Again, I'm not a scientist and I don't profess to be an expert in this, and certainly I think it's going to vary for individual characteristics and individual people, but certainly the concerns are that the person is probably a little bit more happy-go-lucky, is going to be less attentive to detail, maybe fumbling for a cigarette when he or she should be paying attention to what's ahead on the road, cranking up the radio, mildly euphoric, and as you go up that scale, presents a higher risk than somebody else.
I think there are a couple of problems right now. One is that we don't have a coordinated approach from coast to coast. The provinces are different. They're at various stage of implementing the administrative systems to complement the criminal system, and I think that has to be addressed.
But there is a risk that it becomes the path of least resistance, as well, for people. So people decide it's a borderline case and, in the rush for time, instead of proceeding with the criminal charge, revert to the administrative system between 0.05% and 0.08%.
I think the risk is that those numbers are perhaps artificially inflated, because there are people in there who should in fact be dealt with under the criminal system but, because of convenience, are being dealt with under the administrative system.
The other concern I have is this repeat offender problem, a person who has gone through the administrative system three times at between 0.05% and 0.08%, who finally has an accident and kills somebody, and they do a Breathalyzer and find out the reading is 0.12%. Is that person really going to be treated as a first-time offender or as somebody with a more serious problem than the so-called first-time offender?