A Campbell River resident has successfully had a distracted driving ticket thrown out after he was ticketed listening to an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience while driving.
A British Columbia Supreme Court ruling published on October 6 upheld and validated the ruling of a lower court on a case in which a Vancouver resident, Patrick Henry Grzelak, was convicted of distracted driving for having two earbuds in his ear that were connected to his phone, which was stashed away in the “centre...
The first offence for distracted driving will go from $280 CAD to $580. After a conviction, the penalties escalate for a second offence within a calendar year.