the DUI charge in Canada would have been permitted entry to the USA regardless. This is because drunk driving in the USA is considered as basically an irrelevant event.
The State Police in Alaska warn Canadians who enter the USA into Alaska to assume that everyone on the road in Alaska is drunk while behind the wheel, because they always are when they get stopped by US State Troopers.
The thing is, a DUI charge that was laid in Canada under the Criminal Code in Canada, would only be treated as a 'misdemeanor' charge anywhere in the USA, which means your friend with the DUI charge in Canada would have been permitted entry to the USA regardless. This is because drunk driving in the USA is considered as basically an irrelevant event.
The State Police in Alaska warn Canadians who enter the USA into Alaska to assume that everyone on the road in Alaska is drunk while behind the wheel, because they always are when they get stopped by US State Troopers.
Pretzel · 70-79, M
good now he won't hurt anybody else
swirlie · 31-35
@Pretzel
That is precisely what I said as I opened my window, laughing like hell at what had just happened! I then realized that everyone was safe as long as he was down in the ditch... and I mean a ditch that had 45 degree banks and the bottom was at least 20 feet down where they'd raised the roadbed higher than the surrounding fields!
When his pickup truck when over the side, he was only moving about 1 mph at the most and he even had his foot on the brake but made no attempt to actually stop! Then over she went in slow motion, rolling right upside down with him in it. When he climbed out of his truck he still had his cellphone up to his ear! 🤣
That is precisely what I said as I opened my window, laughing like hell at what had just happened! I then realized that everyone was safe as long as he was down in the ditch... and I mean a ditch that had 45 degree banks and the bottom was at least 20 feet down where they'd raised the roadbed higher than the surrounding fields!
When his pickup truck when over the side, he was only moving about 1 mph at the most and he even had his foot on the brake but made no attempt to actually stop! Then over she went in slow motion, rolling right upside down with him in it. When he climbed out of his truck he still had his cellphone up to his ear! 🤣
Sojournersoul · M
Damn. I would have love to have seen that.
Sojournersoul · M
@swirlie hope you have a single story house. Lol
swirlie · 31-35
@Sojournersoul
I'm actually on the top floor of a 6-story condo building, so any Romeo who wants to lure me out my bedroom window to run off with him will have to show up with a fire department ladder truck, preferably with the lights all turned off...
I'm actually on the top floor of a 6-story condo building, so any Romeo who wants to lure me out my bedroom window to run off with him will have to show up with a fire department ladder truck, preferably with the lights all turned off...
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