Drunk Driver Acquitted In Whitehorse

Jan 31 2008

A Whitehorse man was found not guilty of a charge of driving with a blood alcohol level over .08 percent after telling the judge that he was too cheap to be impaired. After being pulled over for speeding, the driver provided two breathalyzer samples each indicating that his blood alcohol level was 0.13 percent. He admitted to consuming only two beers that evening. He testified that he is quite cheap and that for that and other reasons it was his custom to restrict his drinking, which he did that evening. The judge did not believe the driver but held that he could not reject his testimony solely on the basis that the breathalyzer indicated that he had drank much more than that.

The Judgment can be found online at:
http://www.yukoncourts.ca/judgements/territorial/2006/r_v_wood_2007_yktc_91.pdf

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