B.C. Automatic Roadside Prohibition Class Action
Class action litigation has been launched in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on behalf of all persons who suspended from driving (normally by a 90 day roadside driver’s prohibition for alleged impaired driving without criminal charges), and suffered other penalties and costs arising from an approved screening device, administered under the automatic roadside prohibition regime (pursuant to s.215.41 of the Motor Vehicle Act (RSBC 1996 c.318)), registering a “fail” reading.
This action claims damages against the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles and the Attorney General of the Province of British Columbia for inter alia breach of s.8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Regime infringes on the Charter because it inter alia authorizes a search by a screening device on the basis of reasonable suspicion and imposes lengthy prohibitions and significant costs and penalties on motorists, without providing motorists with any meaningful basis to challenge the validity of the search results.
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