VICTIMS OF drunk drivers are remembered by the Mothers Against Drunk Drivers in the annual Candlelight
Vigil. MADD groups lead a continent-wide crusade to reduce drinking/driving injuries and deaths through

tough laws, active enforcement and community awareness.

SPECIAL WEEK

Mothers hold
vigil for victims | DRINKING AND DRIVING IN B.C.

MOTHERS Against Drunk
Drivers ‘SVeek was proclaimed for
the week of Dec. 8 to 15 in most of
B.C.'s_ cities, townships and
municipalities.

The special week recognized the
work that MADD does to increase
the public’s awareness of the
drinking/driving issue.

As a part of the week’s obser-
vances, group members in several
communities conducted a Candle-
light Vigil to remember those killed
and injured in alcohol-related
crashes.

This poignant event was held
Monday, Dec. 8.

According to Sally Gribble,
MADD’s B.C. president, the Can-
dlelight Vigil serves as a reminder
of the devastating effects of im-
paired driving on our highways.

‘‘Most people join together with
family and friends during the holi-
day season to celebrate in their
love and joy. Tragically, too often
this celebration is destroyed for
many families by the criminal act
of people who drive under the in-
fluence of alcohol and other
drugs,’’ says Gribble.

ORIVER AGE iN ALCOHOL RELATED FATAL ACCIDENTS (1985)

30.

PERCENTAGES

Age Unknown.

AGE RANGE

37 - Wednesday, December 17, 1986 - North Shore News

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SOBERING FACTS
ABOUT

-— Upon conviction for a first offence, you will lose your driving privileges for six months,
you could go to jail for up to six months, and your fine could be up to $2,000.

— If you’re convicted a second time, you will go to jail, from 14 days to one year.
—— If the Crown proceeds on an indictable offence, the maximum jail term is 5 years.

— If you’re convicted of driving while impaired, you’ll have a permanent criminal record,
which could keep you out of some countries or professions.

— If you cause an accident while impaired, !CBC will not cover the cost of repairing or replacing
your vehicle.

[f you drive while impaired and injure someone, new federal laws say you could spend up
to 10 years in jail and lose your driving privileges for up to 10 years.

— New criminal code legislation says if you are guilty of impaired driving causing death, you
could spend up to 14 years in prison and lose your licence for 10 years.

— If you injure or kill someone as the result of driving while impaired, ICBC will sue you
to recover the cost of your victims’ claims. Such accidents can feature awards of hundreds
of thousands of dollars, and you could be repaying those damages for the rest of your life.

If you’re charged with impaired driving, you have a 90% chance of being convicted. One
third of the people sentenced to a B.C. prison are there for drinking and driving offences.

THE PENALTIES FOR DRINKING AND DRIVING IN B.C. ARE HIGH...

IT’S NOT WORTH THE RIS

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