Quebec coroner calls for tougher drunk driving penalties in line with rest of country

"I drink to celebrate a friend" - Sabah Civil Servant Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail & RM10k Fine for Drunk Driving - WORLD OF BUZZ

A 61-year-old civil servant in Tawau, Sabah, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and an RM10,000 fine by the Tawau Magistrate Court yesterday (23 April) for driving under the influence of alcohol on 9 February 2025. The accused, Aidy Matamin, a Ketua Anak Negeri or Native Chief of the Tawau Native Court, pleaded guilty to the offence when the charge was read in front of Magistrate Don Stiwin Malanjum.   A Sabah civil servant pleaded guilty to drunk…

Quebec Coroner Calls for Tougher Drunk Driving Penalties in Line With Rest of Country

A Quebec coroner says if the province’s penalties for drunk driving were in line with those in the rest of the country, a driver who slammed into a motorcyclist in 2020 would not have been on the road when the fatal accident occurred. Coroner Geneviève Thériault says the man who was behind the wheel had been pulled over by Quebec provincial police for driving erratically less than an hour before the head-on collision on June 4, 2020. Officers ha…

The Court of Guarantee of San Carlos declared admissible the complaint filed against the regional councilor of Maule, Alamiro Garrido Cáceres, who they accuse of causing a traffic accident in a state of drunkenness on April 1st on Route 5 South. The victim entered the legal action after suffering an accident while traveling with his infant son of seven months. A vehicle that was circulating in the opposite direction impacted them. According to t…

“A person like that should get a life sentence. That a judge can show so much empathy for an alcoholic.” These are reactions from people who were astonished that a drunk driver from Ravenstein ‘only’ had to go to prison for one year after killing a cyclist. Much too short, they think. Why did the judge impose such a ‘low’ sentence this Wednesday? “First of all, in traffic we always look at the degree of guilt and not at intent. Because no one ge…

A tragedy on Highway 148 in Lochaber in 2020 revived concerns about impaired driving. A motorcyclist had lost his life there in a frontal collision with a SUV whose driver had consumed alcohol. What is particularly shocking in this case is that the motorist in question had been intercepted by the police less than an hour before the accident. His blood alcohol level, below the legal limit of 0.08%, did not allow for further intervention according…