Canadian Laws on Drunk Driving and Social Host Liability Discussion

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Canadian Laws on Drunk Driving and Social Host Liability.

Drugs and medicine prescribed by a physician or bought over-the-counter could impair a
person’s ability to drive an automobile or a boat safely. Drunk-driving, vaping, eating or smoking,
cannabis-laced products can exacerbate the risk of a person being involved in an automobile
accident. Alcohol consumption, even a single drink, impairs an individual’s ability to make
decisions or react on the road. The definition of Impaired Driving is operating an automobile, boat,
or trucks while under the influence of substances that compromise your reflexes, ability to think
critically, assess situations, and react to them to the degree that they endanger your life (Vanlaar
et al. 2012). The effects run the gamut from double or blurred vision, slowed reflexes, and impaired
attention. On Canadian roads, alcohol-impaired driving leads in causes of death.
The allowed blood alcohol concentration in Canada for a licensed driver is a BAC of 0.08
of alcohol. Driving when BAC is over 0.08 or at that rate is a criminal offence that attracts severe
penalty or criminal charges (“Impaired driving,” 2020). Archie became drunk while in the office
during a Christmas party. His employer grew concerned and offered to drive him home after he
had assesses that he was in no position to drive himself, especially with the snowstorm. Archie
declined and proceeded to drive himself. He was afterwards involved in a grisly road accident that
resulted in multiple fractures and a brain injury.
Impaired-driving is punishable under multiple offences in the Canadian Criminal Code
under Section 91(27) of the Constitution on Controlled Substances and Drugs Act. The size of the
penalty depends on the harm caused by impaired driving. It can also result in multiple types of
driver’s license suspensions. Using this argument, Archie is liable for drunk driving. However, it

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is still a grey area on who is responsible because Archie’s employer-supplied and served the
alcohol in the work premises, and they have a relationship.
In Canada, unlike commercial hosts to impaired patrons, social hosts ordinarily do not owe
a duty of care to the guest if they did not supply th...


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