‘Hard-To-Beat’ Distracted Driving Tickets Shock Drivers Who Think They’re Safe At A Stop – British Columbia – CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/distracted-driving-road-safety-tickets-hard-to-beat-1.4118351Masoud Jahani was “shocked” when he lost a fight to overturn a distracted driving ticket he got for plugging his cell phone into a charger while stopped at a North Vancouver intersection in 2015.

Jahani used his legal training and spent $700 appealing the ticket in B.C. Supreme Court but lost this month, because B.C.’s stringent distracted driving laws allow wide latitude for police to target any driver who touches or looks at a digital device.

“How does this stop distracted driving? I’m exhausted. I’m not sure I’ll take it further now,” said Jahani, who is one of thousands of drivers in the province hit with $46-million worth of tickets since 2010.

That’s when B.C. brought in tough laws to try to curb distraction-caused crashes — and they are proving impervious to challenges.

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