Challenge to booze rule
Posted Aug 4, 2010 03:31:01 AM.
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TORONTO – A Toronto man plans to challenge the province’s new booze ban for young drivers.
Kevin Wiener plans to file an application today in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice challenging the law that came into effect last Sunday.
The 20-year-old contends the new law is unconstitutional because it includes restrictions based on age, instead of experience.
Wiener argues if people are old enough to fly jets in the military, serve jury duty, and vote — they are old enough to make sensible decisions about drinking and driving.
The law prohibits drivers under the age of 22 from having any trace of alcohol in their system when operating a motor vehicle.
According to MADD Canada, while drivers aged 16 to 24 make up just 13 per cent of the population, they represent 33 per cent of deaths caused by drunk driving.
