An increasing number of drivers in northern B.C. are being convicted of driving under the influence of drugs, say police — even commercial truck drivers.
“It was an eye opener for us when you start stopping commercial vehicles and find out they’re impaired by drugs, and they’re some of the biggest units we have on the highway out there,” RCMP Staff Sgt. Pat McTiernan told Daybreak North’s Russell Bowers.
McTiernan said the trend isn’t new, but the increase in convictions is linked to new technology and training that allows police to detect drugs.
“Up until now, when a driver stopped and he was shown the indicia of impairment, if it was drugs or alcohol, if he showed very little odour of liquor we didn’t have any system in place. We have that now,” he said.
CBC News – Dec 09, 2014.
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