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Originally Posted by underscore
And located correctly and wired correctly, which almost nobody does.
Based on what? The last time I went through the border the guys inside were talking about stopping some idiot who was not only drinking a bottle of vodka while driving through the border, but lied about the rest of the box of vodka in the passenger footwell.
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It's all buried in the way the Criminal Code and Customs Act are written, what the CBSA can and cannot do.
Here's an article though that also references what I'm referring to:
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“CBSA officials have the ability to make a breath demand and detain an individual, where appropriate, as part of a Criminal Code of Canada investigation into impaired driving,” Supt. of Motor Vehicles Sam MacLeod, a former Mountie from Alberta, acknowledged in an emailed statement.
“However, CBSA officials do not have the authority to issue an Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) under the Motor Vehicle Act. That is because, under the Motor Vehicle Act, the definition of ‘peace officers’ does not include CBSA officials.”
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http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Mul...672/story.html
If this article is true, and CBSA can't issue an IRP, I can't see how they can issue a ticket for a violation of the MV regs.