B.C. taxi driver busted for impaired driving – just after 8 in the morning
LOWER MAINLAND — A 33-year-old male taxi driver from the Lower Mainland is facing fines and other steep consequences after he was caught for impaired driving near a liquor store just after eight o’clock in the morning this past week.
According to a statement from B.C. RCMP spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, police got a little suspicious when they saw a taxi leaving a liquor store last Tuesday morning, Apr. 29 without a passenger. A BC Highway Patrol decided it was important to ensure the male taxi driver was safe to drive and initiated a traffic stop of the yellow Toyota Prius taxi driver on Alexandra Road in Richmond.
“BC Highway Patrol’s Integrated Road Safety Unit (IRSU) is always on the lookout for impaired driving, even on a Tuesday morning,” said Cpl. McLaughlin. “In this case, the driver was given a mandatory breath demand, and an Approved Screening Device gave two results of ‘fail’.”
The taxi driver, a 33-year-old Delta man, lost his driver’s licence to a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition, and the taxi was towed and impounded for 30 days at the taxi company’s expense.
