April 22, 2025, 3:22 pm
A Quebec coroner insists that aligning local drunk-driving sanctions with national standards could have prevented past tragedies. The recommendation, highlighting a fatal 2020 crash, comes as icy regulations are questioned, proving that even in Quebec, leniency behind the wheel might just be a fatal flaw.
A Quebec coroner says if the province's penalties were in line with the rest of the country, a dangerous driver who killed a motorcyclist in 2020 would not have been on the road.
Le rapport de la coroner Geneviève Thériault sur le décès de Bernard D’Aragon a été rendu public mardi.
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says that if the province's penalties for drunk driving had been in line with the rest of the country, a driver who slammed into a motorcyclist in 2020 would not have been on the road…
Bernard D’Aragon, un motocycliste de 64 ans tué en juin 2020 par un automobiliste avec les facultés affaiblies, serait probablement encore vivant si le Québec avait adopté, comme l’ensemble des autres provinces canadiennes, des sanctions administratives pour les automobilistes qui...
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