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Drunk Canoeing No Longer Driving Offence in Canada

posted by martyb on Saturday September 30 2017, @03:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the hold-my-beer dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Canada is preparing to remove drunk canoeing as an impaired driving offence, ahead of its plans to legalize marijuana.

Currently the country's Criminal Code means that police hand out drunk driving charges to tipsy canoeists, according to The National Post.

At the moment offenders can continue to canoe, as that does not require a licence, but may face automatic driver's licence suspensions, steep fines, demerit points, ignition unlocking devices and vehicle impoundment.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 30 2017, @02:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 30 2017, @02:10PM (#575281)

    Hydrofoils combine aerodynamics and water displacement \ buoyancy physics. All the while, it's man powered, driven and steered via a gear system and the handle-bar.

    So, driving, steering, piloting, navigating, propelling, flying... If it was designed off a recliner bike you could throw in rowing too.

    Point is, over the years, dictionaries adjust different verbs for finer meanings (despite the word Etymologies not always making the most sense). But overall, English isn't keeping up with technology so definitions overlap and get a bit looser.