Hundreds trying to get licences back
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A Vancouver lawyer is very busy, getting banned drivers their licences back. The cases are piling up since the BC Supreme Court ruled against the province’s tough new drunk driving laws last week.
Paul Doroshenko says he represents at least 100 people who’ve been hit with a 90-day driving prohibition but are due to get their licences back.
He says some individuals are desperate to have their driving bans overturned.
“Many, many people lost their jobs as a result of this, as anybody who had to drive for a living lost their job because nobody was sticking an Interlock (an in-car alcohol breath screening device) in the grader they operate or the quad they drive up a cutline.”
For now, the licences are being returned after a petition to the courts, but Doroshenko foresees a class action lawsuit launched by people who lost their jobs because of a law that has now been deemed unconstitutional.
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