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Suspended Driver Sues
Pubdate: Thu, 01 Nov 2007
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2007 The Province
Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?224 (Cannabis and Driving)
SUSPENDED DRIVER SUES
A driver given a 24-hour suspension because police suspected he was
high on marijuana is suing to have the ban removed from his records.
Jugveer Singh Purewal says in a petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court
that he told a Surrey police officer he was not under the influence
of drugs when he was pulled over early Sept. 14 and suspended from
driving for 24 hours.
Purewal said the officer didn't administer a sobriety test and he was
denied the opportunity to dispute the ban because there is no
mechanism to do so when a 24-hour driving suspension is based on
suspected drug use.
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