JUST2202 Criminal Law In Canada

Impaired driving, also regarded as “driving while impaired” (DWI), drunken driving, and “driving under the influence” (DUI), has been regarded as a major community issue since the early twentieth century when social researchers recognised the frequently lethal grouping of liquor and motor vehicles. New impaired driving laws decrease drunk drivers’ additional fatal risks on others. This decreased risk can be calculated by multiplying the predicted number of lives recovered by the dollar amount of a statistical life. New impaired driving laws impose costs on society since reserves are diverted from other purposes to fight drunk driving (“New impaired driving rules in effect across Alberta Dec. 1”, 2022).

The UN Charter requires the United Nations and its member states to keep the peace, safeguard international law, accomplish “better standards of living” for their residents, address “financial, social, wellness, and related issues,” and encourage “reverence for and strict adherence of human rights and essential liberties for everyone without regard to race, gender, vocabulary, or religious doctrine.” The most prevalent criminal offence in the United States is driving under the influence (DUI). Numerous responsible drivers with otherwise clean records have been apprehended for DUI and discovered themselves in an astonishing death spiral from which they could not recover. DUI prosecutions have serious consequences, and some can last for years (Solomon, Chamberlain & Lynch, 2010).

The Charter established constitutional safeguards for individual rights and liberties that apply to all legislation and governments in Canada. Canadians can use the Charter to contest laws that limit one’s rights in court. The court system decides on these difficulties by construing how the Charter should be applied (“New impaired driving rules in effect across Alberta Dec. 1”, 2022).

New impaired driving rules in effect across Alberta Dec. 1. Lethbridge News Now. (2022). Retrieved Mar. 9 2022, from https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2020/11/30/new-impaired-driving-rules-in-effect-across-alberta-dec-1/.

Solomon, R., Chamberlain, E., & Lynch, C. (2010). Canada’s new impaired driving legislation: modest gains and missed opportunities. Crim. LQ, 56, 51.